Colma by Buckethead

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Whitewash 4:43 48,567
2 For Mom 5:08 40,640
3 Ghost 5:27 31,670
4 Hills Of Eternity 5:05 31,196
5 Big Sur Moon 1:13 46,783
6 Machete 6:16 30,100
7 Wishing Well 4:01 28,404
8 Lone Sal Bug 5:30 25,229
9 Santum 3:40 1,597
10 Wondering 2:14 24,309
11 Watching The Boats With My Dad 5:05 24,307
12 Ghost / Part 2 2:30 1,586
13 Colma 3:10 23,548

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About this album

Higher Octave (1998) Released: 24 Mar 1998 13 tracks (54:02)
Colma is Buckethead’s fourth studio album, released March 24, 1998, by CyberOctave records. The album was recorded for Buckethead’s mother as she was ill with colon cancer and he wanted to make an album she would enjoy listening to whilst recovering.

The title of the album makes reference to the small town of Colma near San Francisco, California, where “the dead population outnumber the living by thousands to one”.

Credits

* Buckethead - Guitars and bass.
* Brain - Drums and loops.
* DJ Disk - Scratches on “Machete”, “Hills of Eternity” and “Lone Sal Bug”.

* Bill Laswell - Bass on “Machete”.
* Terry Untalan - Cello and viola on “Wondering” and “Lone Sal Bug”.
* Recorded and mixed by Xtrack at Embalming Plant, Oakland, CA.
* Track 6 recorded and mixed by Robert Musso at Orange Music, West Orange, New Jersey.
* Produced by Buckethead and Xtrack. Track 6 produced by Bill Laswell and Buckethead.

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  • ANASTIEL

    Hills of Eternity perfect song

    last week
  • niQboy

    Next time I get ill, I know what I'll be listening.

    February 2012
  • ReaL_UnrealT

    Best!

    December 2011
  • mk741

    Soothing and yet lacks none of Buckethead's virtuosity. Great fucking album. [2] Hope his mom liked it.

    December 2011
  • antisocialistic

    What a nice son he is. Great fucking album.

    November 2011
  • MontBelt

    Simply perfect *.*

    November 2011
  • electricchurch

    a perfect 10

    October 2011
  • summeryhaze

    beautiful music ! colma :)

    July 2011
  • Montanari7

    genius

    July 2011
  • V4run

    Simply amazing.

    June 2011
  • MaidenTek

    His best album,along with Electric Tears :)

    June 2011
  • cicerometallica

    Great ambiental sound album

    May 2011
  • nuorimaa

    what an awesome album.

    April 2011
  • DAnEmpire

    DO WANT But the local HMV has next to no music I want. :<

    March 2011
  • Tiit_Helimut

    I'm annoyed that I didn't discover this album years ago...!

    February 2011
  • Adde

    I always put on this record when I need to do some deep thinking.

    January 2011
  • storytellingman

    Best album ever made.

    December 2010
  • Voke_

    amazing album.

    November 2010
  • VM93

    so relaxing, love this album ;) (2)

    October 2010
  • bloodshot

    My favorite Buckethead album... sublime.

    October 2010
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