The Day of the Robot
1996 studio album by Buckethead
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The Day of the Robot is the third studio album by Buckethead.
ReleasedApril 30, 1996
Length43:09
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| Released | April 30, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Drum and bass, dark ambient, heavy metal, avant-garde, oldschool jungle | |||
| Length | 43:09 | |||
| Label | Subharmonic | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
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Reception
Alternative Press (11/96, p. 69) gave the album 5 stars out of 5 and said, "...has both a decidedly experimental side, as well as a knack for placing sounds in sturdy, though scary, compositional contexts....Buckethead seems to have found a new place for guitar gods..."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Destroyer: Speed Flux Quadrant/Inclusion/Exhaust Release" | 13:03 |
| 2. | "Flying Guillotine" | 7:24 |
| 3. | "Quantum Crash" | 6:02 |
| 4. | "Collision" | 8:23 |
| 5. | "Caution Drop" | 8:17 |
| Total length: | 43:09 | |
Credits
- Performers
- Buckethead: electric guitar
- Ninj: bass guitar, keyboards, drums
- Bill Laswell: low bass, drums, percussion
- Production
- Recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, and Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn
- Rhythm tracks for 2, 3, 4 and 5 created in the UK by Ninj.
- Produced by Bill Laswell.
- Design, illustration and photography: Dave McKean @ Hourglass.
- Source photographs supplied by Buckethead.
- Front cover illustration of 'Buckethead No. 1': Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss.
- Fonts: Elliot Earls.
