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1996 studio album by Buckethead

The Day of the Robot

Studio album by Buckethead

Released

April 30, 1996

Genre

Drum and bass, dark ambient, heavy metal, avant-garde, oldschool jungle

Length

43:09

Buckethead chronology

Giant Robot
(1994)

The Day of the Robot
(1996)

Colma
(1998)

The Day of the Robot is the third studio album by Buckethead.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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..."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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.

References

"The Day of the Robots". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
"Buckethead - Day Of The Robot CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1996-02-27. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

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Studio albums	Bucketheadland (1992) Giant Robot (1994) The Day of the Robot (1996) Colma (1998) Monsters and Robots (1999) Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse (2001) Bermuda Triangle (2002) Electric Tears (2002) Bucketheadland 2 (2003) Population Override (2004) The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2004) Enter the Chicken (2005) Kaleidoscalp (2005) Crime Slunk Scene (2006) Electric Sea (2012)
Special releases	In Search of The (2007) Acoustic Shards (2007) From the Coop (2008)
Videos	Young Buckethead Vol. 1 (2006) Young Buckethead Vol. 2 (2006)
As Death Cube K	Dreamatorium (1994) Disembodied (1997)
Songs	"Big Sur Moon" (1998) "The Ballad of Buckethead" (1999) "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (2004) "Jordan" (2006) "The Landing Beacon" (2009)
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