''Bucketheadland 2'' is the tenth studio album by guitarist

Buckethead Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans severa ...

. Released in 2003, it is a sequel to his debut album, '' Bucketheadland'', a

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about his fictional "abusement" park. The album was nominated for the 2004

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Track listing

Notes

*"Frozen Brains Tell No Tales" uses the same recording of Bootsy Collins singing "Buckethead's a psycho, he's a total psycho" that is used in "Want Some Slaw?", from Buckethead's second album, "

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. *"Digger's Den" begins with

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and singer. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins established himself as one of the leading n ...

exclaiming the phrase "Hit me", which would later be sampled for "Bird With a Hole in the Stomach" on Buckethead's 2006 album, The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock. *"Carpal Tunnel Tomb Torker" features

shouting "I'm Cocoa for Cuckoo Puffs!", a reference to the '' Bucketheadland'' album in which he is similarly heard singing the jingle for

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. *Elements of the tracks "Slaughter Zone Entrance" and "Slaughter Zone Exit" would later be used in "The Ravines of Falsehood" on Buckethead's 2004 album, ''

The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell ''The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell'' is the thirteenth studio album by American guitarist Buckethead. It was released on April 20, 2004 via Disembodied Records. Track listing Spokes for the Wheel of Torment "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" is the ...

''. *After an initial guitar riff, "Slaughter Zone Exit" consists primarily of silence, only permeated by a number of scattered samples, including many of the spoken word pieces heard throughout the album. A possible reason for this is that Buckethead wanted the longest track on the album to be exactly 8:16, matching the length of the longest track on '' Bucketheadland'' ( Computer Master). This would make the two longest tracks from his debut and its sequel the same length.

Credits

Per album liner notes *Taxidermy, production, 6-string wedge & pieces by Buckethead *Co-produced, co-written, mixed, engineered and programmed by

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*Recorded at the Coop & the Del Rey Brewer Factory *Voices:

, Li'l Littles, Keystone Brewer, Bill Monti he Towel P-Sticks, Albert *Additional drums:

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*Mechanical morgue: Dead *Ferris Wheel age 1 P-Sticks *Artwork, dialogue & research: Bryan Theiss for Frankenseuss Animatronics *Buckethead memorabilia courtesy of the Ronald L. Witherspoon Collection *Special thanks: Bootsy, Norm, Li'l Littles, Keystone Brewer, Bill the Towel, P-Sticks, Brain, Dan Monti, Frankenseuss *Executive producer: Norman Isaacs

References

2003 albums Buckethead albums Sequel albums {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub