Acoustic Verses

Infobox Album |
Name = Acoustic Verses
Type = studio
Artist = Green Carnation


recorded = 2005
Released = January 24, 2006 (North America)
Length = 43:32
Label = The End Records
Sublife Productions
Genre = Progressive rock
Acoustic

Producer = Green Carnation
Reviews = * "Allmusic" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6s57gjwr66im link]
* "Metal Storm" (9/10) [http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=1151 link]
* "The Metal Observer" (9/10) [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=9080 link]
* "Vampire Music" (favorable) [http://www.vampire-magazine.com/article.php?aid=40924 link]
* "Metal Review" (mixed) [http://www.metalreview.com/2270/Green-Carnation-The-Acoustic-Verses.aspx link]
* "Metal-Rules" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?band=Green%20Carnation&album=&post_by=&rating=&month=&year=&pos=2 link]
Last album = "The Quiet Offspring"
(2005)
This album = "Acoustic Verses"
(2006)
Next album = "The Rise and Fall of Mankind
(TBD)

"Acoustic Verses" is the fifth full studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation, released on January 24, 2006. The album is very different from the usual dark mood that the older releases have. This all out acoustic album has a lighter tone, and is a stylistic shift for the band. In some editions of the album, the bonus track; "Six Ribbons (Cover)" by Jon English is featured.

Track listing

# "Sweet Leaf" (Tchort) – 4:38
# "The Burden is Mine... Alone" (Stein Roger Sordal) – 3:15
# "Maybe?" (Kjetil Nordhus) – 5:02
# "Alone" (Edgar Allan Poe, Tchort) – 3:43
# "9-29-045" (Stein Roger Sordal) – 15:29
#* "My Greater Cause, Part I"
#* "Homecoming, Part II"
#* "House of Cards, Part III"
# "Childs Play Part 3" (Bernt Andrè Moen) – 3:32
# "High Tide Waves" (Michael S. Krumins, Tommy Jackson) – 7:49
# "Six Ribbons" "(Jon English cover)" − 3:10 (bonus track on some editions)

Personnel

Band

* Stein Roger Sordal − bass, EBow, lead vocals, backing vocals
* Terje Vik Schei − Acoustic guitar
* Kjetil Nordhus − lead vocals, backing vocals
* Tommy Jackson − Drums, percussion
* Michael Krumins − Acoustic guitar, Semi-acoustic guitar, theremin
* Kenneth Silden − Piano, rhodes, strings, mellotron

Guest musicians

* Bjørn Harstad − Tremolo guitar, slide, guitar effects
* Leif Wiese − Violin
* Gustav Ekeberg − Viola
* Bernt Andre Moen − Cello

Other credits

* The lyrics on "Alone", are taken from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe and are the same Arcturus used on the track with the same name in the "La Masquerade Infernale" album.

External links

* [http://www.greencarnation.no/ Official Green Carnation Page] (now offline)
* [http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/greencarnation/acousticverses.html] Acoustic Verses lyrics