Electric Tears

Electric Tears is the ninth studio album by Buckethead. It is considered one of his most emotional and introspective albums, bearing many similarities to his previous release Colma. The entire album is played solely on acoustic and electric guitar.[1]

Electric Tears
Studio album by Buckethead
Released	October 8, 2002
Genre	Ambient, new age, blues, jazz
Length	1:10:28
Label	Metastation
Producer	Buckethead and Janet Rienstra
Buckethead chronology
Bermuda Triangle (2002) Electric Tears (2002) Bucketheadland 2 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Musique Machine	[3]

In 2010, the album was released directly from TDRS Music. The album Electric Sea is a direct sequel to this album, released in 2012.

The Ultimate Guitar community ranked the album 12th on the list of "25 Greatest Instrumental albums of all time".[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buckethead, except for “Sketches Of Spain”, which is a tribute to Miles Davis' musical piece “Adagio” (Concierto de Aranjuez) from the album of the same name, originally written by Joaquín Rodrigo.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All in the Waiting"	3:41
2.	"Sketches of Spain" (For Miles)	4:03
3.	"Padmasana"	11:36
4.	"Mustang"	5:36
5.	"The Way to Heaven"	5:48
6.	"Baptism of Solitude"	6:07
7.	"Kansas Storm"	5:31
8.	"Datura"	5:36
9.	"Mantaray"	4:08
10.	"Witches on the Heath"	2:38
11.	"Angel Monster"	5:05
12.	"Electric Tears"	5:29
13.	"Spell of the Gypsies"	5:10
Total length:		1:10:28

Credits

• Buckethead - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, production
• Janet Rienstra - production
• Dom Camardella - mixing, mastering, engineering, co-production
• Robert Hadley - mastering

References

1. Anderson, Rick. Electric Tears at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2006.
2. Miller, Kirk (October 31, 2002). "Buckethead Electric Tears > Album Review". Rolling Stone (908). p. 146. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
3. "Buckethead - Electric Tears". Musique Machine. June 15, 2003. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
4. "25 Greatest Instrumental Albums of All Time".