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I was wondering which of Buckethead's solo album's people think are the best?

I've listened to Enter the Chicken and thought Nottingham Lace (last track - solo) was really amazing.

I've also heard that Giant Robot is the best but I was wondering everyone's favourite Buckethead album and why.

Solo:

Population Override
Giant Robot (NTT) (go to buckethead.tk and register to download it)
Giant Robot (this is the US version that's easier to get, and almost completely different)
Inbred Mountain

w/Others

Transmutation (w/Praxis)- buy this before anything else
Praxis live at Bonnaroo '04 (go to the Bonnaroo website)


Once you get into buckethead, you'll find that the best stuff is often from bootlegs, because he's so improvisatory, and because his catalogue is so diverse. Check out archive.org for a ton of easy to download stuff.

My fav is Giant Robot by far.

it depends really on what you feel like listening to. Buckethead has different styles in his albums...
i can only comment on the albums i own :)

for hard rock type listening:

Giant Robot
Monsters and Robots

for quiet listening, relaxing, and contemplating:

Colma
Electric Tears
Population Overide

right now though i'm listening through Enter the Chicken and feel that it is the best album as of now :)

I have been enjoying Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse lately.

Electric Tears and The Bermuda Triangle.

Electric Tears is up there as one of my favourite albums of all-time, you must check it out.

I will give you a more detailed explanation about these albums later, I'm so tired right now so I'll fix it later.

Im probably going to be in a minority here but I liked Kaleidoscalp the best so far.

Its a very quirky album. I didnt like most of Enter the Chicken - so much of it just sounded like System of a Down (which I dont like). When it didnt it was great.

which one would you recomend that has a good assortment of all his styles? as in, a bit of his shredding and out there stuff plus the more mellow ambient stuff?

Thanks a lot for your responses

I'm gonna download Giant Robot and then take it from there.   :peace:

Funnel Weaver is great if you have ADD : ok: (attention deficeit disorder)

Population Override is a good one to just stick on and kick back to.  Some nice bluesy stuff, mellow with the occasionaly flurry of shredding.

Best BH album, not an easy question to anwser.

Monsters and Robots - is the easy'ist album to get into. Although i don't listen to it much these days.
Bucketheadland - My other favourite BH album, it's more of a story with great guitar sounds.
Giant Robot - My favourite BH album. It takes some getting into.
Enter the Chicken - The lastest BH album. I like this album. It feature's various guest singers on each track.
Colma - Very slow. I think it's great!
Bucketheadland 2 - Good, but not as good as Bucketheadland 1. BHLand2 has some good tracks, but not nearly enough of them.



Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse - Not a must have BH album, i do kinda like it though.
Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Heavy, i don't really like it.
Population Override - Not for me, slighly boring. Maybe someday i will like it.
Funnel Weaver - Not for me, i don't like it much,
Electric Tears - Not for me, slighly boring. Maybe someday i will like it.
Bermuda Triangle - Not for me, slighly boring. Maybe someday i will like it.
Pieces - I really donot like this album.

Nottingham Lace is the best Bh song IMO .  :beer:

Enter The Chicken

enter the chicken is kinda numetal. but idk. colma and electric tears are amazing. listen to his bigsurmoon solo at RIR and then listen to the song "electric tears".. thats what wowed me

I was probably a bit harsh on Enter The Chicken earlier. Its grown on me a lot. Its a very diverse album.

i like the song nottingham lace alot

Elephant Man's Alarm Clock I think is his best now. It's got shredding, mellow, melodic, funky, hip-hopish stuff. He covers almost all the bases.

Colma
Electric Tears
Population Overide

Agreed. It was the first BH songs I really listened to, and I haven't found an equal yet.  Open to suggestions, though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsWIwVVfoh8&search=Buckethead%20hare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgXIiHg2qTs&search=Buckethead%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJud5kqFEDU&search=Buckethead%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bxvsPNCsiQ&search=Buckethead%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axTalxY8cEM&search=Buckethead%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWDY3rD71Ic&search=Buckethead%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veFLvVMTCBA&search=buckethead


-PEACE-

Wow.  Thanks.

monsters and robots is awsome cuz i love the song jump man :peace:

that song ius about michael jordan..
so it gotta be good!

You can't go wrong with Monsters and Robots as a good introductory album. But after that it's really your preference. For thrashing, it doesn't get much better than Cuckoo Clocks from Hell. The Elephant Mans Alarm clock simply rocks.
But personally, Population Override has his best work recorded.
He has albums for every mood you are in! Just get em all ;)

He has an album?

He puts out more albums in one year than GNR has in their entire career. Seriously.

Octave of the Holy Innoncents with Jonas Hellborg and Transmutation w/Praxis are musts.

CRIME SLUNK SCENE!!!!!

I second that.  : ok:

As of a few years ago, you'd have to purchase BH albums in bundles of 3-4 at a time to fully grasp the variations in his playing, because I'd say that up until around the time he left GNR, he mainly concentrated on one particular stylistic choice per album.  Over the last 2 years or so, he's really made much more of an effort to make each individual record more diverse among tracks.

Gotta agree with you on this one. Such an amazing talent.