Satellite (P.O.D. album) explained

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.

It went on to sell over three million copies in the U.S., and over seven million worldwide,^[1] making it the band's album. Satellite was placed at No. 137 on the Billboards top 200 albums of the decade .^[2] It was the 117th best-selling album of 2001^[3] and the 26th best-selling album of 2002 in the United States.^[4]

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."
• 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."^[5]
• Revolver put Satellite on its list called "10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own".^[6]

Track listing

• 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

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Satellite!Chart (2001)!Position

US Billboard 200[8]	117

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	53
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	57
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[12]	90
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[13]	27
Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14]	12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15]	56
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	97
Europe (European Top 100 Albums)[17]	32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19]	46
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	82
US Billboard 200[22]	26
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[23]	46

Decade-end charts

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: P.O.D. Come Back Rocking - uDiscover. www.udiscovermusic.com. June 9, 2015 .
2. Web site: Top 200 Albums Of The Decade By Billboard.
3. Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2001. .
4. Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2002. .
5. Web site: P.O.D. - Satellite CD. CD Universe.
6. 10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need To Own . . Burgess . Aaron. (September 9th, 2014). Retrieved on October 27, 2015
7. Eurochart Top 100 Albums - March 02, 2002. Music & Media. 20. 10. 16. March 2, 2002. November 17, 2021.
8. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001. Billboard. July 29, 2020.
9. Web site: ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2002. Australian Recording Industry Association. July 29, 2020.
10. Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2002. austriancharts.at. July 29, 2020.
11. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2002. Ultratop. July 29, 2020.
12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040812030723/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2002.html. August 12, 2004. Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales). Jam!. March 24, 2022.
13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html. December 4, 2003. Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002. Jam!. March 26, 2022.
14. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html. August 12, 2004. Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002. Jam!. March 23, 2022.
15. Web site: Chart of the Year 2002. TOP20.dk . November 16, 2021 . da. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222193241/http://top20.dk/chart/2002 . February 22, 2014 .
16. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2002. dutchcharts.nl. July 29, 2020.
17. Year in Review – European Top 100 Albums 2002 . . 21 . 2/3 . 11 January 2003 . 15 . World Radio History . 5 July 2021 . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125105415/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-01-11.pdf . live .
18. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. July 29, 2020.
19. Web site: End of Year Charts 2002 – Official Top 40 Albums. Recorded Music New Zealand. November 16, 2021.
20. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2002. Sverigetopplistan. sv. July 29, 2020.
21. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002. hitparade.ch. July 29, 2020.
22. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. July 29, 2020.
23. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002. IFPI. https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003138/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2002.pdf. November 17, 2008. February 3, 2023.
24. The Decade in Music - Charts - Top Billboard 200 Albums. December 19, 2009. World Radio History. Billboard. 164. November 14, 2021. Digit page 168 on the PDF archive.