Bucketheadland 2

Buckethead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 2003)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: ION RECORDS
• ASIN: B0000C9JG0
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,469 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Welcome

2. Slaughter Zone Entrance

3. The Cobra's Hood

4. Transportation Options

5. Machete Mirage

6. Slaughter Buddies Outside the Revenge Wedge

7. We Cannot Guarantee Bodily Harm

8. John Merrick-Elephant Man Bones Explosion

9. Taxidermy Tots

10. Bloody Rainbow Spiraling Sherbert Scoop

11. Can You Get Past Albert?

12. Vladimir Pockets' Incredible Bloated Slunk Show

13. The Ballad of the Inside-Out Face

14. The Battery Cage Brawls [Cage Announcer: The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln; Win]

15. Ferris Wheel Apology

16. Can You Help Me?

17. Grimm's Sponsorship

18. Realistic Coop Replica

19. Frozen Brains Tell No Tales

20. Rooster Landing (First Movement)/Lime Time (2nd Movement)

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Bucketheadland 2 is Buckethead's tenth studio album. Released in 2003, Bucketheadland 2 is the sequel to Buckethead's debut album, Bucketheadland, a concept album about a fictional ""abusement"" park. The album was nominated for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Great, March 18, 2005

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Big Luddy "Big Luddy" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bucketheadland 2 (Audio CD)

This is truly one of the best efforts I've heard from Buck. These tracks are brutally heavy, but not as outlandish as the Cuckoo Clocks of Hell record. Packed with creepy sounding tapping solos and other amazing riffs drenched in reverb and delay for maximum effect. This cd has 10-12 real songs ,and the rest are little interludes with characters explaining the park and its functions, which is kind of funny at times. This truly shows that Buck is probably the most creative and one of the sickest guitar players out there.

This album is easily his most solid since monsters and robots, definietly get this one before Funnel Weaver or Bermuda Triangle. Check out "Frozen Brains Tell no Tales", it's one of the best songs he has ever put out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A dark comedy concept album, May 15, 2008

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Matthew Farrell (Tempe, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bucketheadland 2 (Audio CD)

First and foremost, this album is NOT for everyone. The song titles alone should tell you if you if you want to buy a ticket to this warped "abusement park" where every day is Halloween.

At first, I figured this was just an over-the-top parody, and was laughing like crazy. About half way through, though, I began to get put together what was **really** going on plot-wise, and started to get seriously creeped out. To wit:

This is the story of a serial killer, who views his deeds in a carnival context. There are two types of music on this: bone-crushing metal, and loopy ukulele, the latter being the only "songs" with lyrics. The metal songs are when the guy's "in character" and the uke songs are him in the "real" world.

[if this assessment is wrong, please leave a comment correcting me]

Assuming you have a warped sense of humor, there are some genuinely funny moments scattered throughout in the form of public service announcements.

As for the music itself, Buckethead delivers some insanely fast and tight guitar riffing, which reminds me of Ministry with a touch of Primus. The editing style for all this is very Frank Zappa, replete with segments of spoken word and musique concrète interwoven. You have to like that sort of thing (and I do) but again, it's not to everyone's taste. Undoubtedly, many listeners will have a problem with the rather obvious lack of "real" songs. Although a few come close -- notably "The Cobra's Hood" and "Frozen Brains Tell No Tales" -- the music here really only works within its own internal context, and you pretty much have to listen to it start-to-finish, or do some heavy pre-programming on your cd player to edit out the spoken word and uke tracks.

I wouldn't want a steady diet of this: at its core it IS pretty disturbing and at around half-way through I start to reach my listening threshhold. That is why I didn't give it 5 stars. However, it is worth checking out at least once, and would be great for a long trip on a highway: the fast pace of the album will probably shave half an hour off your driving time.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ages like a fine headcheese!, May 30, 2006

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crown of indica "buckethead noir" (saint paul,mn,usa) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Bucketheadland 2 (Audio CD)

If Buckethead is too weird for you stick to his calm albums. If you would like to visit the place "where all your dreams and nightmares can come true" bring a thread and needle and throw on some headphones!

This is a pretty drastic turn from the first park album,and while I wasn't too into it the first month I had it, now I can't see my Bucketllection being complete without it! Whoever finds the Albert acoustic songs dumb is insulting themselves in a very horrific manner indeed! Buckethead is getting messages across in those songs and interludes,and if you're too ignorant and stubborn to see that good luck finding fun in life; that's what Big B is ALL ABOUT,baby-bobba! I will say this, you have to be into a bit of heavy riffage to appreciate this album fully,and that's why I think it got a few bad reviews also.

DO NOT EVEN TRY TO DENY THE POWER OF "FROZEN BRAINS TELL NO TALES"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(btw,"...I wanna see peesez of guts and peesez of brains flyin'-though-the-air.it's fun for me to see these things.is it fun for you?is it fun for you?")