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".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Barbie"1:00
2."Simple Mystery"3:44
3."Tornado of Souls"5:23
4."Burn the Ground"4:27
5."Where My Fortune Lies"4:45
6."Breadline"3:54
7."The Pit And The Pendulum"5:18
8."The Killing Road"4:21
9."Noise of Rain (Static Rain)"2:48
10."Secret of the Stars"4:11
11."Massive"2:59
12."Tears of an Angel"5:16

Notes

  • 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.

Personnel

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)

References

  1. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: New Video Posted Online". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
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