Electric Tears

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Electric Tears
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002
Genre Ambient, new age, blues, jazz
Length1:10:28
Label Metastation
Producer Buckethead and Janet Rienstra
Buckethead chronology
Bermuda Triangle
(2002)
Electric Tears
(2002)
Bucketheadland 2
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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]

Contents

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.TitleLength
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

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References

  1. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. Electric Tears at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
  2. Miller, Kirk (October 31, 2002). "Buckethead Electric Tears > Album Review". Rolling Stone (908). p. 146. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  3. "25 Greatest Instrumental Albums of All Time".