{{for|song by Hawkwind|Onward (album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Electric Tears | type = studio | artist = Buckethead | cover = ElectricTears.jpg | alt = | released = October 8, 2002 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Ambient, new age, blues, jazz | length = 1:10:28 | label = Metastation | producer = Buckethead and Janet Rienstra | prev_title = Bermuda Triangle | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Bucketheadland 2 | next_year = 2003 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref name=Allmusic>{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r609491 |first=Rick |last=Anderson |accessdate=4 October 2006 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=RS2002>{{cite news|newspaper=Rolling Stone |issue=908 |date=October 31, 2002 |page=146 |first=Kirk |last=Miller |title=Buckethead ''Electric Tears'' > Album Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buckethead/albums/album/166189/review/5942311/electric_tears |access-date=3 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216015726/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buckethead/albums/album/166189/review/5942311/electric_tears |archive-date=2007-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
'''Electric Tears''' is the ninth studio album by Buckethead. It is considered one of his most emotional and introspective albums, bearing many similarities to his previous release ''Colma''. The entire album is played solely on acoustic and electric guitar.<ref name=Allmusic/>
In 2010, the album was released directly from TDRS Music. The album ''Electric Sea'' is a direct sequel to this album, released in 2012.
The Ultimate Guitar community ranked the album 12th on the list of "25 Greatest Instrumental albums of all time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/25_greatest_instrumental_albums_of_all_time-42968|title=25 Greatest Instrumental Albums of All Time}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = | total_length = 1:10:28
| all_writing = Buckethead, except for “Sketches Of Spain”, which is a tribute to Miles Davis' musical piece ''“Adagio”'' (Concierto de Aranjuez) from the album of the same name, originally written by Joaquín Rodrigo | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| writing_credits = | lyrics_credits = | music_credits =
| title1 = All in the Waiting | note1 = | writer1 = | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Sketches of Spain | note2 = For Miles | writer2 = | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 4:03
| title3 = Padmasana | note3 = | writer3 = | lyrics3 = | music3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 11:36
| title4 = Mustang | note4 = | writer4 = | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 5:36
| title5 = The Way to Heaven | note5 = | writer5 = | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 5:48
| title6 = Baptism of Solitude | note6 = | writer6 = | lyrics6 = | music6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 6:07
| title7 = Kansas Storm | note7 = | writer7 = | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 5:31
| title8 = Datura | note8 = | writer8 = | lyrics8 = | music8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 5:36
| title9 = Mantaray | note9 = | writer9 = | lyrics9 = | music9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 4:08
| title10 = Witches on the Heath | note10 = | writer10 = | lyrics10 = | music10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 2:38
| title11 = Angel Monster | note11 = | writer11 = | lyrics11 = | music11 = | extra11 = | length11 = 5:05
| title12 = Electric Tears | note12 = | writer12 = | lyrics12 = | music12 = | extra12 = | length12 = 5:29
| title13 = Spell of the Gypsies | note13 = | writer13 = | lyrics13 = | music13 = | extra13 = | length13 = 5:10 }}
==Credits== *Buckethead - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, production *Janet Rienstra - production *Dom Camardella - mixing, mastering, engineering, co-production *Robert Hadley - mastering
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