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- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Ceresco
- ASIN: B0009BOJLG
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- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The answer is no, this legendary group disbanded shortly after the resulting tour of this album. Unfortunately, they became famous (rising to cult status in the underground) after they split because of bad publicity. If not we may have still had Kyuss to this day!?
Anyway, ...And The Circus Leaves Town is usually one's 3rd Kyuss investment; beginning with the highly acclaimed (even Q Magazine and Kerrang! like it!!) Blues for the red sun album, secondly Welcome To Sky Valley, usually the fan's, hardcore fans, and indeed my favourite, then this little beauty!
I still cannot decide which is better 'Blues', or this, it is quite (but not too) different than these other two albums. It is quite experimental and dosen't contain many psychedelics or, indeed instrumentals. There are, of course, the fundamental elements that make up any Kyuss album present; Homme's dark/light guitar split personality, Scott Reeder's flowing, soft basslines, pounding drums (now taken over by Alfreo Hernandez rather than Brant Bjork), and the voice of the desert John Gaercia's distinctive vocals.
But theres something different to this album, it seems more empty and sinister, like the album art of a flooded, deserted caravan park, like they had the premonition of the band split whilst making the album. However that dosen't mean it's depressing! Its far from it, the contrasts of hard rockers;HURRICANE, mid paced chuggers;ONE INCH MAN and floaty instumental pieces within songs create a neutal mood and one hell of a brilliant album.
The most noticeable oddity of this album compared with the previous 3 is the song EL RODEO. It begins with a strange effect laden guitar melody which stops and starts. An odd, slightly funky sliding bassline enters and creates an odd beat. Drums enter and the song contiues with the odd bassline guiding the drums and the guitar meandering around the two instuments. Its quite hard to describe. Then the rhythm hits a solid wall of steady heaviness out of nowhere. Garcia's vocals emerge from the heviness for a moment then stop. The stop/start/fake ending that Kyuss use oh so often comes into play once again with the song jumping from one slab of heaviness to another. Vocals emerge once again and carry on till the end with Garcia repeating 'RODEO!' over. Its is an odd song even for Kyuss. It also happens to be one of my favourite tracks off the album.
This album is another classic from the lads we know best as the greatest band that ever walked the earth!
Anyway, ...And The Circus Leaves Town is usually one's 3rd Kyuss investment; beginning with the highly acclaimed (even Q Magazine and Kerrang! like it!!) Blues for the red sun album, secondly Welcome To Sky Valley, usually the fan's, hardcore fans, and indeed my favourite, then this little beauty!
I still cannot decide which is better 'Blues', or this, it is quite (but not too) different than these other two albums. It is quite experimental and dosen't contain many psychedelics or, indeed instrumentals. There are, of course, the fundamental elements that make up any Kyuss album present; Homme's dark/light guitar split personality, Scott Reeder's flowing, soft basslines, pounding drums (now taken over by Alfreo Hernandez rather than Brant Bjork), and the voice of the desert John Gaercia's distinctive vocals.
But theres something different to this album, it seems more empty and sinister, like the album art of a flooded, deserted caravan park, like they had the premonition of the band split whilst making the album. However that dosen't mean it's depressing! Its far from it, the contrasts of hard rockers;HURRICANE, mid paced chuggers;ONE INCH MAN and floaty instumental pieces within songs create a neutal mood and one hell of a brilliant album.
The most noticeable oddity of this album compared with the previous 3 is the song EL RODEO. It begins with a strange effect laden guitar melody which stops and starts. An odd, slightly funky sliding bassline enters and creates an odd beat. Drums enter and the song contiues with the odd bassline guiding the drums and the guitar meandering around the two instuments. Its quite hard to describe. Then the rhythm hits a solid wall of steady heaviness out of nowhere. Garcia's vocals emerge from the heviness for a moment then stop. The stop/start/fake ending that Kyuss use oh so often comes into play once again with the song jumping from one slab of heaviness to another. Vocals emerge once again and carry on till the end with Garcia repeating 'RODEO!' over. Its is an odd song even for Kyuss. It also happens to be one of my favourite tracks off the album.
This album is another classic from the lads we know best as the greatest band that ever walked the earth!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am a latercomer to Kyuss's music, I found out about them after getting hooked on Queens of the Stone Age. I discovered that Josh Homme (Queens Singer/Guitarist) was also the man behind Kyuss so I checked them out.......and boy I am glad I did.
There is a lot of debate among Kyuss fans as to which of their albums is the best, I personally love them all and find it hard to compare any of them. My favourite Kyuss song is 'Gardenia' off Sky Valley due to its incredible heaviness and groove.
However, this album 'And the circus leaves town..' is a masterpiece. You can really see what direction Josh Homme was planning on taking after Kyuss as he introduced a lot more melody on this album.
I personally think John Garcia's voice matches the songs perfectly and both music and vocals complement each other nicely.
Standout songs on the album are 'One Inch Man' , 'Tangy Zizzle', 'Size Queen', 'Catamaran' and the incredible 'Spaceship Landship'
The latter of those is a monster of a track and is arguably one of the best hard rock songs of all time.......it simply rocks like a ...!!
There are also some really cool instrumentals and this album, in particular 'Jumbo Blimp Jumbo' which is shows off Josh's amazing guitar ability.
In fact that is the one thing that stands out in all of Kyuss's albums, yes the drums are superb and the bass is f**king incredible but the guitar playing is out of this world and Josh really is a guitar god.
If you are new to Kyuss I would get this album and 'Sky Valley' first and then work back to 'Blues for the Red Sun' and 'Wretch'
I have just added their 'greatest hits' album to my collection although it is mainly full of live tracks and rough cuts that didn't make it on to their proper albums.....still worth a purchase though as anything Kyuss did was awesome.
Don't delay......buy today.
And if you are into the whole desert/stoner rock thing then check out Karma to Burn and Queens of the Stone Age who are two of my favourite bands.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Kyuss have always been about sound interpretation i.e interpret the songs as you see fit and with their first 3 albums especially Blues for the red sun and welcome to sky vallley the palm springs boys had managed to mix an awesomely heavy rumbling with a beautiful and mysterious melodic undertone. While the circus leaves town does to some extent leave behind the blueprint created by theese two works of genius it still contains truly astounding tracks which is if anything more acessible then its predecessors. The album ranges from the whirlwind opener Hurricane to the massive sprawling album closer spaceship landing, the album should have been the one which took them to the big time but unfortunately the band broke up in 1996, but the circus leaves town can stand proudly alongside blues for the red sun and welcome to sky valley as one of the truly great metal albums and a defining example of the genre dubbed stoner rock.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A belter of an album!
This is kyuss' last album, which is a pity, as it is awesome, the whole band pare on top form. The song "el rodeo" is simply amazing, I just love the transitional way it goes from... Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Stuart
Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
...And The Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and final studio album by legendary Desert/Stoner pioneers Kyuss. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Gentlegiantprog
Not their best, but worth it!
If you've been through their spectacular Blues for the Red Sun-album and the almost-as-good Welcome to Sky Valley-release, then this or their very first album "Wretch" is next. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Livar Erga
It's a shame this circus left town....
Being a very long standing fan of Kyuss, having got into them when Sky Valley first came out because I heard 1 track (Gardenia) on the Radio 1 rock show as a kid and thought wow -... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2008 by Jamie
Kyuss Say Goodbye With A Monumental Classic
This album completes the legendary trilogy alongside the other classics 'Welcome to Sky Valley' and 'Blues For the Red Sun'. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2006 by Tom Chase
and ill slug you in your ******* head
ok. well, for me nothing can or will ever beat blues, but can it rival sky valley? i dont know. on second thoughts, no, but its still great. Read more
Published on 4 April 2006 by Mr. Robert J. Mcgowan
another masterpiece
after owning Blues and Sky valley, i had to buy this and Wretch to complete my collection. This album seemed to take a little longer to get into than the others, but... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2003 by E. Wears
Very good
As an ardent death metal fan it's good to have something a bit more eclectic in my collection. "And The Circus Leaves Town" contains music that is as cool as its title. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002
unlike the others but an extremely good quality album
This album is a move away from the stoner-metaller's first two ferocious albums.'And the circus leaves town' shows Kyuss' progression to more melodic sound. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2000
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