# Future Addict

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***Future Addict*** is the seventh [studio album](/source/Studio_album) by the American guitarist [Marty Friedman](/source/Marty_Friedman_(guitarist)).[1] The album is a collection of reworked, reconstructed and completely remade versions of songs spanning Marty's entire career, including a few songs from his [Megadeth](/source/Megadeth) years. In addition, there are also 3 new songs on the record: "Barbie", "Tears Of An Angel" and the first single "Simple Mystery".

## Notes

- Tracks 3, 6, 8 originally recorded by [Megadeth](/source/Megadeth) (*[Rust in Peace](/source/Rust_in_Peace)*, *[Risk](/source/Risk_(Megadeth_album))*, and *[Youthanasia](/source/Youthanasia)* respectively).
- Tracks 4 and 5 originally recorded by [Cacophony](/source/Cacophony_(band)) ("Speed Metal Symphony", 1987).
- Track 7 originally recorded by [Aloha](/source/Hawaii_(band)) (Demo, 1982) and later by Hawaii ("One Nation Underground", 1983).
- Track 9 originally recorded by Marty Friedman (1st Press "Loudspeaker", 2006).
- Track 10 originally recorded by [Vixen](/source/Hawaii_(band)) (Demo, 1981) and later by Hawaii ("One Nation Underground", 1983).
- Track 11 originally recorded by Deuce.

## Personnel

**Band members**

- [Marty Friedman](/source/Marty_Friedman_(guitarist)) - guitars, bass (tracks 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), backing vocals (track 5)
- Jeremy Colson - vocals, drums (tracks 1–9, 11)

**Session members**

- Tom Harriman - Orchestration (track 12), Conductor (track 12)
- Alan Steinberger - Orchestration (track 12)
- [Jeff Loomis](/source/Jeff_Loomis) - guitar (track 4)
- Jimmy Amason - guitars (slide) (track 8)
- [Billy Sheehan](/source/Billy_Sheehan) - bass (tracks 3, 5, 7)
- Masaki - bass (tracks 2, 4, 10)
- Alyssa Pittaluga - voice (track 8)
- Tom Azevedo - backing vocals (track 2)
- [Elizabeth Schall](/source/Elizabeth_Schall) - backing vocals (track 4)
- Nicolas Farmakalidis - programming (additional) (track 1), programming (atmospheric) (track 7)
- Masatsugu Shinozaki - Chinese [Erhu](/source/Erhu) (track 12)
- Takeomi Matsuura - audio manipulation (tracks 7, 11)

**Production**

- Allen Isaacs - engineering, mixing, producer
- Charlie Pakkari - engineering
- Ryosuke Maekawa - engineering
- Alyssa Pittaluga - engineering (assistant)
- Mike Laza - engineering (assistant), sequencing (track 8)
- Dino Alden - mixing
- Yuji Chinone - mastering
- Marty Friedman - producer
- Hiroshi Inagaki - executive producer
- Shigetomo Sugawara - executive producer
- Takaaki Henmi - photography
- Masa Ito - liner notes (Japanese)

## References

1. ["BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: New Video Posted Online"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080420085754/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90938). Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=90938) on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2012-02-17.

## External links

- [Martyfriedman.com](http://www.martyfriedman.com/)

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