Acoustic Shards [Single]

Buckethead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Avabella
• ASIN: B000S6TNC2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

An "official" Buckethead album, Acoustic Shards features Buckethead alone on acoustic guitar. The sound is excellent! It was taped over two days in July 1991, a couple of weeks after the final Deli Creeps concert on the Young Buckethead DVDs, but is quite different musically. The 52:30-minute CD includes the first-known versions of "Who Me" and "For Mom," a lot of great riffs that show up on later records, and a lot of stuff you've never heard before. Mostly improvised, the playing is spectacular -- some of it sounds like Django Reinhardt meets Ornette Coleman meets young Eddie Van Halen meets . . . well, that which is uniquely and lovably Buckethead. Some parts are just beautiful beyond words.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for what it is, August 19, 2008

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Stephen "Stephen" (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Shards (Audio CD)

I'm as much of a Buckethead fan as the next and though I found bimwa's review to be an extremely accurate review for people who are looking for another Colma/Electric Tears, the 1-star rating is a bit harsh for what the content is. Sure, you're certainly not getting Colma or anything nearly as polished, but that should be quite apparent to you before purchasing the album, so long as you don't just see the album and buy it without reading its description. This album screams "demo", so as long as you realize that, you're going to really dig what this album contains - noodling and all.

Again, if you're expecting some sort of greatness out of this album, you will be greatly disappointed but if you're a dedicated Buckethead fan who is familiar with most of his work (not just his mellow stuff), then this will be a neat CD for you to sit down with and compare what you know to where some of it started. Basically, I hear this CD and I think "Brian Carroll" instead of "Buckethead". For me, that's worth the experience. Having said that, though, I'm glad I bought it used. This isn't a CD you'll likely revisit too often, so unless you have $13 to blow, find it used or just hold off.

For what it is, the material is 5 stars and any Buckethead fan will dig it. This isn't a Buckethead masterpiece; it's Brian Carroll sitting around and playing acoustic much in the way I would want to see him play it if I was a fly on the wall.

One more point to note is that bimwa was exactly right in his review in regards to the guitar being noticably out of tune at certain times. It's either slightly out of tune or the intonation on the acoustic is horrible. Regardless, the recording quality is actually quite decent and even though the tapping stuff sounds better with the distortion, it comes through enough on this to let you know he doesn't need the distortion to do it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 Stars, January 21, 2009

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creatureart (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Shards (Audio CD)

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If your into raw lo-fi recorded un-heard music such as Sal Hardesty, Patrik Fitzgerald and Daniel Johnston or if your simply just a fan of capturing progress in motion via audio/video then you'll find a special place in your collection for Bucketheads "Acoustic Shards". Track 14 "Longing" is worth the price of the ticket alone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Acoustic Shards says it all..., January 5, 2009

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JP "Sinister1" (Houma ,LA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Shards (Audio CD)

This was my first Buckethead cd that I bought (I've downloaded quite a few of his songs) and from what I read before I bought the cd it was pretty much what I was expecting (I don't think you ever fully know what to expect with Buckethead) like the review said it's Buckethead in his living room with an acoustic guitar. It was unpredictable which is normal for him although the sound quality issues were def. noticeable.