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2007 studio album by Satellite Party
Ultra Payloaded is the only studio album by American
alternative rock band
Satellite Party , released on May 29, 2007, on
Columbia Records . Co-produced by
Perry Farrell and
Nuno Bettencourt , the album was preceded by the single, "Wish Upon a Dog Star".
The album features contributions from artists such as
John Frusciante and
Flea of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers ,
Fergie of
The Black Eyed Peas , former
Red Hot Chili Peppers and
Pearl Jam drummer
Jack Irons ,
Joy Division /
New Order bass guitarist
Peter Hook ,
Porno for Pyros guitarist
Peter DiStefano ,
Hybrid ,
Thievery Corporation , and finally a pre-recorded vocal performance provided by
Jim Morrison . There is also a 30 piece orchestra on four of the tracks, led by
Harry Gregson-Williams . The full album was leaked on May 22.
The album entered the charts at #91 on the
Billboard 200 with about 8,000 copies sold.
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The full album, with the exception of "Nightbloom", was included on Farrell's boxset "The Glitz; The Glamour", released on January 22, 2021. Therefore, it was also released on digital streaming platforms such as
Spotify .
Track listing
"Wish Upon a Dog Star" (featuring
Hybrid ) – 4:45 (Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman)
"Only Love, Let's Celebrate" – 3:50 (Farrell, Ferakis, Zesses)
"Hard Life Easy" – 4:13 (Farrell, Frusciante, Flea)
"Kinky" (featuring Hybrid) – 4:01 (Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman)
"The Solutionists" (featuring
Thievery Corporation ) – 4:23 (Farrell,
Thievery Corporation )
"Awesome" (featuring Hybrid) – 4:26 (Farrell, Healings, Truman)
"Mr. Sunshine" – 4:20 (Farrell,
The Bee Gees )
"Insanity Rains" – 3:28 (Farrell, Bettencourt)
"Milky Ave" – 4:28 (Farrell, Flea)
"Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party" – 5:27 (Farrell)
"Woman in the Window" (featuring
Jim Morrison ) – 4:00 (Farrell)
"Nightbloom" (iTunes bonus track) – 4:12 (Farrell)
Personnel
Perry Farrell – lead vocals, programming (2, 3, 5, 7, 9-11 ), string arrangement (3 )
Nuno Bettencourt – lead guitar (1-10 ), bass guitar (2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 ), keyboards (2, 3, 4, 8, 9 ), string arrangement (3, 6, 9 ), organ and piano (11 ), backing vocals
Kevin Figueiredo – drums
Etty Lau Farrell – backing vocals
Carl Restivo – backing vocals (8, 10 ), additional 808 programming, bass guitar (live)
Peter DiStefano – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6 )
John Frusciante – guitar (3 )
Flea – bass guitar (3, 9 )
Peter Hook – bass guitar (1, 4 )
Fergie – backing vocals (1, 10 )
Hybrid – programming (1, 4, 6 )
Thievery Corporation – programming (5 )
Jim Morrison – vocals (11 )
Jack Irons – drums (uncredited)
Harry Gregson-Williams – string arrangement, conducting (5, 6, 7, 10, 11 ) [The Satellite Strings Orchestra]
Suze DeMarchi – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 8 )
Dan Chase – percussion (2, 3 )
Joey Heredia – percussion (2, 3, 7, 10 )
Kenneth Crouch – piano (3, 7 )
Milen Kirov – piano (1 )
Jamie Mahoberac – keyboards (3 )
Tim Pierce – guitars (5 )
Anthony J. Resta – programming
Daniel Sternbaum – engineering
Scott Wiley – engineering (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 )
Anthony "Rocky" Gallo – engineering and mixing (1–3, 11 ), additional tracking (11 )
References