Lord of the Harvest is a 1993 album by Bootsy Collins under the alias Zillatron (a.k.a. Fuzzface) and was produced by Collins and Bill Laswell.
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Funk metal,[1] industrial metal | |||
| Length | 43:10 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Background
editMusically, the album leans toward funk metal, features extensive use of samples and is darker in tone than previous Bootsy Collins albums. The album also has a strong science fiction theme. The album was released as part of Bill Laswell's Black Arc Series. Lord of the Harvest is dedicated to the memory of Parliament-Funkadelic lead guitarist Eddie Hazel who died some months earlier in December 1992.
Release history
editThe album was released by the Polystar label in Japan and by Rykodisc in the United States. A remastered version of Lord of the Harvest was reissued in 2003 by Laswell's Innerhythmic label. Some early copies of the album have the first two tracks combined as one.[2]
Tracks
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "C.B.I. Files (Central Bug Intelligence) (spoken word)" | Collins | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Bugg Lite" | Collins | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Fuzz Face" | Collins | 7:55 |
| 4. | "Exterminate" | Collins | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Smell The Secrets" | Collins, Bill Laswell, Buckethead | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Count Zero" | Collins, Bill Laswell | 5:56 |
| 7. | "Bootsy And The Beast" | Collins, Bill Laswell, Buckethead | 5:12 |
| 8. | "No Fly Zone (The Devil's Playground)" | Collins | 6:56 |
| 9. | "The Passion Continues" | Collins, Bill Laswell, Buckethead | 5:06 |
Personnel
edit- Bootsy Collins - space bass, vocals
- Bernie Worrell - keyboards, synthesizers
- Buckethead - electric and acoustic guitars
- Bill Laswell - ambient sounds and noises
- Grandmaster Melle Mel - chant
- Umar Bin Hassan - chant
- Deborah Barsha, Kristen Gray, Momma Collins - vocals
- Brenda Holloway, Patti Willis - backing vocals
References
edit- ^ a b Allmusic review
- ^ "Zillatron - Lord Of The Harvest (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
External links
edit- Lord of the Harvest at Discogs (1993 Rykodisc release)
- Lord of the Harvest at Discogs (1993 Polystar release)
- Lord of the Harvest at Discogs (2003 Innerhythmic release)