Future Addict is the seventh studio album by the American guitarist Marty Friedman.[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 years. In addition, there are also 3 new songs on the record: "Barbie", "Tears Of An Angel" and the first single "Simple Mystery".
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| 1. | "Barbie" | 1:00 |
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| 2. | "Simple Mystery" | 3:44 |
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| 3. | "Tornado of Souls" | 5:23 |
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| 4. | "Burn the Ground" | 4:27 |
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| 5. | "Where My Fortune Lies" | 4:45 |
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| 6. | "Breadline" | 3:54 |
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| 7. | "The Pit And The Pendulum" | 5:18 |
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| 8. | "The Killing Road" | 4:21 |
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| 9. | "Noise of Rain (Static Rain)" | 2:48 |
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| 10. | "Secret of the Stars" | 4:11 |
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| 11. | "Massive" | 2:59 |
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| 12. | "Tears of an Angel" | 5:16 |
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- Tracks 3, 6, 8 originally recorded by Megadeth (Rust in Peace, Risk, and Youthanasia respectively).
- Tracks 4 and 5 originally recorded by Cacophony ("Speed Metal Symphony", 1987).
- Track 7 originally recorded by Aloha (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 (Demo, 1981) and later by Hawaii ("One Nation Underground", 1983).
- Track 11 originally recorded by Deuce.
- Band members
- Marty Friedman - 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 - guitar (track 4)
- Jimmy Amason - guitars (slide) (track 8)
- 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 - backing vocals (track 4)
- Nicolas Farmakalidis - programming (additional) (track 1), programming (atmospheric) (track 7)
- Masatsugu Shinozaki - Chinese 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)
