Acoustic Verses
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2006
Recorded2005
StudioBrown Sound Studios, Jailhouse Studios and Dub Studio
GenreAcoustic rock, soft rock
Length43:29
LabelSublife Productions
ProducerGreen Carnation
Green Carnation chronology
The Burden Is Mine... Alone
(2005)
Acoustic Verses
(2006)
Leaves of Yesteryear
(2020)

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).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[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

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.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Sweet Leaf"Tchort4:38
2."The Burden Is Mine...Alone"Stein Roger Sordal3:15
3."Maybe?"Kjetil Nordhus5:02
4."Alone"Tchort (after Edgar Allan Poe)3:43
5."9-29-045 *"Stein Roger Sordal15:29
6."Childs Play Part III"Bernt André Moen3:32
7."High Tide Waves"Tommy Jackson / Music by Michael Smith Krumins7:49
Total length:43:29
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsLength
8."Six Ribbons" (Jon English cover)Jon English3:10
Total length:46:39
*Note
  • Track 5 is split up into 3 different parts :
  1. "My Greater Cause"
  2. "Homecoming"
  3. "House of Cards"

[10]

Personnel

Green 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
  • Bjørn "Berserk" Harstad – guitars

Guest musicians

  • Bernt Moen – cello
  • Leif Wiese – violin
  • Gustav Ekeberg – viola

Recording information

  • Engineered 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 Tønnessen

References

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