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Crystal Planet is the seventh studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on March 3, 1998 through Epic Records and reissued on June 16, 2008 as part of the Joe Satriani Original Album Classics box set. The eighth track, "Ceremony", features Satriani's first recorded use of a seven-string guitar, namely the Ibanez Universe.

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All songs written and composed by Joe Satriani, except where noted. 

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• Joe Satriani – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard (tracks 5, 7, 13, 14), bass (tracks 2, 13, 14), harmonica, clapping (track 7), mixing, production
• Eric Caudieux – keyboard (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12), programming, orchestration, editing
• Eric Valentine – keyboard (track 14), drums (tracks 13, 14), percussion (tracks 13, 14), bass (track 14), engineering, mixing, production
• Jeff Campitelli – drums (tracks 1–12), percussion (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8–12), clapping (track 7)
• Elk Thunder – percussion (track 8)
• Rhoades Howe – percussion (track 14), engineering
• Stuart Hamm – bass (tracks 1, 3–12)
• Mike Manning – clapping (track 7)
• Mike Fraser – clapping (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
• Kent Matcke – engineering
• Kevin Scott – engineering, mixing
• John Cuniberti – engineering, mixing, production
• Stephen Hart – engineering
• Judy Kirschner – engineering
• Zac Allentuck – mixing
• George Marino – mastering

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