Technical Difficulties (Racer X album)

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, and was covered by cellist duo 2Cellos on their 2012 album In2ition, for which they also shot a promotional video.^[5] "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.

Technical Difficulties
Studio album by Racer X
Released	December 8, 1999 (1999-12-08)
Recorded	Batgirl Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada; Rec Room
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	50:07
Label	Mercury
Producer	Paul Gilbert
Racer X chronology
Extreme Volume II Live (1992) Technical Difficulties (1999) Superheroes (2000)

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, production
• Scott Travis – drums
• John Alderete – bass
• Tom Size – engineering, mixing
• Damon Gold – engineering
• Steve Hall – mastering

References

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.
5. "2CELLOS - Technical Difficulties [official video]" on YouTube. Retrieved 2014-05-05.

External links

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