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.

Satellite
Studio album by P.O.D.
Released	September 11, 2001
Recorded	March – May 2001
Studio	Bay 7, Valley Village, California Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California
Genre	Nu metal rap metal alternative metal rap rock
Length	53:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Howard Benson, P.O.D.
P.O.D. chronology
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) Satellite (2001) Payable on Death (2003)
Singles from Satellite
"Alive" Released: July 4, 2001 "Youth of the Nation" Released: December 25, 2001 "Boom" Released: May 14, 2002 "Satellite" Released: August 20, 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Cross Rhythms	[2]
Entertainment.ie	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

It went on to sell over three million copies in the U.S., and over seven million worldwide,[8] making it the band's highest-selling album. Satellite was placed at No. 137 on the Billboard's top 200 albums of the decade (2000–2009).[9] It was the 117th best-selling album of 2001[10] and the 26th best-selling album of 2002 in the United States.[11]

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 (9/27/01, pp. 67–8) – 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."[7]
• Spin (p. 89) – "[They] sang from the heart about school shootings, losing parents, and being truly alive."
• Q (1/02, p. 106) – 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 (10/1/01, p. 16) – "[Its] honest spiritual subject matter coupled with crack-your-skull riffs work like a well-oiled machine."[12]
• Revolver put Satellite on its list called "10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own".[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels, Wuv Bernardo, except where noted.

Tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Set It Off"	4:16
2.	"Alive"	3:23
3.	"Boom"	3:08
4.	"Youth of the Nation"	4:19
5.	"Celestial"	1:24
6.	"Satellite"	3:30
7.	"Ridiculous" (featuring Eek-a-Mouse)	4:17
8.	"The Messenjah"	4:19
9.	"Guitarras de Amor"	1:14
10.	"Anything Right" (featuring Christian Lindskog)	4:17
11.	"Ghetto"	3:37
12.	"Masterpiece Conspiracy"	3:11
13.	"Without Jah, Nothin" (featuring H.R.)	3:42
14.	"Thinking About Forever"	3:46
15.	"Portrait"	4:32
Total length:		53:04

B-sides

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Critic" (from the maxi-single Satellite)

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
18.	"Whatever It Takes" (originally featured in the movie Any Given Sunday, this was a bonus track on European releases)	4:02
19.	"Rock the Party (RTP remix)" (bonus track included on Japanese releases)	3:58
20.	"School of Hard Knocks"

Re-released bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
20.	"Alive" (semi-acoustic remix)
21.	"Youth of the Nation" (Conjure One remix)
22.	"Boom" (The Crystal Method remix)

Limited edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
23.	"Set It Off" (live)	4:42
24.	"Without Jah, Nothin'"	2:47
25.	"Youth of the Nation" (live)	4:18
26.	"Outkast" (live)	5:22
27.	"Into the Satellite" (behind-the-scenes documentary)	6:25

• A special edition re-release was released a year after the original album release, and featured the bonus tracks version

Personnel

P.O.D. Sonny Sandoval – lead vocals Marcos Curiel – guitars, backing vocals Traa Daniels – bass, backing vocals Wuv Bernardo – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional musicians H.R. (Bad Brains) – additional vocals on "Without Jah, Nothin'" Eek-A-Mouse – additional vocals on "Ridiculous" Christian Lindskog (Blindside) – 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"

Production 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" Management Martie Kolbl – project coordination Craig Rosen – project administration Artwork Larry Freemantle – art direction Jill Greenberg – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001–03) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 19 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 32 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 10 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 27 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 50 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 5 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 18 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[26] 7 Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 16 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 11 UK Albums (OCC)[30] 16 US Billboard 200[31] 6 US Christian Albums (Billboard)[32] 1 Singles Year Single Chart Position 2001 "Alive" US Mainstream Rock Tracks 4 US Modern Rock Tracks 2 US Billboard Hot 100 41 "Youth of the Nation" US Mainstream Rock Tracks 6 US Modern Rock Tracks 1 2002 Boom US Mainstream Rock Tracks 21 US Modern Rock Tracks 13 Satellite US Mainstream Rock Tracks 15 US Modern Rock Tracks 21 "Youth of the Nation" US Billboard Hot 100 28 US Top 40 Mainstream 18 US Top 40 Tracks 36

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position US Billboard 200[33] 117 Chart (2002) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[34] 53 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[35] 24 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[36] 57 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[37] 97 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[38] 21 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 43 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 82 US Billboard 200[41] 26 Certifications Country Certification Sales Australia Platinum[42] 70,000 Canada Platinum[43] 100,000 Germany Gold[44] 100,000 Sweden Gold[45] 20,000 United Kingdom Gold 100,000 United States 3x Platinum[46] 3,000,000

Awards

MTV Video Music Awards 2002

• Best Video of the Year for "Alive" (nominated)
• Best Group Video for "Alive" (nominated)
• Best Rock Video for "Youth of the Nation" (nominated)
• Best Direction for "Alive" (nominated)
• Best Special Effects for "Alive" (nominated)
• Viewer's Choice for "Alive" (nominated)

2002 Grammy Awards

• Best Hard Rock Performance for "Alive" (nomination)

2003 Grammy Awards

• Best Metal Performance for "Portrait" (nomination)
• Best Hard Rock Performance for "Youth of the Nation" (nomination)

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