The Extremist
by Joe Satriani

The Extremist by Joe Satriani
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-07-21
Overall rank: 5,375th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 67 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (93rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (879th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,375th)

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Joe Satriani bestography

The Extremist is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Joe Satriani on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joe Satriani is Surfing With The Alien which is ranked number 4032 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 363.

Joe Satriani album bestography « Higher ranked (4,032nd)
Surfing With The Alien
This album (5,375th)
The Extremist
Lower ranked (7,886th) »
Flying In A Blue Dream

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The Extremist track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Extremist rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,375th | 1990s rank: 879th | 1992 rank: 93rd
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2026JohnnyoHard rock albums of all time by Metal Storm52/99 -
2026 zwiebelTop 70 Music Albums of 199250/702
2026byuzakTop 54 Music Albums of 19923/545
2026 jeremy9Top 91 Music Albums of 199210/915
2025 MetalMan67Top 73 Music Albums of 199233/733
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1992 by Metal Storm14/20 -
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 199246/1003
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s27/10015
2025 RockyRaccoonTop 45 Music Albums of 199228/452
2025SleepyMouseTop 40 Greatest Music Albums17/4056
2025 TheDude85Top 98 Music Albums of 199240/983
2025byuzakTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s38/10013
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199237/1003
2023glynspsaTop 100 Music Albums of 199235/1003
2023meltchettTop 100 Greatest Music Albums62/10029
2021 mrblondTop 40 Music Albums of 199214/403
2021multiverso100 Greatest Hard Rock Albums62/100 -
2021Johnnyo100 greatest guitar solos - Classic Rock47/99 -
2020 911TurboTop 50 Greatest Music Albums7/5035
2020byuzakMy 80s and 90s Rock Music Chart23/93 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 39
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 255
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 67 votes)
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01/03/2026 11:44 muller72  Ratings distribution  3183/100
 
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10/10/2025 12:58 SleepyMouse  Ratings distribution  40100/100
 
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10/07/2025 22:27 Sentido  Ratings distribution  35183/100
 
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06/16/2025 03:54 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
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05/26/2024 21:40 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,41674/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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From 07/22/2019 12:29 | #240140
Only man who can match Vai. Melody and sheer creativity
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