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.Metallum Archives
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).
Background Acoustic Verses was 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. Acoustic Verses was a change with respect to the previous works of the group, in which practically all their members participated in its composition.
Reception
The album was met with positive reviews. Blabbermouth.net rated it with an eight and described it as "it's as lush, orchestrated, and enigmatic as any 'electric' album from this quizzical band".Blabbermouth.net Review
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". Exclaim! review
Track listing
*Note Track 5 is split up into 3 different parts : "My Greater Cause" "Homecoming" "House of Cards"
Discogs listing
Personnel Green Carnation Kjetil Nordhus – vocals Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort) – guitars Michael Smith Krumins – guitars Stein Roger Sordal – bass guitar, guitars, vocals 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
External links Allmusic album review