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Shapeshifting
Studio album by Joe Satriani
Released	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)
Studio	PLYRZ Studios, Valencia, CA, US
Genre	Instrumental rock, hard rock, blues rock
Length	46:23
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Jim Scott Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani chronology
What Happens Next (2018) Shapeshifting (2020) The Elephants of Mars (2022)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Classic Rock

Shapeshifting is the seventeenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on April 10, 2020, through Sony Music. Satriani co-produced the album with Jim Scott, with it featuring a "wide variety of styles". The album was preceded by the lead single "Nineteen Eighty". This is Satriani's last album to be released through Sony Music, as he had switched labels to earMUSIC for his next album, The Elephants of Mars (2022).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joe Satriani

Personnel

• Joe Satriani – guitars, banjo, keyboards, whistling, handclaps
• Chris Chaney – bass guitar, rhythm guitar (track 10)
• Eric Caudieux – keyboards, percussion, whistling, handclaps, editing, sound designing
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Lisa Coleman – piano (tracks 11 and 13)
• Christopher Guest – mandolin (track 13)
• Jim Scott – percussion, whistling, handclaps, producing, recording, mixing
• John Cuniberti – mastering

Charts

See also

• List of 2020 albums

References

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5. "JOE SATRIANI Announces 'The Elephants Of Mars' Album, Releases 'Sahara' Single". Blabbermouth.net. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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12. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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