Surfing With The Alien
by Joe Satriani
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Surfing With The Alien is ranked as the best album by Joe Satriani.
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Surfing With The Alien track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Surfing With The Alien rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of the 1980s | 77/81 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1987 | 46/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Hard rock albums of all time by Metal Storm | 32/99 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 18 Music Albums of 1987 | 9/18 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1987 | 36/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1987 | 17/97 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1987 | 36/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1987 | 22/62 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1987 | 65/82 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 113 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 355 | |||
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Surfing With The Alien ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 12:10 | duelek | 2,194 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 07:32 | Liks_on_music | 678 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 15:04 | cicadelic | 14,110 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Cytoma 05/11/2023 11:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Surfing With The Alien comments
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To me this is brilliant but i love to listen to extended guitar solos and jamming. Satriani has an amazing command of the guitar he always sounds so in control like a jedi master with his craft. Special album from a special player. Possibly the greatest technical guitar player ever.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/20/2012 22:05 | #55533 | TOP COMMENT
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Oh yea! Satriani baby! Such a diverse player. Doesn't get as much credit as he deserves. At least not from the shred/virtuoso fanboys. (Edited)
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/29/2016 23:54 | #164856 | TOP COMMENT
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Obviously lacks songwriting. A one off song is probably tolerable of someone wanking on the guitar like this, but a whole album is torture.
Yes great guitar tone and technique, but that's like only 20-30% of what makes a good album... so that means he's 20-30% awesome in my book.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2019 03:07 | #228522 | TOP COMMENT
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Not just a walking shredder, but also a solid composer capable of creating meaningful melody. This album sits atop the more one dimensional examples of the shred generation. (Edited)
Was there a lawsuit with the album cover? I'll be listening to this album soon. (Edited)
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