Captain EO's Voyage is the twenty-ninth studio album released by guitarist Buckethead

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

. The album's title is a reference to Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

's movie Captain EO

Captain EO

Captain EO is a 3-D science fiction film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola that was shown at Disney theme parks from 1986 through the 1990s...

. It is not the first time Jackson has been referenced; Buckethead released the track "The Return of Captain EO" on the album A Real Diamond in the Rough

A Real Diamond in the Rough

A Real Diamond in the Rough is the twenty-fourth studio album by avant-garde guitarist Buckethead, announced on April 27, 2009 for a May 1 release through the TDRS Music label...

in 2009, and a notable song dedicated to the death of Jackson titled "The Homing Beacon."

The album was first made available only as a download through iTunes

ITunes

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, but 2 days after the release it was announced that the album would be released on CD through TDRS Music

TDRS Music

Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Music is a label founded by musician and producer Travis Dickerson. The label is characterized by the way it sells records...

. It is also the first solo release since Kaleidoscalp

Kaleidoscalp

Kaleidoscalp is the fifteenth studio album by avant-garde guitarist Buckethead. Some of the songs on the album use instruments and effects that have been circuit bent to create sounds quite unlike anything previously heard on Buckethead albums....

(2005) that has not been released first through TDRS. The pre-order of the album, along with Left Hanging

Left Hanging

Left Hanging is a collaborative album by Buckethead and Travis Dickerson, to be released in December, 2010.The album consists of unreleased tracks from previous sessions by Dickerson and Buckethead and features other musicians, including Pinchface, Ramy Antoun and Bryan "Brain"...

, started on October 29 with a tentative release of December 1. Eventually, the CD was released on November 29.

Stained Glass Hill has the exact same beat from track 4 on disc 5 of Buckethead's 2007 box set In Search of The

In Search of The

Vol. 4: E-Notes:*Vol. 2, 1 samples the drumbeat to They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!.*Vol. 2, 8 is identical to Vol. 3, 2.*Vol. 4, 4 contains an extended background beatbox session, possibly from Buckethead....

.

Backwards Footprint has the exact same beat from track 2 on disc 10, also from In Search of The.

Track listing