Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards

Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
Studio album by Joe Satriani
Released October 5, 2010 (2010-10-05)
Recorded June–August 2010 at Skywalker Sound in Nicasio; Studio 21 in San Francisco
Genre Instrumental rock, progressive rock
Length 53:12
Label Epic
Producer Joe Satriani, Mike Fraser
Joe Satriani chronology
Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock
(2010)		 Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
(2010)		 Satchurated: Live in Montreal
(2012)
Singles from Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
  1. "Light Years Away"
    Released: September 7, 2010

Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards is the thirteenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on October 5, 2010 through Epic Records.[1]

Release and touring

Recording for Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards took place in June–August 2010[2][3] and the title was announced on August 20.[3] A podcast of each track was put up on Satriani's official Facebook profile and YouTube channel leading up to the album's release,[4] with "Light Years Away" being released as a free MP3 single download on September 7, 2010 in exchange for the customer advertising it in a Facebook post or Twitter tweet.[5] Two bonus tracks, "Heartbeats" and "Longing", were made available through Best Buy and Napster.[6]

Touring began in Europe in October–November, followed by North America and Mexico in December to January 2011.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic gave Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards three stars out of five, calling it "a mature work from one of the great rock guitarists" and "pure guitar prog, filled with compressed boogies, sci-fi synths, exotic flourishes, and all of Satch's phasers and flangers in full-tilt overdrive."[1]

The album reached No. 45 on the U.S. Billboard 200[8] and remained on that chart for two weeks,[9] as well as reaching the top 100 in ten other countries.[10]

Track listing

All music composed by Joe Satriani.

No. Title Length
1. "Premonition"   3:52
2. "Dream Song"   4:48
3. "Pyrrhic Victoria"   5:08
4. "Light Years Away"   6:11
5. "Solitude"   0:57
6. "Littleworth Lane"   3:46
7. "The Golden Room"   5:19
8. "Two Sides to Every Story"   4:10
9. "Wormhole Wizards"   6:27
10. "Wind in the Trees"   7:42
11. "God Is Crying"   4:52
Total length:
 53:12

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
bgcolor="#efefef" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 65
bgcolor="#efefef" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 77
bgcolor="#efefef" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 65
bgcolor="#efefef" Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)[14] 32
bgcolor="#efefef" Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[15] 33
bgcolor="#efefef" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[16] 32
bgcolor="#efefef" French Albums (SNEP)[17] 39
bgcolor="#efefef" German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 85
bgcolor="#efefef" Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 35
bgcolor="#efefef" Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 54
bgcolor="#efefef" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 34
bgcolor="#efefef" UK Albums (OCC)[22] 62
UK Download Albums (OCC)[23] 62
UK Physical Albums (OCC)[24] 62
bgcolor="#efefef" US Billboard 200[25] 45
bgcolor="#efefef" US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26] 7
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[27] 45
bgcolor="#efefef" US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] 5
bgcolor="#efefef" US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] 14
bgcolor="#efefef" US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[30] 23

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards - Joe Satriani". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  2. ↑ Webmaster (2010-06-01). "New Message from Joe, Club Joe and Europe Dates". satriani.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  3. 1 2 Webmaster (2010-08-20). "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards Preorder & North America Tour". satriani.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Joe Satriani - Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards Podcasts". satriani.com. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Free MP3 Download of "Light Years Away"". satriani.com. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Joe Satriani Best Buy® Exclusive". Best Buy. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  7. ↑ "2010/2011 The Wormhole Tour". satriani.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards - Joe Satriani | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  9. ↑ "Joe Satriani - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  10. ↑ "Joe Satriani - Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards (album)" Archived December 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Top Stranih [Top Foreign]" (in Croatian). Top Foreign Albums. Hrvatska diskografska udruga. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  15. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201042 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  16. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  17. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  18. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  19. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  22. ↑ "Joe Satriani | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart
  23. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 (2010-10-10)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  24. ↑ "Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100 (2010-10-10)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  25. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Joe Satriani.
  26. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Joe Satriani.
  27. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history – US Billboard Top Album Sales Chart". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  28. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Joe Satriani.
  29. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Joe Satriani.
  30. ↑ "Joe Satriani – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Joe Satriani.

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