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1995 studio album by Kyuss From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and final studio album by American stoner rock band Kyuss, released on July 11, 1995, nearly a year before their breakup. Drummer Alfredo Hernández (Yawning Man) replaced 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.[1] The album 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."[2] A video was released for "One Inch Man", the album's only official single.
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Released | July 11, 1995 | |||
Recorded | March 1–20, 1995 | |||
Studio | Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California | |||
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Length | 71:59 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Chris Goss, Kyuss | |||
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Singles from ...And the Circus Leaves Town | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[4] |
MetalReviews.com | 86/100[5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album received a positive review in Tharunka, an Australian student publication, in August 1995. The review described the lead single, "One Inch Man", as "unrepresentative" of the album's sound. Two of the tracks, "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo" and "Catamaran", were compared favorably to Black Sabbath and Sonic Youth respectively, and the reviewer noted, "What is admirable here too is singwriter/guitarist Josh's seeming ability to formulate brilliantly executed songs, despite the regular adoption of atypical song-writing structures."[7]
Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hurricane" | Josh Homme, John Garcia | 2:41 |
2. | "One Inch Man" | Garcia, Scott Reeder | 3:30 |
3. | "Thee Ol' Boozeroony" | Reeder | 2:47 |
4. | "Gloria Lewis" | Homme, Garcia | 4:02 |
5. | "Phototropic" | Homme | 5:13 |
6. | "El Rodeo" | Homme, Garcia | 5:35 |
7. | "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo" | Homme | 4:39 |
8. | "Tangy Zizzle" | Homme | 2:39 |
9. | "Size Queen" | Homme | 3:46 |
10. | "Catamaran" (originally performed by Yawning Man) | Alfredo Hernández | 2:59 |
11. | "Spaceship Landing" (ends at 11:14) "M'deea" (hidden track, starts at 14:42) "Day One" (hidden track, starts at 31:41) | Homme Reeder | 34:04 |
Total length: | 71:59 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]
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