...And the Circus Leaves Town

…And the Circus Leaves Town
Studio album by Kyuss
Released July 11, 1995
Recorded March 1–20, 1995 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California
Genre Stoner rock
Length 71:59
Label Elektra
Producer Kyuss & Chris Goss
Kyuss chronology
Welcome to Sky Valley
(1994)
...And the Circus Leaves Town
(1995)
Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Metal Hammer[3]

…And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and final studio album by American stoner rock band Kyuss, released on July 11, 1995, three months before their breakup. Drummer Alfredo Hernández (Yawning Man) replaces Brant Bjork, who left Kyuss in 1993. The album features a tighter and more straightforward sound, both in songwriting and production, than the band's preceding efforts.[4] Upon its release, …And the Circus Leaves Town was not as commercially or critically successful as the previous Blues for the Red Sun and Welcome to Sky Valley. Critic Dean Brown attributes this partly to a lack of promotion and the band's breakup, but also notes that the album "deserves to be cherished as much as the two molten hot records that came right before it."[5] A video was released for "One Inch Man", the album's only official single.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Hurricane"  John Garcia/Josh Homme 2:41
2. "One Inch Man"  Garcia/Scott Reeder 3:30
3. "Thee Ol' Boozeroony"  Reeder 2:47
4. "Gloria Lewis"  Garcia/Homme 4:02
5. "Phototropic"  Homme 5:13
6. "El Rodeo"  Garcia/Homme 5:35
7. "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo"  Homme 4:39
8. "Tangy Zizzle"  Homme 2:39
9. "Size Queen"  Homme 3:46
10. "Catamaran"  Mario Lalli/Larri Lalli/Gary Arce/Alfredo Hernández 2:59
11. "Spaceship Landing"    34:04

The final track comprises three songs, with silence between them:

Notes

The song "Catamaran" is a cover of a song originally recorded by drummer Alfredo Hernandez' previous band Yawning Man.

Hidden track "Day One" was originally released in Germany as part of the "Demon Cleaner" extended CD single under the title "Day One (To Dave and Krist)". It was dedicated to the remaining Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, after Kurt Cobain's suicide.

The song "Hurricane" is featured in the 2006 video game, Need for Speed: Carbon. An early recording of the song, as well as "El Rodeo," was released on the "Demon Cleaner" single in 1994.

Personnel

Kyuss

Additional Personnel

References

  1. Demalon, Tom. "allmusic ((( ...And the Circus Leaves Town > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  2. Brackett, Nathan. "Kyuss". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 473, cited March 17, 2010
  3. Kavka, Marcus. "...And The Circus Leaves Town". Metal Hammer. July 1, 1995, cited December 28, 2013
  4. Xander_Christ. "Kyuss: ...And the Circus Leaves Town (Review)". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  5. Brown, Dean. "20 Years On: And The Circus Leaves Town By Kyuss Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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