The Big Eyeball in the Sky

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The Big Eyeball in the Sky is the only studio album by the supergroup Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, known by fans as "C2B3", released on Les Claypool's own Prawn Song label.

The song Junior was written about the Iraq War and is a critique of the Bush administration's foreign policy.

Reception

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Credits

• Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains:
  • Les Claypool – basses and vocals, producer, engineer
  • Buckethead – guitar
  • Brain – drums
  • Bernie Worrell – keyboards
• Additional personnel:
  • Gabby La La – backing vocals on "Hip Shot from the Slab" and "The Big Eyeball in the Sky"
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering