''Pandemoniumfromamerica'' or also called ''Pandemonium From America'' is the sixth studio album by the actor

Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the State of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argent ...

and the fourth collaboration with avant-garde 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. The album is dedicated to

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...

. The album has been described thus: Besides featuring Buckethead, the album also features Viggo's son Henry Mortensen, keyboardist

Travis Dickerson Travis Dickerson is an American musician and producer best known for his work with Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen. He also runs TDRS music, a recording studio with its own record label that has released albums by Bill Laswell, Jethro Tull, Lin ...

, and the actors

Elijah Wood Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the ''Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003) and '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012). Woo ...

, Billy Boyd, and

Dominic Monaghan Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's film trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2001–2003), and Charlie Pace on J. J. Abram ...

(Frodo, Pippin, and Merry respectively from Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy). The label TDRS Music released the album and also posted several pictures on their web page from the recording sessions of this album in which they feature all the collaborators. Tracks from the album are part of the compilation ''This, That, and The Other'', released in 2004, also compiling the albums ''One Less Thing to Worry About'' from 1997, ''One Man's Meat'' from 1999, ''The Other Parade'' from 1999, and ''Please Tomorrow'' of 2004.

Track listing

Credits

By song

* "Den Gang Jeg Drog Afsted" -

(guitars),

(vocals, organ, piano), and

(percussion) * "Back to Babylon" - Henry Mortensen (bass), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, keyboard, percussion) * "Pandemoniumfromamerica" -

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

(words), Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (bass), Viggo Mortensen (harmonica, vocals, piano) * "Gone" - Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (piano, vocals), Viggo Mortensen (piano, vocals),

(vocals) * "They Ate Your Family" - Buckethead (guitars), Viggo Mortensen (vocals) * "I Want Mami" - Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (vocals), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, keyboards, wheelchair) * "Red River Valley" - Buckethead (guitars, bass), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, lesliemonica) * "Leave it" - Buckethead (guitars), Viggo Mortensen (Rhodes) * "Holyhead" -

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dubl ...

(words), Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (bass), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, piano, harmonica) * "Fall of Troy" - Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (shaker, tambourine), Viggo Mortensen (keyboards, drums) * "Shadow" -

(words, vocals), Buckethead (guitars), Billy Boyd (bass), Travis Dickerson (keyboards), Henry Mortensen (rhodes), Elijah Wood (percussion), Viggo Mortensen (drums, vocals) * "Cuba on paper" -

(words, vocals), Rumi (words), Buckethead (guitars), Havana (streets), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, drums, harmonica) * "Maybe" - Dominic Monaghan (words, vocals), Buckethead (guitars), Billy Boyd (bass), Elijah Wood (piano), Henry Mortensen (keyboards, drums), Viggo Mortensen (rhodes, drums) * "Half Fling" - Elijah Wood (words, vocals), Dominic Monaghan (words, vocals), Buckethead (guitars), Henry Mortensen (bass), Billy Boyd (drums), Viggo Mortensen (vocals, harmonica)

General credits

- producer *

- recording and masterization

References

External links

Information about the album on TDRS Music
{{Authority control 2003 albums Viggo Mortensen albums TDRS Music albums