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Attention Deficit: The Idiot King

On May 22, 2001, “Magna Carta” label released “The Idiot King”, the second Attention Deficit album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Alex Skolnick, Michael Manring and Tim Alexander.

Personnel:

  • Alex Skolnick – guitar, mixing
  • Michael Manring – bass, recording, mixing
  • Tim Alexander – drums, recording, mixing
  • Ralph Patlan – engineer
  • Jim Brick – mastering
  • d’Bodavus Graphics, Inc.- layout, design
  • Steve Jennings – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alex Skolnick, Michael Manring and Tim Alexander.

  1. American Jingo
  2. Any Unforseen Event
  3. The Risk of Failure
  4. Low Voter Turnout
  5. Unclear, Inarticulate Things
  6. RSVP
  7. My Fellow Astronauts
  8. Dubya
  9. The Killers Are to Blame
  10. Nightmare On 48th St.
  11. Public Speaking Is Very Easy

Michael Schenker: Adventures of the Imagination

On March 7, 2000, “Shrapnel” label released “Adventures of the Imagination”, the third Michael Schenker album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Prairie Sun Recording Studios” in Cotati, California, and was produced by Michael Schenker and Mike Varney.

Personnel:

  • Michael Schenker– guitar
  • John Onder – bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • Ralph Patlan – associate producer, engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Michael Schenker.

  1. Achtung Fertig, Los!
  2. Open Gate

Adventures Part One

  1. Three Fish Dancing
  2. Michael Schenker Junior – 1:54

Adventures Part Two

  1. Aardvark in a VW Smoking a Cigar
  2. I Want to Be with You

Adventures Part Three

  1. Old Man with Sheep on Mars
  2. At the End of the Day
  3. Hand in Hand