Colma (album)

Colma

Studio album by Buckethead

Released

March 24, 1998

Genre

Ambient, experimental rock, alternative rock

Length

54:27

Label

CyberOctave, Higher Octave Music, Virgin, EMI

Producer

Buckethead, Extrakd and Bill Laswell

Buckethead chronology

The Day of the Robot
(1996)

Colma
(1998)

Monsters and Robots
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Colma is the fourth studio album by guitarist Buckethead. It was released on March 24, 1998, on CyberOctave records. The album was recorded for Buckethead's mother because she was sick with colon cancer, and he wanted to make an album which she would enjoy listening to while recovering.^[2]

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.^[3]

Berklee College of Music alumnus Teri Untalan appeared as a guest musician on two tracks of the album. In a 2009 interview, she recalled Buckethead as being "an odd one, an elusive character."^[4]

Colma is listed in the German National Library's catalog.^[5]

Composition

In contrast to Buckethead's other albums, Colma is an acoustic album.^[6] Most of the tracks are composed on acoustic guitar. Additionally, Colma mostly contains simple bass guitar, lead guitar, and drum playing parts.^[7] James Lien of CMJ New Music Monthly writes that Colma's melodies are "geometric and mathematical-sounding, almost like Bach or modern classical music."^[7] Andy Gill of The Independent describes the mood of the album as "reflective" saying, "[Buckethead uses] the dry, neutral tone favoured by jazz guitarists on a series of discreet instrumentals."^[8]

Furthermore, Gill describes the tracks "Ghost" and "Hills of Eternity" as being "ruminative, sluggish pieces sprinkled with limpid droplets of guitar."^[8] He also thought the title-track, "Colma", closed the album "like the twinkle of a long-dead star."^[8] Reviewer Jeff Clutterbuck of The Daily Vault considers "Watching the Boats With My Dad" to be an authentic, emotional track writing that "[It] is so wistful and flows so gently, you have to believe it was inspired by a real moment."^[9] On the other hand, "Big Sur Moon" offers a change of style in guitar playing showcasing Buckethead's consistent quick rhythmic ability on acoustic guitar.^[9]

"Big Sur Moon", named after the region of Big Sur in California, is played solely on an acoustic guitar with a delay pedal effect. While being a member of Guns N' Roses from 2000 to 2004, Buckethead included the song to the band's setlist as part of his solo.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Buckethead.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Whitewash"	4:44
2.	"For Mom"	5:10
3.	"Ghost"	5:29
4.	"Hills of Eternity"	5:07
5.	"Big Sur Moon"	1:13
6.	"Machete"	6:18
7.	"Wishing Well"	4:03
8.	"Lone Sal Bug"	5:32
9.	"Sanctum"	3:42
10.	"Wondering"	2:16
11.	"Watching the Boats with My Dad"	5:07
12.	"Ghost/Part 2"	2:31
13.	"Colma"	3:15
Total length:		54:27

Notes

The song "Hills of Eternity" is named after the cemetery "Hills of Eternity" where Wyatt Earp is buried.
The song "Wishing Well" is identical to the Pieces song "Danyel", but excludes Herbie's (Buckethead) vocals.

Personnel

Performers

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."

Production

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.

References

↑ Anderson, Rick. Colma (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2006.
↑ "CityPaper on Buckethead". Citypaper.net. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
↑ "Colma Jobs (CA)". Simply Hired. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
↑ "From Berklee to Buckethead: The long strange trip of Teri Untalan, Outlook, January 2009". Theoutlookonline.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
↑ "''Colma'', Deutsches Musikarchiv". Dispatch.opac.d-nb.de. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
↑ Buckethead's New Album Due In June. CMJ New Music Report. 1999-03-01. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
1 2 Lien, James (May 1998). Buckethead: Colma. CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
1 2 3 Gill, Andy (1998-05-22). "Music: Andy Gill's album round-up". The Independent. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
1 2 Clutterbuck, Jeff (2007-05-31). "Colma Buckethead". The Daily Vault. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

Buckethead

Solo discography

Studio albums

Bucketheadland (1992)
Giant Robot (1994)
The Day of the Robot (1996)
Colma (1998)
Monsters and Robots (1999)
Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse (2001)
Funnel Weaver (2002)
Bermuda Triangle (2002)
Electric Tears (2002)
Bucketheadland 2 (2003)
Island of Lost Minds (2004)
Population Override (2004)
The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (2004)
Enter the Chicken (2005)
Kaleidoscalp (2005)
Inbred Mountain (2005)
The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock (2006)
Crime Slunk Scene (2006)
Pepper's Ghost (2007)
Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot (2007)
Cyborg Slunks (2007)
Albino Slug (2008)
Slaughterhouse on the Prairie (2009)
A Real Diamond in the Rough (2009)
Forensic Follies (2009)
Needle in a Slunk Stack (2009)
Shadows Between the Sky (2010)
Spinal Clock (2010)
Captain EO's Voyage (2010)
Electric Sea (2012)

Pikes series

2010	3 Foot Clearance

2011	It's Alive Empty Space Underground Chamber Look Up There

2012	Balloon Cement The Shores of Molokai Racks March of the Slunks The Silent Picture Book

2013	Forgotten Library Propellar Pike 13 The Mark of Davis Pike 15 The Boiling Pond The Spirit Winds Pike 18 Teeter Slaughter Thaw Spiral Trackway Sphere Facade Telescape Slug Cartilage Pancake Heater Worms for the Garden Halls of Dimension Feathers Splatters Mannequin Cemetery Pearson's Square Rise of the Blue Lotus Pumpkin Thank you Ohlinger's The Pit Hollowed Out It Smells Like Frogs Twisterlend Pikes Coat of Charms Wishes

2014	Backwards Chimney Pike 43 You Can't Triple Stamp a Double Stamp The Coats of Claude Rainy Days Roller Coaster Track Repair Hide in the Pickling Jar Monument Valley Pitch Dark Claymation Courtyard Factory City of Ferris Wheels The Frankensteins Monsters Blinds The Miskatonic Scale Cycle Night Gallery Outpost Ydrapoej Footsteps Citacis Outlined for Citacis Grand Gallery Aquarium Hold Me Forever (In memory of my mom Nancy York Carroll) Leave the Light On Abandoned Slaughterhouse Assignment 033-03 Pike 69 Snow Slug Celery Closed Attractions Final Bend of the Labyrinth Infinity Hill Twilight Constrictor Pike 76 Bumbyride Dreamlands Pike 78 Geppetos Trunk Cutout Animatronic Carnival of Cartilage Calamity Cabin Dreamless Slumber Whirlpool Walk in Loset Our Selves Interstellar Slunk Red Pepper Restaurant The Time Travelers Dream Listen for the Whisper Pike 91 The Splatterhorn Coaster Coat Magic Lantern Northern Lights Yarn Passageways Pilot Polar Trench The Mighty Microscope In The Hollow Hills

2015	Sideway Streets Squid Ink Lodge Project Little Man The Moltrail Forest of Bamboo Weird Glows Gleam Collect Itself The Left Panel Wall To Wall Cobwebs Night of the Snow Mole Creaky Doors and Creaky Floors Herbie Theatre Glow in the Dark Marble Monsters Infinity of the Spheres Vacuum Elevator Pike 119 Louzenger Shaded Ray The Other Side of the Dark Scroll of Vegetable Rotten Candy Cane Along the River Bank Tourist Paint to the Tile Tucked Into Dreams Forever Lake Down in the Bayou Part Two Down in the Bayou Part One Chamber of Drawers Embroidery Digging Under the Basement Haunted Roller Coaster Chair Firebolt Hideous Phantasm Giant Claw Observation Hats and Glasses Last Call for the E.P. Ripley Nautical Nightmares Blank Bot Scream Sundae Kareem's Footprint Carrotcature Popcorn Shells Invisable Forest Chickencoopscope Heaven is your Home (For my Father, Thomas Manley Carroll) Fog Gardens Carnival Cutouts Whisper Track The Cellar Yawns Ancient Lens Herbie Climbs a Tree Upside Down Skyway Twisted Branches Half Circle Bridge Land of Miniatures Bats in the Lite Brite Four Forms Blue Tide Ghoul Orange Tree Region Shapeless Ognarader The Windowsill Washed Away A Ghost Took My Homework Crest of the Hill The Blob Last House on Slunk Street Quilted 31 Days Til Halloween: Visitor From The Mirror 30 Days Til Halloween: Swollen Glasses 29 Days Til Halloween: Blurmwood 28 Days Til Halloween: The Insides of the Outsides 27 Days Til Halloween: Cavern Guide 26 Days Til Halloween: Bogwitch 25 Days Til Halloween: Window Fragment 24 Days Til Halloween: Screaming Scalp 23 Days Til Halloween: Wax 22 Days Til Halloween: I Got This Costume From The Sears Catalog 21 Days Til Halloween: Cement Decay 20 Days Til Halloween: Forgotten Experiment 19 Days Til Halloween: Light in Window 18 Days Til Halloween: Blue Squared 17 Days Til Halloween: 1079 16 Days Til Halloween: Cellar 15 Days Til Halloween: Grotesques 14 Days Til Halloween: Voice From The Dead Forest 13 Days Til Halloween: Maple Syrup 12 Days Til Halloween: Face Sling Shot 11 Days Til Halloween: Reflection 10 Days Til Halloween: Residue 9 Days Til Halloween: Eye on Spiral 8 Days Til Halloween: Flare Up 7 Days Til Halloween: Cavernous 6 Days Til Halloween: Underlair 5 Days Til Halloween: Scrapbook Front 4 Days Til Halloween: Silent Photo 3 Days Til Halloween: Crow Hedge 2 Days Til Halloween: Cold Frost Happy Halloween: Silver Shamrock 365 Days Til Halloween: Smash The Wishing Brook Rooms of Illusions Sunken Parlor Screen Door Hornet Crumple Trace Candle Teflecter Wheels of Ferris Pike Doors Old Toys Rain Drops on Christmas

2016	Mirror Realms

Extended plays

KFC Skin Piles (2001)

Special releases

In Search of The (2007)
Acoustic Shards (2007)
Bucketheadland Blueprints (re-release) (2007)
From the Coop (2008)

Videos

Demos

Giant Robot (1991)
Bucketheadland Blueprints (1991)
Grab Bag #1 (1995)
Grab Bag #2 (1996)
Grab Bag #3 (1998)

As Death Cube K

Dreamatorium (1994)
Disembodied (1997)
Tunnel (1999)
DCK (2007)
Monolith (2007)
Torn from Black Space (2009)

Notable songs

"Welcome to Bucketheadland" (1994)
"Binge and Grab (instrumental version)" (1994)
"Big Sur Moon" (1998)
"The Ballad of Buckethead" (1999)
"Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" (2001)
"Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (2004)
"We Are One" (2005) "Botnus" (2005)
"Three Fingers" (2005)
Nottingham Lace" (2005) "Jordan" (2006)
"The Landing Beacon" (2009)

Bands and projects

Artists	Alix Lambert & Travis Dickerson Bryan "Brain" Mantia Brain and Melissa Reese Brain and Travis Dickerson Jonas Hellborg & Michael Shrieve Travis Dickerson Viggo Mortensen

Bands	Cobra Strike Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains Cornbugs Deli Creeps El Stew Frankenstein Brothers Giant Robot Gorgone Guns N' Roses Praxis Science Faxtion Shin Terai Thanatopsis Buckethead & Brain (Pieces)

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