Acoustic Shards

2007 compilation album by Buckethead

Acoustic Shards

Compilation album by

Buckethead

Released

May 31, 2007

Recorded

July 2, 1991^[1]

Genre

Acoustic

Length

52:01

Label

Avabella

Buckethead chronology

Pepper's Ghost
(2007)

Acoustic Shards
(2007)

Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Acoustic Shards is Buckethead's second special release. It consists of acoustic recordings culled from tapes that were reportedly recorded on July 2, 1991, when Buckethead was 22 years of age.

The album was released on May 31, 2007, by Jas Obrecht, through his label Avabella, who also released the DVDs Young Buckethead Vol. 1 and Young Buckethead Vol. 2.^[3] The album was engineered by Tyler Stipe ^[4]

"For Mom" was first released officially on the album Colma (1998) and "Who Me?" followed on Monsters and Robots (1999).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For Mom" (Early Version)	2:39
2.	"Who Me?" (Early Version)	3:02
3.	"Little Gracie"	2:11
4.	"Ed's Rhapsody / Midnight Dance / Jars"	2:55
5.	"Ganryu Island / Sasaki's Gone"	2:14
6.	"Ghosts Upstairs"	2:39
7.	"Spirals"	3:48
8.	"Cubes, Chunks & Crumbles"	3:27
9.	"Thugs"	7:38
10.	"Dinging / Ah-Ji-Jee"	2:38
11.	"Johnny"	2:17
12.	"Stay Out of the Shed"	3:00
13.	"Serape"	1:46
14.	"Longing"	10:33
15.	"Box Elders"	1:14
Total length:		52:01

Credits

Buckethead – acoustic guitar
Tyler Stipe – engineer ^[5]

References

^ "Young Buckethead". Young Buckethead. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ Westergaard, Sean. "Acoustic Shards - Buckethead". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ "MLive entertainment". Mlive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ "Buckethead – Acoustic Shards (2007, CD)". Discogs.
^ "Buckethead – Acoustic Shards (2007, CD)". Discogs.