Satellite (P.O.D. album)

Satellite
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
RecordedMarch – May 2001
Studio
Genre
Length53:04
LabelAtlantic
ProducerHoward Benson
P.O.D. chronology
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
(1999)
Satellite
(2001)
Payable on Death
(2003)
Singles from Satellite
  1. "Alive"
    Released: July 31, 2001[2]
  2. "Youth of the Nation"
    Released: November 27, 2001[3]
  3. "Boom"
    Released: April 8, 2002[4]
  4. "Satellite"
    Released: August 5, 2002[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Cross Rhythms[7]
Entertainment.ie[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[9]
Jesus Freak Hideout[10]
Los Angeles Times[11]
NME[12]
Rolling Stone[13]

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,[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]

  1. ^ "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022.
  2. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1412. July 27, 2001. pp. 101, 105, 115.
  3. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1429. November 23, 2001. pp. 79, 82, 88.
  4. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1447. April 5, 2002. p. 27.
  5. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1464. August 2, 2002. p. 31.
  6. ^ "Satellite - P.O.D." Allmusic.
  7. ^ "P.O.D. - Satellite". Cross Rhythms.
  8. ^ "P.O.D. - Satellite". Entertainment.ie.
  9. ^ Farber, Jim (September 14, 2001). "Satellite Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  10. ^ "P.O.D., "Satellite" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout.
  11. ^ Lecaro, Lina (September 16, 2001). "A Strong Crop in Fall's First Harvest (P.O.D.: "Satellite")". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  12. ^ Empire, Kitty (September 12, 2005). "Album review: POD: Satellite". NME. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  13. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (September 4, 2001). "Satellite : P.O.D. : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  14. ^ "P.O.D. Come Back Rocking - uDiscover". www.udiscovermusic.com. June 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "Top 200 Albums Of The Decade By Billboard".
  16. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2001". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2002". Billboard.

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