Ultra Payload

Satellite Party | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 29, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000P46Q22
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wish Upon A Dogstar

2. Only Love, Let's Celebrate

3. Hard Life Easy

4. Kinky

5. The Solutionists

6. Awesome

7. Mr. Sunshine

8. Insanity Rains

9. Milky Ave.

10. Ultra Payloaded

11. Woman In The Window

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

His band Jane's Addiction helped grease the alternative-rock skids as the '80s hit the '90s, and Perry Farrell--pushing 50--now aims for a new decade and another century. The ethereal artist's revelry of contributors to his latest project includes one-named artists Flea and Fergie, Peter Hook (ex-New Order), and a creepy posthumous appearance by Jim Morrison. That's right: leave it to Farrell, creator of rock festival Lollapalooza and some of his genre's most impulsive music, to dust off the Lizard King, whose healthy vocal slinks and slides beneath the baiting, rhythmic lyric "Just try and stop us/We're going to love" (complete with a Ray Manzarek-like organ riff at the bridge). The novelty of "Woman in the Window" will undoubtedly generate the most attention. But Farrell's Satellite Party leaves plenty more on the table, channeling the punk-and-metal command of Jane ("Kinky," "Insanity Rains") with some of the pop sparkle of his Porno for Pyros ("Hard Life Easy," "The Solutionists"), while tossing in a couple of choice covers to boot: Rare Earth's "Just Wanna Celebrate" and the Bee Gees' "Lonely Days," recast as "Mr. Sunshine." --Scott Holter

Product Description

Perry Farrell's Satellite Party is a band created by former Jane's Addiction front man and Lollapalooza founder, Perry Farrell. Their debut album Ultra Payloaded features special guests Flea and John Frusciante from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fergie from Black Eyed Peas, Peter Hook of New Order, and more. There are 10 Satellite Party songs on the album and the 11th track, "Woman in the Window," features lyrics and vocals by The Door's front man Jim Morrison with additional music and production by Perry Farrell. This song evolved from a previously unreleased spoken word piece by Jim Morrison.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "It's time to shine", May 29, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Ultra Payload (Audio CD)

I was indifferent at first when I heard that Perry Farrell was forming this band called Satellite Party, and didn't think much when earlier this year I found out that thier debut album was set to be released in May. However, listening to "Wish upon a dog star" on the internet a few weeks ago made me look forward to this album as it was a nice upbeat song. This album is a fairly good debut album with some decent music, although it is not gonna be an all time classic, there are some good tunes and the lyrics are positive messages about love and celebration of life. "Wish upon a dog star" and "Hard life easy" stand out in my mind right now, but this is the type of album that grows on you the more you listen to it, so I am sure the other songs will catch up on me too.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perry and Nuno team-up, June 10, 2007

By 

Daniel Maltzman (Arlington, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Payload (Audio CD)

The idea of Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell forming a band with Extreme's Nuno Bettencourt may seem a bit odd to some at first. After all, Ferrell is seen as an "alternative," "arty" rocker, whereas Bettencourt is mostly known for his top-40 hit "More than Words." However, the two joining forces isn't so odd if you think about it. Although Extreme is seen as a "pop-metal" band, they really were much more than that--as the band was highly ambitious, as the progressive "III Sides to Every Story" shows. Nuno and Farrell may have attracted different audiences, but their art-rock, progressive ambitions are qualities that the two share.

"Ultra Payloaded" (2007) sounds like what one might expect--Jane's Addiction meets "III Sides" era Extreme--spacey, arty, funky, poppy, ambitious, and melodic-- with a lot of cool solos. The album is highly, highly up-beat and celebratory--hence the name Satellite "party." While the album may not yield anything classic like "Been Caught Steeling" (Jane's Addiction) or "He-Man-Women-Hater," (Extreme) this album is a hell of a lot of fun. I actually think "Satellite Party" makes for a great drinking album; the kind of CD to sit back, relax, and have a few shots of JD or beers too. Some of these songs have orchestration and several musicians make guest appearances--Flea, John Frusciante (RHCP) Peter Hook, (New Order) Fergie (Black Eye Peas) to name a few, (Jim Morrison even makes an appeacrence in the closing "Women in the Window") yet none of this bogs down the album the way it could and everything works just fine.

In a nutshell, "Satellite Party" is a really fun, up-beat album that fans of both Extreme and Jane's Addiction will dig.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Other versions of his songs., July 27, 2007

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Bricolage "function zero" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultra Payload (Audio CD)

A great and upbeat album, however three of the songs I have already heard in different forms on other albums. I wish all the songs were new, but I can understand Perry thinking that not everyone may have heard the songs.

"Wish Upon a Dogstar" is known as "Dogstar" on Hybrid's "I Choose Noise" album. Minus the guitars and a much more electronic sound. I actually prefer Hybrid's version.

"Kinky" is almost identical to "Dreamstalker," also on Hybrid's "I Choose Noise" album. Minus the vocals and guitars.

"The Solutionists" is yet another version of a song previously released as "Revolution Solution" by Thievery Corporation, featuring the vocals of Farrell. The Thievery Corporation version doesn't have as many sound layers to it, but is much more middle eastern sounding.