Technical Difficulties (Racer X album)

Technical Difficulties
Technical Difficulties
Studio album by Racer X
Released	December 8, 1999
Recorded	Batgirl Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada; Rec Room
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	50:07
Label	Mercury
Producer	Paul Gilbert
Racer X chronology

Technical Difficulties is the third studio album by heavy metal band Racer X, released on December 8, 1999^[1] through Mercury Records (Japan),^[2] and on April 25, 2000 through Shrapnel Records (United States)^[3] and Mascot Records (Europe).^[4] The album's title track evolved from the introductory song "Metal Dog" on guitarist Paul Gilbert's 1995 instructional video Terrifying Guitar Trip; it later appeared in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend, "B.R.O." stands for "Bach Rip-Off", a homage to a previous track, "Y.R.O." (Yngwie Rip-Off"), from the band's 1986 debut album Street Lethal.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Phallic Tractor" (instrumental)	Paul Gilbert, Scott Travis	0:56
2.	"Fire of Rock"	Gilbert	4:56
3.	"Snakebite"	Jeff Martin, Gilbert, Travis	4:23
4.	"Technical Difficulties" (instrumental)	Gilbert, Travis	4:20
5.	"Miss Mistreater"	Martin, Bruce Bouillet	4:31
6.	"Bolt in My Heart"	Martin, Gilbert	4:10
7.	"17th Moon"	Martin, Gilbert, Travis	4:06
8.	"Waiting"	Martin	4:29
9.	"Poison Eyes"	Gilbert, Martin, Bouillet	4:17
10.	"B.R.O."	Johann Sebastian Bach; arr. Gilbert	1:20
11.	"God of the Sun"	Martin, Russ Parrish	5:16
12.	"Give It to Me"	Bouillet, Martin, Gilbert	3:15
13.	"The Executioner's Song"	Martin, Gilbert, Travis	4:08
Total length:			50:07

Japanese/European edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath cover)	Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne	5:15

Personnel

Jeff Martin – vocals
Paul Gilbert – guitar, producer
Scott Travis – drums
John Alderete – bass
Tom Size – engineering, mixing
Damon Gold – engineering
Steve Hall – mastering

References

^ "Music". racerxband.com. 2004-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
^ "Racer X – Technical Difficulties". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
^ "Racer X – Technical Difficulties". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
^ "Technical Difficulties - Racer X". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

External links

In Review: Racer X "Technical Difficulties" at Guitar Nine Records

[1] "Music". racerxband.com. 2004-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

[2] "Racer X – Technical Difficulties". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

[3] "Racer X – Technical Difficulties". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

[4] "Technical Difficulties - Racer X". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

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v t e Racer X
Jeff Martin Paul Gilbert John Alderete Scott Travis Harry Gschoesser Bruce Bouillet Todd DeVito Chris Arvan Oni Logan
Studio albums	Street Lethal (1986) Second Heat (1987) Technical Difficulties (1999) Superheroes (2000) Getting Heavier (2002)
Live albums	Extreme Volume Live (1988) Extreme Volume II Live (1992) Snowball of Doom (2002) Snowball of Doom 2 (2002)
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