Satellite (P.O.D. album)
Satellite is the fourth studio album and the second major label release by the American Christian nu metal band P.O.D. The album was released on September 11, 2001, debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 133,000 copies sold. It spent five consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of that chart.
It went on to sell over three million copies in the U.S., and over seven million worldwide, making it the band's album. Satellite was placed at No. 137 on the Billboard's top 200 albums of the decade. It was the 117th best-selling album of 2001 and the 26th best-selling album of 2002 in the United States.
Album information
Satellite produced four singles with music videos; "Alive", "Youth of the Nation", "Boom", and title track, "Satellite"."Alive" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Although not released as a single, "Portrait" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards. "Youth of the Nation" also earned a nomination in 2003 for "Best Hard Rock Performance".
Reception
- Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 - "Explodes beyond the confines of what has become a played-out sound... songs on a passion so fierce they're almost exhausting to listen to.... Without resorting to ham-fisted angst, P.O.D. push all the right emotional buttons."
- Spin - " sang from the heart about school shootings, losing parents, and being truly alive."
- Q magazine - 3 out of 5 stars - "...heavy, angry, and very, very loud....many songs have messages of peace and spirituality....their Gen-X angst sounds genuine..."
- CMJ - " honest spiritual subject matter coupled with crack-your-skull riffs work like a well-oiled machine."
- Revolver put Satellite on its list called "10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own".
Track listing
- A special edition re-release was released a year after the original album release, and featured the bonus tracks version
Personnel
- Sonny Sandoval – lead vocals
- Marcos Curiel – guitars, backing vocals
- Traa Daniels – bass, backing vocals
- Wuv Bernardo – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- H.R. – additional vocals on "Without Jah, Nothin'"
- Eek-A-Mouse – additional vocals on "Ridiculous"
- Christian Lindskog – additional vocals on "Anything Right"
- Suzy Katayama – string arrangement and conducting
- Joel Derouin – violin on "Anything Right"
- Larry Corbett – cello on "Anything Right"
- D.J. Harper, Jonnie Hall, Colin Sasaki, Nils Montan, Laurie Schillinger, Meagan Moore, Ayanna Williams, Healey Moore – children's choir on "Youth of the Nation"
- Bobbi Page – contractor on "Youth of the Nation"
- Howard Benson – producer, keyboards and loops
- P.O.D. – co-production, art direction
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Image Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
- Randy Staub – engineering
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, Chelsea, New York
- Jim Foster – Pro-Tools Editing
- Eric Miller – assistant recording engineer
- Matt Silva and Steve Kaplan – assistant mix engineers
- Duane Barron – additional assistant engineer
- Bobby Brooks – additional assistant engineering, Pro-Tools editing
- Chris "Sleepy J" Vaughan-Jones
- Andres Torres – guitar tech
- Gary Girsh – drum tech
- Steve Russell – guitar tech, pre-production assistance on "Ridiculous"
- Martie Kolbl – project coordination
- Craig Rosen – project administration
- Larry Freemantle – art direction
- Jill Greenberg – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
;Singles| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 2001 | "Alive" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 2001 | "Alive" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 2001 | "Alive" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 41 |
| 2001 | "Youth of the Nation" | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 2001 | "Youth of the Nation" | US Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 2002 | Boom | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 21 |
| 2002 | Boom | US Modern Rock Tracks | 13 |
| 2002 | Satellite | US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| 2002 | Satellite | US Modern Rock Tracks | 21 |
| 2002 | "Youth of the Nation" | US Billboard Hot 100 | 28 |
| 2002 | "Youth of the Nation" | US Top 40 Mainstream | 18 |
| 2002 | "Youth of the Nation" | US Top 40 Tracks | 36 |
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| Australian Albums | 53 |
| Austrian Albums | 24 |
| Belgian Albums | 57 |
| Dutch Albums | 97 |
| German Albums | 21 |
| Swedish Albums | 43 |
| Swiss Albums | 82 |
| US Billboard 200 | 26 |
Certifications
Awards
MTV Video Music Awards 2002
- Best Video of the Year for "Alive"
- Best Group Video for "Alive"
- Best Rock Video for "Youth Of The Nation"
- Best Direction for "Alive"
- Best Special Effects for "Alive"
- Viewer's Choice for "Alive"
2002 Grammy Awards
- Best Hard Rock Performance for "Alive"
2003 Grammy Awards
- Best Metal Performance for "Portrait"
- Best Hard Rock Performance for "Youth Of The Nation"