...And the Circus Leaves Town
Studio album by
Kyuss
ReleasedJuly 11, 1995 (1995-07-11)
RecordedMarch 1–20, 1995
StudioSound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
GenreStoner rock
Length71:59
LabelElektra
ProducerChris Goss, Kyuss
Kyuss chronology
Welcome to Sky Valley
(1994) 		...And the Circus Leaves Town
(1995) 		Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age
(1997)
Singles from ...And the Circus Leaves Town
  1. "One Inch Man"
    Released: June 9, 1995

...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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[4]
MetalReviews.com86/100[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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]

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hurricane"Josh Homme, John Garcia2:41
2."One Inch Man"Garcia, Scott Reeder3:30
3."Thee Ol' Boozeroony"Reeder2:47
4."Gloria Lewis"Homme, Garcia4:02
5."Phototropic"Homme5:13
6."El Rodeo"Homme, Garcia5:35
7."Jumbo Blimp Jumbo"Homme4:39
8."Tangy Zizzle"Homme2:39
9."Size Queen"Homme3:46
10."Catamaran" (originally performed by Yawning Man)Alfredo Hernández2:59
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

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]

Kyuss

Production

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for ...And the Circus Leaves Town
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 45
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 127

References

  1. ^ Xander_Christ. "Kyuss: ...And the Circus Leaves Town (Review)". Sputnik Music. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Brown, Dean (February 23, 2015). "20 Years On: And The Circus Leaves Town By Kyuss Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Demalon, Tom. "...And the Circus Leaves Town Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ^ Goat. "Kyuss – ...And the Circus Leaves Town". MetalReviews.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan (November 2004). "Kyuss". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 473.
  7. ^ RB (August 29, 1995). "Kyuss **...And The Circus Leaves Town**". Tharunka. Vol. 41, no. 10. Kensington, NSW: University of New South Wales. p. 35. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Kyuss (1995). ...And the Circus Leaves Town (CD liner notes). Beverly Hills, California: Elektra Records. 7559-61811-2.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 159.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kyuss – And the Circus Leaves Town" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Chart Log UK: Alex K - Kyuss". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
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