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post #16 of 29
11/20/08 at 3:35am
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Originally Posted by scytheavatar View Post
Population Override is the only great album Buckethead has, and the only one I'll recommend people to buy. His other albums like Colma and Crime Slunk Scene is pretty much a collection of gems hidden within a sea of fillers. Decent but not really worth a purchase.
Try: Axiology, Electric Tears, Peppers Ghost and Decoding the Tombs of Bansheebot. Then tell me PO is the only great album he has.
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post #17 of 29
11/20/08 at 12:27pm
I tend to like Buckethead's more recent albums more than his earlier stuff. The early albums seem to have more of the experimental things he does. All of the following are great:

Crime Slunk Scene
The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock
The Dragons of Eden
Pepper's Ghost
Inbred Mountain
Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot

I have these on a playlist in iTunes and I play it all day long at work a couple of days a week.
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post #18 of 29
8/10/09 at 3:18am
Bump.

Buckethead has almost 30 solo albums out, not counting the many side projects and tracks he's contributed to soundtracks or contributions. Yet he hasn't put together any compilation. Maddening!
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post #19 of 29
8/10/09 at 3:41am
Here's the complete discography: Buckethead discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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post #20 of 29
8/10/09 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by Turnaround View Post
Bump.

Buckethead has almost 30 solo albums out, not counting the many side projects and tracks he's contributed to soundtracks or contributions. Yet he hasn't put together any compilation. Maddening!
His new album Forensic Follies is sort of a compilation, really more of a reworking of a lot of his tracks.

Another rec post from me:

A Real Diamond in the Rough
Dragons of Eden
Tennesse 2004 (With Praxis)

Yeah, really likin those now.
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post #21 of 29
8/10/09 at 12:23pm
Another vote for "Population Override", though is not the tipical play I`ve seen on later stuff, and maybe is not what represent him
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post #22 of 29
8/10/09 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by sonci View Post
Another vote for "Population Override", though is not the tipical play I`ve seen on later stuff, and maybe is not what represent him
Well it's typical of the Bucket/Travis collaborations. Try 'Axiology' next.
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post #23 of 29
8/10/09 at 9:45pm
One album I highly recommend if you're a jazz/fusion/world music fan is the Jonas Hellborg/Michael Shrieve/Bucket collaboration - 'Octave of the Holy Innocents'.

Here's a track from the album: YouTube - Hellborg, Buckethead, Shrieve - Kidogo

Jonas is playing acoustic bass, and Shrieve (Santana's drummer) is off the hook. Bucket was about 21 when this was recorded.
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post #24 of 29
12/11/09 at 10:08am
I find that I typically don't like his entire albums, but love a lot of his songs.

However, Electric Tears and Population Override are well rounded, really chill and two of my favorites.
Crime Slunk Scene has some definite winners, especially Soothsayer and King James.
Also really like Pepper's Ghost. Some people don't like it though

Most disappointing purchase: Funnel Weaver

I'm working on building a collection--it's ridiculous how many albums he's on. Anyone else have some suggestions? particularly non "Buckethead" albums like DCK and Praxis
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post #25 of 29
12/11/09 at 3:23pm
Praxis is kind of wonderful -- it's avant fusion with a world influence, but more of an ensemble project. I'd start with Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), and see if that nips your buds.

Death Cube K is what I've taken to calling "damnbient" -- dark ambient. The first one is still my favorite, Dreamatorium.
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post #26 of 29
12/11/09 at 6:30pm
My favorite would have to be Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot, most of the songs are pretty epic.
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post #27 of 29
12/11/09 at 9:13pm
It is always hard for me to pick a favorite anything, but I think my favorite Buckethead album is Pepper's Ghost. It certainly was my favorite for awhile when I first started listening to some Buckethead CDs. There are several more I like very much though.
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post #28 of 29
12/14/09 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by NLynch View Post
Anyone else have some suggestions? particularly non "Buckethead" albums like DCK and Praxis
Dragons of Eden, Axiology, Chinese Democracy.
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post #29 of 29
1/12/10 at 7:05am
Bump for those who missed this thread.
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