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Name = The Carnival Bizarre|
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{{Infobox album
Type = studio |
Artist = [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] |
| name = The Carnival Bizarre
Cover = CathedralCarnivalBizarre.jpg |
| type = studio
| artist = [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]]
Background = orange |
| cover = CathedralCarnivalBizarre.jpg
Released = September 26, 1995 |
Recorded = May 29-June 14, 1995 |
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1995|9|29|df=y}}<ref name="earacherel">{{cite web |url=http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh130.php |title=Cathedral 'The Carnival Bizarre' |website=earache.com |publisher=[[Earache Records|Earache]] |access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>
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Genre = [[heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[stoner rock]] |
Length = 62:48 |
| recorded = 29 May – 14 June 1995
| venue =
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Label = [[Earache Records|Earache]] |
Producer = Kit Woolven |
| studio = Parkgate Studios
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| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[doom metal]], [[stoner metal]]
Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r224074|pure_url=yes}} link]
| length = {{Duration|m=62|s=48}}
*''[[Terrorizer Magazine|Terrorizer]]'' {{Rating|8.5|10}} (Dec 2008)
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| label = [[Earache Records|Earache]]
*''[[Sputnikmusic]]'' {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=3608 link] |
| producer = Kit Woolven
Last album = ''[[Statik Majik]]'' <br /> (1994) |
| prev_title = [[Statik Majik]]
This album = '''''The Carnival Bizarre''''' <br /> (1995) |
| prev_year = 1994
Next album = ''[[Supernatural Birth Machine]]'' <br /> (1996)}}
| next_title = [[Supernatural Birth Machine]]
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusicrev">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=the-carnival-bizarre-mw0000646594 |tab=Overview |label=Cathedral: ''The Carnival Bizarre'' |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Filicetti |first=Gino |date=October 1, 1995 |title=CoC : Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-27 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=74}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo02lark/page/990 |publisher=MUZE Inc. |year=1998 |isbn=0-333-74134-X |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |volume=2 |chapter=Cathedral |pages=990-991 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shiels |first=Liam |date=September 23, 1995 |title=Albumz |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=564 |page=48}}</ref>
| rev6 = [[Metal.de]]
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Florian |first= |date=27 September 1995 |title=Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre Review |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/cathedral-the-carnival-bizarre-53900/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=[[metal.de]]}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Ox-Fanzine]]''
| rev7score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hiller |first=Joachim |date=October 2008 |title=Review - Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre |url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/the-carnival-bizarre-63958 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=[[Ox-Fanzine]] |language=de}}</ref>
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| noprose = yes
}}

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'''''The Carnival Bizarre''''' is the third studio album by British [[doom metal]] band [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]], released in September 1995 through [[Earache Records]].<ref name="earacherel"/>


Released in 1996, the related ''Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)'' EP features that titular track along with four additional songs.
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'''''The Carnival Bizarre''''' is the third album by British [[doom metal]] band [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]]. It was recorded in [[Nottingham]], [[England]]. The album was re-released in [[Australia]] in August 2008.


== Reception ==
==Critical reception==
Jem Aswald, in ''[[Trouser Press]]'', wrote: "Pagan idolatry aside, ''Carnival Bizarre'' is Cathedral’s best and tightest album yet, rectifying many of the indulgences of the past and concentrating on throbbing grooves and viscous riffage – and a shout-out to Huggy Bear."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/cathedral/|title=Cathedral}}</ref>
The album has enjoyed highly positive reviews from many music critics. [[Allmusic]] and [[Sputnikmusic]] were very impressed with this release and both gave the album four and a half stars out of five. [[Terrorizer Magazine]] gave the album eight and a half stars out of ten and [[Spirit of Metal]] scored the release eighteen points out of twenty.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics = [[Lee Dorrian]] except where noted.
| all_writing = [[Lee Dorrian]] and Garry Jennings, except where noted
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| music_credits = yes
| total_length = 65:25
| title1 = Vampire Sun
| title1 = Vampire Sun
| music1 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings, Scott Carlson
| note1 = Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Scott Carlson
| length1 = 4:06
| length1 = 4:06
| title2 = Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
| title2 = Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
| music2 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length2 = 5:18
| length2 = 5:18
| title3 = Utopian Blaster
| title3 = Utopian Blaster
| music3 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length3 = 5:41
| length3 = 5:41
| title4 = Night of the Seagulls
| title4 = Night of the Seagulls
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| music4 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings, Scott Carlson
| length4 = 7:00
| length4 = 7:00
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| note4 = Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Carlson
| title5 = Carnival Bizarre
| title5 = Carnival Bizarre
| music5 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length5 = 8:35
| length5 = 8:35
| title6 = Inertia's Cave
| title6 = Inertia's Cave
| music6 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length6 = 6:39
| length6 = 6:39
| title7 = Fangalactic Supergoria
| title7 = Fangalactic Supergoria
| music7 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length7 = 5:54
| length7 = 5:54
| title8 = Blue Light
| title8 = Blue Light
| music8 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length8 = 3:27
| length8 = 3:27
| title9 = Palace of Fallen Majesty
| title9 = Palace of Fallen Majesty
| music9 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length9 = 7:43
| length9 = 7:43
| title10 = Electric Grave
| title10 = Electric Grave
| music10 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length10 = 8:25
| length10 = 8:25
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| title11 = Blue Light
| music11 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Blue Light
| music12 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length12 = 3:27
}}
}}
{{Track listing

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| headline = Japanese version bonus track

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| title11 = Karmacopia
{{tracklist
| collapsed = yes
| length11 = 5:06
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| headline = Japanese version
| writing_credits = yes
| title12 = Karmacopia
| writer12 = [[Lee Dorrian]], Garry "Gaz" Jennings
| length12 = 5:06
}}
}}


==Credits==
==Personnel==
===Cathedral===
===Cathedral===
*[[Lee Dorrian]] - vocals, percussion
* [[Lee Dorrian]] – vocals, sleeve concept
*Garry Jennings - guitar, percussion, keyboards, mellotron
* [[Garry Jennings]] – guitar, [[mellotron]] (5, 8), keyboard (4, 10), percussion (5, 10), choir (4)
*Leo Smee - bass, vocals, mellotron
* Leo Smee – bass, mellotron (3, 8), choir (4)
*Brian Dixon - drums, percussion, Arabian drum, backing vocals
* Brian Dixon – drums, choir (4)


===Additional musicians===
===Additional musicians===
*[[Tony Iommi]]: Additional guitar (Utopian Blaster)
* [[Tony Iommi]] – guitar (3)
*Kenny Ball: [[Trumpet]]
* [[Kenny Ball]] – [[trumpet]] (7)
*Mitchell Dickinson: Gong, additional vocals
* Mitchell Dickinson – gong (3), choir (4)


===Technical personnel===
==Production==
*Produced By Kit Woolven
* Kit Woolven – production, engineering
*Engineered By Doug Cook
* Doug Cook – assistant engineering
*Mastered By Noel Summerville
* Noel Summerville – mastering
* Dave Patchett – front cover
* Leilah Wendell – inside art
* Ray Palmer – photography
* Aston Stephens – layout


== References ==
==References==
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http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cathedral&titel=The+Carnival+Bizarre&cat=a Retrieved April 13, 2009 <br /> http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-5413 Retrieved April 13, 2009 <br /> http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Cathedral-nom_album-The_Carnival_Bizarre-l-en.html Retrieved April 13, 2009 <br /> http://www.musicmademe.com/album/33425 Retrieved April 13, 2009
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 19 October 2024

The Carnival Bizarre
Studio album by
Cathedral
Released29 September 1995 (1995-09-29)[1]
Recorded29 May – 14 June 1995
StudioParkgate Studios
GenreHeavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal
Length62:48
LabelEarache
ProducerKit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
Statik Majik
(1994) 		The Carnival Bizarre
(1995) 		Supernatural Birth Machine
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos6/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Kerrang![6]
Metal.de7/10[7]
Ox-Fanzine7/10[8]

The Carnival Bizarre is the third studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in September 1995 through Earache Records.[1]

Released in 1996, the related Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) EP features that titular track along with four additional songs.

Critical reception

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Jem Aswald, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Pagan idolatry aside, Carnival Bizarre is Cathedral’s best and tightest album yet, rectifying many of the indulgences of the past and concentrating on throbbing grooves and viscous riffage – and a shout-out to Huggy Bear."[9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Vampire Sun" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Scott Carlson)4:06
2."Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)"5:18
3."Utopian Blaster"5:41
4."Night of the Seagulls" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Carlson)7:00
5."Carnival Bizarre"8:35
6."Inertia's Cave"6:39
7."Fangalactic Supergoria"5:54
8."Blue Light"3:27
9."Palace of Fallen Majesty"7:43
10."Electric Grave"8:25
Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Karmacopia"5:06

Personnel

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Cathedral

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  • Lee Dorrian – vocals, sleeve concept
  • Garry Jennings – guitar, mellotron (5, 8), keyboard (4, 10), percussion (5, 10), choir (4)
  • Leo Smee – bass, mellotron (3, 8), choir (4)
  • Brian Dixon – drums, choir (4)

Additional musicians

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Technical personnel

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  • Kit Woolven – production, engineering
  • Doug Cook – assistant engineering
  • Noel Summerville – mastering
  • Dave Patchett – front cover
  • Leilah Wendell – inside art
  • Ray Palmer – photography
  • Aston Stephens – layout

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cathedral 'The Carnival Bizarre'". earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Cathedral: The Carnival Bizarre at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ Filicetti, Gino (1 October 1995). "CoC : Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Cathedral". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE Inc. pp. 990–991. ISBN 0-333-74134-X – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Shiels, Liam (23 September 1995). "Albumz". Kerrang!. No. 564. EMAP. p. 48.
  7. ^ Florian (27 September 1995). "Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre Review". metal.de. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ Hiller, Joachim (October 2008). "Review - Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Cathedral".


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