Strange Beautiful Music is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on June 25, 2002 through Epic Records; a Super Audio CD edition was released on September 10. The album reached No. 140 on the United States Billboard 200 and remained on that chart for a week, as well as reaching the top 100 in four other countries. "Starry Night" was released as a single and received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards; this being Satriani's twelfth such nomination. The title of Strange Beautiful Music is also the name of Satriani's publishing company.