Pumpkin (album)

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Pumpkin
Pumpkin Cover.jpg
Studio album by Buckethead
Released October 29, 2013
Genre Dark Ambient, Experimental
Length31:10
Label Bucketheadland
Producer Dan Monti and Albert
Buckethead chronology
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Pumpkin is the sixty-third studio album by guitarist Buckethead, and the thirty-third installment of the Buckethead Pikes Series. [1] The album was part of a series of thirty pike albums that were released in close succession from one another during 2013.

Buckethead American musician and songwriter

Brian Patrick Carroll, known professionally as Buckethead, is an American multi-instrumentalist musician who has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans many genres, including progressive metal, funk, blues, bluegrass, ambient, and avant-garde music. He performs primarily as a solo artist, though he has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high-profile artists such as Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Iggy Pop, Les Claypool, Serj Tankian, Bill Moseley, Mike Patton, Viggo Mortensen, That 1 Guy, Bassnectar, and was a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004. He has released 306 studio albums, four special releases, and one EP. He has also performed on more than 50 other albums by other artists.

Contents

The album was announced on October 29. Unlike any of the other albums from the series, this one is the first album in the series to have been released for free. A limited edition version consisting of 300 copies of an untitled white album signed by Buckethead himself was announced on November 2 to be released on November 15. Unlike any of the limited edition albums, Pumpkin was signed with green ink instead of the traditional black ink used in the previous limited editions.

On November 15, the digital version of the album stopped being available for free. A standard edition was announced but has not yet been released.

On November 27, Pikes was released as a continuation of this album as seen by the numeration on the tracks and album cover and title.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Pumpkin Pikes 1"1:51
2."Pumpkin Pikes 2"2:39
3."Pumpkin Pikes 3"0:40
4."Pumpkin Pikes 4"2:03
5."Pumpkin Pikes 5"1:11
6."Pumpkin Pikes 6"5:40
7."Pumpkin Pikes 7"0:49
8."Pumpkin Pikes 8"0:53
9."Pumpkin Pikes 9"0:30
10."Pumpkin Pikes 10"0:29
11."Pumpkin Pikes 11"5:11
12."Pumpkin Pikes 12"0:14
13."Pumpkin Pikes 13"2:04
14."Pumpkin Pikes 14"0:20
15."Pumpkin Pikes 15"0:30
16."Pumpkin Pikes 16"0:59
17."Pumpkin Pikes 17"1:25
18."Pumpkin Pikes 18"3:45
Total length:31:10

Release history

Date Label Format Country
October 29, 2013 Bucketheadland Digital Format U.S.
November 15, 2013 Limited Edition CD

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References

  1. Original announcement of the album on Buckethead's bandcamp site