Acoustic Verses is the fifth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on January 30, 2006, via Sublife Productions.[1]
The album features three songs included on their 2005 EP The Burden Is Mine... Alone: "Sweet Leaf", "The Burden Is Mine... Alone", as well as the cover of Jon English's 1978 international hit "Six Ribbons" (only in the special edition).
The album was met with positive reviews Blabbermouth.net rated it with an 8 and describes it as "it's as lush, orchestrated, and enigmatic as any 'electric' album from this quizzical band".[8]
Laura Taylor of Exclaim! said "similar to Opeth’s Damnation in some respects, Acoustic Verses covers more ground, perhaps in part because of the number of songwriters involved, but the album’s stylistic experimentation is very much in line with the Green Carnation’s proven pattern". [9]
Backgroundedit
Acoustic Verses was yet another stylistic shift for Green Carnation. On the album, as the name suggests, the band played all acoustic instruments, showing off a softer, warmer style for the band while retaining the progressive and darker feels they established since their debut.
Thus, Acoustic Verses represents an important and only change with respect to the previous works of the group, and in which practically all their members participated in its composition.
acoustic, verses, fifth, full, length, studio, album, norwegian, progressive, metal, band, green, carnation, released, january, 2006, sublife, productions, studio, album, green, carnationreleasedjanuary, 2006recorded2005studiobrown, sound, studios, jailhouse, . Acoustic Verses is the fifth full length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation It was released on January 30 2006 via Sublife Productions 1 Acoustic VersesStudio album by Green CarnationReleasedJanuary 30 2006Recorded2005StudioBrown Sound Studios Jailhouse Studios and Dub StudioGenreAcoustic rock soft rockLength43 29LabelSublife ProductionsProducerGreen CarnationGreen Carnation chronologyThe Burden Is Mine Alone 2005 Acoustic Verses 2006 Leaves of Yesteryear 2020 The album features three songs included on their 2005 EP The Burden Is Mine Alone Sweet Leaf The Burden Is Mine Alone as well as the cover of Jon English s 1978 international hit Six Ribbons only in the special edition Contents 1 Reception 2 Background 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Recording information 6 References 7 External linksReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Blabbermouth net 8 10 3 Chronicles of Chaos 8 10 4 Exclaim favorable 5 Metal Storm Avg 8 5 10 6 PopMatters 7 10 7 The album was met with positive reviews Blabbermouth net rated it with an 8 and describes it as it s as lush orchestrated and enigmatic as any electric album from this quizzical band 8 Laura Taylor of Exclaim said similar to Opeth s Damnation in some respects Acoustic Verses covers more ground perhaps in part because of the number of songwriters involved but the album s stylistic experimentation is very much in line with the Green Carnation s proven pattern 9 Background editAcoustic Verses was yet another stylistic shift for Green Carnation On the album as the name suggests the band played all acoustic instruments showing off a softer warmer style for the band while retaining the progressive and darker feels they established since their debut Thus Acoustic Verses represents an important and only change with respect to the previous works of the group and in which practically all their members participated in its composition Track listing editNo TitleLyricsLength1 Sweet Leaf Tchort4 382 The Burden Is Mine Alone Stein Roger Sordal3 153 Maybe Kjetil Nordhus5 024 Alone Tchort after Edgar Allan Poe 3 435 9 29 045 Stein Roger Sordal15 296 Childs Play Part III Bernt Andre Moen3 327 High Tide Waves Tommy Jackson Music by Michael Smith Krumins7 49Total length 43 29 Limited edition bonus trackNo TitleLyricsLength8 Six Ribbons Jon English cover Jon English3 10Total length 46 39 Note Track 5 is split up into 3 different parts My Greater Cause Homecoming House of Cards 10 Personnel editGreen Carnation Kjetil Nordhus vocals Terje Vik Schei a k a Tchort guitars Michael Smith Krumins guitars Stein Roger Sordal bass guitar guitars Kenneth Silden keyboards Tommy Jacksonville drums Bjorn Berserk Harstad guitars Guest musicians Bernt Moen cello Leif Wiese violin Gustav Ekeberg violaRecording information editEngineered and mixed at Brown Sound Studios except track 4 mixed at Jailhouse Studios Violins viola and cello recorded at Jailhouse Studios Drums recorded at Dub Studios Mastered at Lynor Artwork by Jon TonnessenReferences edit Metallum Archvies Rivaldavia Eduardo Acoustic Verses at AllMusic Blabbermouth review Chronicles of Chaos review Exclaim review Metal Storm review PopMatters review Blabbermouth net Review Exclaim review Discogs listingExternal links editAllmusic album review Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acoustic Verses amp oldid 1175289848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
