The Carnival Bizarre

The Carnival Bizarre
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	3 October 1995
Recorded	29 May-14 June 1995
Genre	Heavy metal, stoner metal
Length	62:48
Label	Earache
Producer	Kit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
Statik Majik (1994) The Carnival Bizarre (1995) Supernatural Birth Machine (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

The Carnival Bizarre is the third album by British doom metal band Cathedral. It was recorded in Nottingham, England. The album was re-released in Australia in August 2008.

Reception

The album has enjoyed highly positive reviews from many music critics. Allmusic and Sputnikmusic were very impressed with this release and both gave the album four and a half stars out of five. Terrorizer Magazine gave the album eight and a half stars out of ten and Spirit of Metal scored the release eighteen points out of twenty.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Lee Dorrian except where noted. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Vampire Sun"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	4:06
2.	"Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	5:18
3.	"Utopian Blaster"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	5:41
4.	"Night of the Seagulls"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	7:00
5.	"Carnival Bizarre"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	8:35
6.	"Inertia's Cave"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	6:39
7.	"Fangalactic Supergoria"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	5:54
8.	"Blue Light"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	3:27
9.	"Palace of Fallen Majesty"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	7:43
10.	"Electric Grave"	Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings	8:25
Total length:			62:48

Japanese version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Karmacopia"		5:06

Credits

Cathedral

• Lee Dorrian - vocals, percussion
• Garry Jennings - guitar, percussion, keyboards, mellotron
• Leo Smee - bass, vocals, mellotron
• Brian Dixon - drums, percussion, Arabian drum, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tony Iommi: Additional guitar (Utopian Blaster)
• Kenny Ball: Trumpet
• Mitchell Dickinson: Gong, additional vocals

Production

• Produced By Kit Woolven
• Engineered By Doug Cook
• Mastered By Noel Summerville

References

http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cathedral&titel=The+Carnival+Bizarre&cat=a Retrieved 13 April 2009
http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-5413 Retrieved 13 April 2009
http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Cathedral-nom_album-The_Carnival_Bizarre-l-en.html Retrieved 13 April 2009
http://www.musicmademe.com/album/33425 Retrieved 13 April 2009