A Real Diamond in the Rough is the twenty-fourth studio album by avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

 guitarist Buckethead

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

, announced on April 27, 2009 for a May 1 release through the TDRS Music

TDRS Music

Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Music is a label founded by musician and producer Travis Dickerson. The label is characterized by the way it sells records...

 label. The album is dedicated to Buckethead's legal representative, Stan Diamond.



"The Return of Captain EO" is another Disney reference by the artist, this time to the 3-D film

3-D film

A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...

 Captain EO

Captain EO

Captain EO is a 3-D science fiction film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola that was shown at Disney theme parks from 1986 through the 1990s...

 starring Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, who is one of Buckethead's early influences. "Broken Mirror" uses the same drum beat as the first song off of the album Albino Slug

Albino Slug

-Trivia:* The drum track of the song "The Redeem Team" is used on the song "Broken Mirror" from the 2009 album A Real Diamond in the Rough.-Credits:* Buckethead – Guitars and slug decoloration* Dan "Brewer" Monti – Programming & production...

, "The Redeem Team."

The album is a rather calming piece of work, much to the like of Buckethead's previous albums such as 2004's Population Override

Population override

Population Override is the twelfth studio album by Buckethead, but it could be seen as his first full collaboration with keyboardist Travis Dickerson...

, 2002's Electric Tears or 1998's Colma

Colma (album)

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.The title of...

. However, it does showcase some heaviness and baritone guitars otherwise absent from some of his previous works mentioned before.

By the end of 2009, all copies of the album had sold out, along with Slaughterhouse on the Prairie

Slaughterhouse on the Prairie

-Notes:* The drum track of the song "Don't Use Roosts If You Raise Broilers" is used on the song "Open Coffin Jamboree" from the 2009 album Forensic Follies....

. As TDRS was unable to obtain re-pressings, it utilized a strategy similar to the 2006 Crime Slunk Scene

Crime Slunk Scene

-Notes:*Track 1, "King James", is dedicated to basketball player LeBron James.*Track 2, "Gory Head Stump 2006: The Pageant of the Slunks", is a reprise of the song "Hook & Pole Gang" which can be found on Bucketheadland....

 reissue, waiting for pre-orders before attempting again. Along with the announcement of the album Best Regards

Best Regards

Blue Disc:Green Disc:Yellow Disc:Purple Disc:-Credits:* Buckethead – guitar.* Brain – drums, keyboards.* Melissa Reese - keyboards, percussion.* Art: Buckethead, Brain & Melissa.-References:...

, Travis Dickerson

Travis Dickerson

Travis Dickerson is an American musician and producer, best known for his work with Buckethead and Viggo Mortensen. He also runs TDRSmusic, a recording studio with its own record label that has recorded and released albums by Bill Laswell, Jethro Tull, Linda Ronstadt, and Vince DiCola...

 informed customers that the re-pressings would arrive, despite that the pre-ordering had not "gone as expected".

Shadows Between the Sky

Shadows Between the Sky

-Notes:* The song "Walk on the Moon" has a similar riff to The Deli Creeps song "Buried Deep Stays Buried Still".* "Sea Wall" has a similar Melody to "Spell of the Gypsies" From Electric Tears....

, an album released in 2010, follows a similar style to this CD.

Track listing

Credits

• Buckethead
  Buckethead
  Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
  
   – Invisible Scalp, guitar
• Dan Monti
  Dan Monti
  Dan Monti, also known by his stage name Del Rey Brewer, is a musician, composer, producer and engineer who has worked with such bands as Metallica, Slayer and Guns 'n' Roses...
  
   – Drum programming and bass
• Bryan "Brain" Mantia – Drums on tracks 2, 4, & 7

• Produced by Dan Monti
  Dan Monti
  Dan Monti, also known by his stage name Del Rey Brewer, is a musician, composer, producer and engineer who has worked with such bands as Metallica, Slayer and Guns 'n' Roses...
  
   and Albert
• Engineered and mixed by Dan Monti
  Dan Monti
  Dan Monti, also known by his stage name Del Rey Brewer, is a musician, composer, producer and engineer who has worked with such bands as Metallica, Slayer and Guns 'n' Roses...