Satellite (P.O.D. album)

Satellite is the fourth studio album by 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 was the band's last album to feature guitarist Marcos Curiel until 2008's When Angels and Serpents Dance.

Satellite
Studio album by P.O.D.
Released	September 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
Recorded	March – May 2001
Studio	Bay 7, Valley Village, California Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California
Genre	Nu metal[1] rap metal
Length	53:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Howard Benson
P.O.D. chronology
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) Satellite (2001) Payable on Death (2003)
Singles from Satellite
"Alive" Released: July 31, 2001[2] "Youth of the Nation" Released: November 27, 2001[3] "Boom" Released: April 8, 2002[4] "Satellite" Released: August 5, 2002[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Cross Rhythms	[7]
Entertainment.ie	[8]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[9]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
NME	[12]
Rolling Stone	[13]

It went on to sell over three million copies in the U.S., and over seven million worldwide,^[14] 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).^[15] It was the 117th best-selling album of 2001^[16] and the 26th best-selling album of 2002 in the United States.^[17]

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 (9/27/2001, 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."^[13]
• 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 (10/1/2001, p. 16) – "[Its] honest spiritual subject matter coupled with crack-your-skull riffs work like a well-oiled machine."^[18]
• Revolver put Satellite on its list called "10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own".^[19]

Track listing

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

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

European bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Whatever It Takes" (originally featured in the movie Any Given Sunday)	4:02

Japanese tonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Rock the Party (RTP Remix)"	3:58

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Alive (Semi-Acoustic Remix)"	3:25
17.	"Youth of the Nation (Conjure One Remix)"	3:55
18.	"Boom (The Crystal Method Remix)"	3:17

Limited edition bonus DVD

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

20th-anniversary remastered expanded edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ridiculous" (demo)	4:22
2.	"Hold You Again" (demo)	4:12
3.	"Don't Try to Play Me Out" (School of Hard Knocks demo)	4:19
4.	"Armageddon" (demo)	4:21
5.	"Critic" (2021 re-release)	2:43
6.	"Sabbath" (track previously released on The Warriors - EP)	4:32
7.	"School of Hard Knocks" (originally featured in the movie Little Nicky)	4:06
8.	"Alive (Semi-Acoustic Remix)"	3:25
9.	"Rock the Party (RTP Remix)"	3:58
10.	"Youth of the Nation (Conjure One Remix)"	3:55
11.	"Youth of the Nation (Mike$ki Remix)"	4:08
12.	"Boom (The Crystal Method Remix)"	3:17

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

Personnel

P.O.D.

• P.O.D. – art direction
  • Sonny Sandoval – lead vocals
  • Marcos Curiel – guitar, backing vocals
  • Traa Daniels – bass, backing vocals
  • Wuv Bernardo – drums, backing vocals

Ridiculous

• Eek-A-Mouse – additional vocals
• Steve Russell – guitar tech, pre-production assistance

Anything Right

• Christian Lindskog – additional vocals
• Joel Derouin – violin
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Suzy Katayama – string arrangement and conducting

Youth of the Nation

• D.J. Harper, Jonnie Hall, Colin Sasaki, Nils Montan, Laurie Schillinger, Meagan Moore, Ayanna Williams, Healey Moore – children's choir
• Bobbi Page – contractor

Miscellaneous

• H.R. – vocals on "Without Jah, Nothin'"
• Howard Benson – producer, keyboards and loops
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Image Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
• Randy Staub – engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, Chelsea, New York
• Eric Miller – assistant recording engineer
• Chris "Sleepy J" Vaughan-Jones

Assistant engineers / Pro-Tools editors

• Matt Silva and Steve Kaplan – assistant mix engineers
• Duane Barron – additional assistant engineer
• Bobby Brooks – additional assistant engineering, Pro-Tools editing
• Jim Foster – Pro-Tools Editing

Technicians

• Andres Torres – guitar tech
• Gary Girsh – drum tech

Management

• Martie Kolbl – project coordination
• Craig Rosen – project administration

Artwork

• Larry Freemantle – art direction
• Jill Greenberg – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Satellite Chart (2001–2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 19 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 32 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 10 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 27 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[26] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 50 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 5 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[30] 14 Irish Albums (IRMA)[31] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] 18 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[34] 7 Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] 16 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 11 UK Albums (OCC)[38] 16 US Billboard 200[39] 6 US Christian Albums (Billboard)[40] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Satellite Chart (2001) Position US Billboard 200[41] 117 Chart (2002) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[42] 53 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[43] 24 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[44] 57 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[45] 90 Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[46] 27 Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[47] 12 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[48] 56 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[49] 97 Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[50] 32 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[51] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[52] 46 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[53] 43 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[54] 82 US Billboard 200[55] 26 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[56] 46 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position US Billboard 200[57] 137

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Satellite

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[58]	Gold	35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[59]	Platinum	100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[60]	Gold	150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[61]	Gold	7,500^
Sweden (GLF)[62]	Gold	40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[63]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[64]	Gold	100,000*
United States (RIAA)[65]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards

2001 Grammy Awards

• Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for "Alive" (nominated)

2002 MTV Video Music Awards

• 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 "Youth of the Nation" (nomination)

2002 Teen Choice Music Awards

• Choice Rock Track for "Youth of the Nation" (nomination)
• Choice Album for "Satellite" (nomination)

2003 Dove Awards

• Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year for "Boom" (Won)
• Song of the Year for "Youth of the Nation" (nominated)

2003 Echo Awards

• Echo Award for Best International Rock/Alternative Group for Satellite (won)

2003 Grammy Awards

• Best Metal Performance for "Portrait" (nomination)

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