Buck Fever
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Buck Fever
| type = Album
| artist = Estradasphere
| cover = Buck_Fever_cover_art.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2002
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *experimental rock{{ cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/buck-fever-mw0000022270 | website=AllMusic | title=Estradasphere - Buck Fever Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/78835/Estradasphere-Buck-Fever/ | title=Estradasphere - Buck Fever (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic }}
- jazz-rock{{ cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/buck-fever-mw0000022270 | website=AllMusic | title=Estradasphere - Buck Fever Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic }}
| length = 72:24
| label = Web of Mimicry
| producer = Tim Smolens
| prev_title = The Silent Elk of Yesterday
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Quadropus
| next_year = 2003
}}
Buck Fever was the second full-length album released by Estradasphere. Notable assistance on the album comes from Trey Spruance, of Mr. Bungle and Secret Chiefs 3 fame.
Track listing
- "Buck Fever" – 5:45
- "The Dapper Bandits" – 8:03
- "The Silent Elk of Yesterday" – 6:17
- "Crag Lake" – 0:48
- "Meteorite Showers" – 8:14
- "The Bounty Hunter" – 6:17
- "Super Buck II" (Cover of Super Mario Bros. 2 ground theme)– 2:35
- "Millennium Child" – 8:16
- "Trampoline Klan" – 2:02
- "Burnt Corpse" – 0:14
- "Rise n' Shine (Epic Doobie Nightmare #"1)" – 2:27
- "Bride of the Buck" – 1:39
- "A Very Intense Battle" – 8:40
- "Green Hill" – 1:25
- "Feed Your Mama's Meter (Remix 2001)" – 4:15
- "What Deers May Come" – 5:28
Album credits
=The Band ("The Big Game Hunters")=
- Timb Harris – solo violin, violin sections, solo and section trumpets, mandolin, euphonium, keyboards.
- David Murray – drums, didjeridu, percussion, (djembe, shaker, tambourine, timpani, roto toms, dombek, orchestral percussion), new age keyboards.
- Jason Schimmel – acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, sitar guitar, banjo, lapsteel, keyboard (organs, piano, glockenspiel, toy piano, choir, chimes, electric pino, clav)
- Tim Smolens – upright bass, hollowbody and electric bass, bowed bass sections, keyboard (synth bass, handclaps, organs, timpani, gong, strings, sound fx, samples, choir, new age sounds, etc.) synth programming, techno loops.
- John Whooley – tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophones, flute, vocals, throat singing, percussion (congas, clave, guiro, shaker, tambourine, woodblock, cowbell), accordion, piano, cp-70, electric piano, clav
=Personnel ("Seasonal Hunters")=
- Producer: Tim Smolens
- Recording Engineer: Tim Smolens
- Recording Engineer (drums): Justin Phelps, Trey Spruance
- Mastered: Thom Canova with Tim & Timb at Found Sound, San Francisco, California
- Art direction: Butt Bud & Mari Kono
- Graphic Artist: Mari Kono
- Head Goon: Tim
- Photographs: Mari Kono
- Goon Squad: Timb, Jay{{cite web|title=Estradasphere - Buck Fever (CD, Album)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Estradasphere-Buck-Fever/release/505530|website=discogs.com|accessdate=27 October 2017}}
=Dedication=
Buck Fever was created in memory of Smith Dobson.
References
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| url = https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577
| title = ReMix: Super Mario Bros. 2 "Super Buck II"
| last = Lloyd
| first = David W. "djpretzel"
| date = 2002-03-26
| website = OverClocked ReMix
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051208071038/http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577/
| archive-date = 2005-12-08
| url-status = live
| access-date = 2019-05-01
}}
}}
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