Flying In A Blue Dream
by Joe Satriani
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Joe Satriani bestography
Flying In A Blue Dream is ranked 3rd 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 4118 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 354.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Flying In A Blue Dream track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Flying In A Blue Dream rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 201-300 | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 6/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1989 | 36/89 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 43 Music Albums of 1989 | 32/43 | 1 |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 91 Music Albums of 1989 | 57/91 | 2 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 54 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/54 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 159 | |||
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Flying In A Blue Dream ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 17:15 | cicadelic | 14,285 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 07:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2025 08:01 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Flying In A Blue Dream forum mentions
Romanelli 07/29/2024 01:25 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 06/22/2021 00:30 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 09/06/2020 16:00 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?View all forum mentions
Flying In A Blue Dream comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2016 21:21 | #180334 | TOP COMMENT
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Satriani's vocals leave a lot to be desired, but the instrumental work on this album is terrific. The album contains three perfect instrumentals which could be on any best of guitar list: The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, One Big Rush, and The Forgotten pt 2.
Completely agree with Fischman: The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, One Big Rush, and The Forgotten pt 2 are excellent instrumentals (especially Forgotten 2 - wow) but the title track and 'I Believe' are good too. He's not the best singer but he's undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians of our time.
Enormously listenable guitar album. A master at work.
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