Ultra Payloaded

Ultra Payloaded
Studio album by Satellite Party
Released	May 29, 2007
Recorded	2005–2007
Genre	Alternative rock, electronica
Length	47:50
Label	Columbia
Producer	Perry Farrell, Nuno Bettencourt (co-producer), Steve Lillywhite executive producer

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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

The album entered the charts at #91 on the Billboard 200 with about 8,000 copies sold.^[1]

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

1. "Wish Upon a Dog Star" (featuring
   Hybrid
   ) – 4:45 (Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman)
2. "Only Love, Let's Celebrate" – 3:50 (Farrell, Ferakis, Zesses)
3. "Hard Life Easy" – 4:13 (Farrell, Frusciante, Flea)
4. "Kinky" (featuring Hybrid) – 4:01 (Farrell, Healings, Hook, Truman)
5. "The Solutionists" (featuring Thievery Corporation) – 4:23 (Farrell, Thievery Corporation)
6. "Awesome" (featuring Hybrid) – 4:26 (Farrell, Healings, Truman)
7. "Mr. Sunshine" – 4:20 (Farrell,
   The Bee Gees
   )
8. "Insanity Rains" – 3:28 (Farrell, Bettencourt)
9. "Milky Ave" – 4:28 (Farrell, Flea)
10. "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party" – 5:27 (Farrell)
11. "Woman in the Window" (featuring Jim Morrison) – 4:00 (Farrell)
12. "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)

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