Planet X (Derek Sherinian album)

Planet X
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999 (1999-07-13)
RecordedThe Leopard Room in Hollywood Hills
GenreInstrumental rock, progressive rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion
Length47:45
LabelMagna Carta
ProducerDerek Sherinian, Tom Fletcher
Derek Sherinian chronology
Planet X
(1999)
Inertia
(2001)

Planet X is the first studio album by keyboardist Derek Sherinian, released on July 13, 1999 through Magna Carta Records. The album was devised after Sherinian left progressive metal band Dream Theater in January 1999. He then joined drummer Virgil Donati in forming a band also named Planet X, which released their own first album Universe in 2000. Guitarist Brett Garsed, who plays on Planet X, would later return on the band Planet X's album Quantum in 2007.