I Need 5 Minutes Alone

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I Need 5 Minutes Alone
Studio album by Pieces
Released 1997
July 2, 1997 (Import)
Recorded Tyrell Studios, Emeryville, CA March 11-16, 1996
Label Avant
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Pieces chronology

I Need 5 Minutes Alone
(1997)

I Need 5 Minutes Alone is an album by Pieces, another band name for one of the many collaborations between Buckethead and Bryan "Brain" Mantia, released February 17, 1997 on John Zorn's Avant Records label. This album is Out Of Print and was only available as a Japan only import. The original 1997 release has the "Postage stamp" cover while the reprint from 2002 has the "Mausoleum cover" on the front, which is the picture on the inside of the insert on the original. It is also the only known recording of Buckethead singing, which is on track #3 ("Danyel"), with the vocal credits being given to Buckethead's decapitated head/hand puppet "Herbie".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Peesez Monologue" – 1:17
  2. "Pieces" – 6:20
  3. "Danyel" – 4:19
  4. "Ginger" – 8:26
  5. "8 Diagram Pole Fighter" – 2:37
  6. "Scoop Rack" – 7:15
  7. "I'll Wait" – 1:54
  8. "Carl Junghole" – 4:55
  9. "Twice with the Sledge" – 3:17
  10. "Hazelnut Cream Pie" – 9:57
  11. "Slapatron" – 2:49
  12. "Bobafi Crucify" – 6:34
  13. "General Butterfly" – 3:43

[edit] Credits

  • Buckethead: guitars, basses, cattle prod
  • Brain: drums, turntables
  • Herbie: vocals