Electric Tears

For song by Hawkwind, see Onward (album).

Electric Tears
Studio album by Buckethead
Released	October 8, 2002
Genre	Ambient, new age, blues, jazz
Length	1:10:28
Label	Metastation
Producer	Buckethead and Janet Rienstra
Buckethead chronology
Bermuda Triangle (2002) Electric Tears (2002) Bucketheadland 2 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Electric Tears is the ninth studio album by Buckethead. It is considered one of his most emotional and introspective albums, bearing many similarities to his previous release Colma . The entire album is played solely on acoustic and electric guitar. ^[1]

In 2010, the album was released directly from TDRS Music. The album Electric Sea is a direct sequel to this album, released in 2012.

The Ultimate Guitar community ranked the album 12th on the list of "25 Greatest Instrumental albums of all time". ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buckethead, except for “Sketches Of Spain”, which is a tribute to Miles Davis' musical piece “Adagio” (Concierto de Aranjuez) from the album of the same name, originally written by Joaquín Rodrigo.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All in the Waiting"	3:41
2.	"Sketches of Spain" (For Miles)	4:03
3.	"Padmasana"	11:36
4.	"Mustang"	5:36
5.	"The Way to Heaven"	5:48
6.	"Baptism of Solitude"	6:07
7.	"Kansas Storm"	5:31
8.	"Datura"	5:36
9.	"Mantaray"	4:08
10.	"Witches on the Heath"	2:38
11.	"Angel Monster"	5:05
12.	"Electric Tears"	5:29
13.	"Spell of the Gypsies"	5:10
Total length:		1:10:28

Credits

• Buckethead - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, production
• Janet Rienstra - production
• Dom Camardella - mixing, mastering, engineering, co-production
• Robert Hadley - mastering

References

1. Anderson, Rick. Electric Tears at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
2. Miller, Kirk (October 31, 2002). "Buckethead Electric Tears > Album Review". Rolling Stone . No. 908. p. 146. Archived from the original on December 16, 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
3. "25 Greatest Instrumental Albums of All Time".