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

  1. "Buck Fever" – 5:45
  2. "The Dapper Bandits" – 8:03
  3. "The Silent Elk of Yesterday" – 6:17
  4. "Crag Lake" – 0:48
  5. "Meteorite Showers" – 8:14
  6. "The Bounty Hunter" – 6:17
  7. "Super Buck II" (Cover of Super Mario Bros. 2 ground theme)– 2:35
  8. "Millennium Child" – 8:16
  9. "Trampoline Klan" – 2:02
  10. "Burnt Corpse" – 0:14
  11. "Rise n' Shine (Epic Doobie Nightmare #"1)" – 2:27
  12. "Bride of the Buck" – 1:39
  13. "A Very Intense Battle" – 8:40
  14. "Green Hill" – 1:25
  15. "Feed Your Mama's Meter (Remix 2001)" – 4:15
  16. "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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{{Cite web

| 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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Category:2002 albums

Category:Estradasphere albums

Category:Web of Mimicry albums