Carnival (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Carnival
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Kasey Chambers


Released = August 19, 2006 (Australia) September 12, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded = Central Coast, New South Wales, 2006
Genre = Country/Pop
Length = 46:14
Label = EMI (Australia) / Warner Bros. Records (U.S.)
Producer = Nash Chambers
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hw6zefwk5gf3~T1 link]
Last album = "Wayward Angel" (2004)
This album = "Carnival" (2006)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Carnival
Type = studio
single 1 = Nothing At All
single 1 date = July 2006
single 2 = Surrender
single 2 date = December 2006
single 3 = Sign on the Door
single 3 date = 2007

"Carnival" is the fourth studio album from Australian singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers, released in Australia on August 19, 2006 and in the United States on 12 September2006 (see 2006 in music).

"Carnival" marks a departure from the trademark styles of Chambers' previous albums, showcasing a more mature and edgier sound. The album features guest appearances by Tim Rogers and Bernard Fanning, as well as appearances by her son, Talon, and nephew, Eden.

On the album, Chambers has said:

On August 28, 2006 the album made its debut on the Australian Albums chart at number one and accrediting Platinum by ARIA. It was knocked off the top spot on its second week in the chart by Bob Dylan's album "Modern Times" and then on the third week it feel to number three. The album then dropped five places down the chart to number eight and then fell out of the top ten to number fourteen. It spent another two weeks in the top twenty then falling to number twenty-two, then to twenty-eight and after two weeks it fell out of the charts at number forty-two spending eleven weeks in the top fifty.

The album was deemed ineligible for both the Australian and U.S. "Billboard" country charts, the first of Kasey's albums to not be classified as country. Had it been eligible, based on its sales the album would have charted in the 30's on the Billboard country chart, a similar position to her previous album "Wayward Angel".

Two songs were released from the album; "Nothing at All" and "Surrender", both written by Chambers. "Nothing at All" was released as a CD single on July 22, 2006 and had high success debuting and peaking in the Australian Singles Chart top ten at number nine. "Surrender" however was not as successful only peaking at number seventy-four in Australia.

Track listing

:"All songs written by Kasey Chambers."
# "Colour of a Carnival" – 3:23
# "Sign on the Door" – 4:16
# "The Rain" – 3:42
# "Light up a Candle" – 2:47
# "Hard Road" – 3:59
# "Nothing at All" – 3:21
# "Railroad" – 4:21
# "I Got You Now" – 3:14
# "Dangerous" – 5:04
# "Surrender" – 3:55
# "You Make Me Sing" – 4:10
# "Don't Look So Sad" – 4:02

Charts

succession box
before = "Back to Basics" by Christina Aguilera
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = August 28 - September 3 2006
after = "Modern Times" by Bob Dylan