Joe Satriani didn't discover a genre nor did he change the course of human history. He did expand the language of rock music's most important instrument – the electric guitar – and took it places it hadn't been. Surfing With The Alien is also noteworthy because of its surprising commercial success. It reached the Billboard Top 30 and sold more than two million copies.

Track Listing
Surfing With The Alien
Ice 9
Crushing Day
Always With Me, Always With You
Satch Boogie
Hill Of The Skull
Circles
Lords Of Karma
Midnight
Echo