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...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) replaces 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.[4] 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."[5] A video was released for "One Inch Man", the album's only official single.

...And the Circus Leaves Town
Studio album by Kyuss
Released	July 11, 1995 (1995-07-11)
Recorded	March 1–20, 1995
Studio	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
Genre	Stoner rock
Length	71:59
Label	Elektra
Producer	Chris 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
"One Inch Man" Released: June 9, 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
MetalReviews.com	86⁄100[3]

Reception

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."[6]

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Notes

• The song "Catamaran" is a cover of a song originally recorded by drummer Alfredo Hernández' previous band Yawning Man.
• Hidden track "Day One" was originally released in Germany as part of the "Demon Cleaner" extended CD single under the title "Day One (To Dave and Krist)". It was dedicated to the remaining Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, after Kurt Cobain's suicide.
• The song "Hurricane" is featured in the 2006 video game Need for Speed: Carbon. An early recording of the song, as well as "El Rodeo", was released on the "Demon Cleaner" single in 1994.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Kyuss

• John Garcia – lead vocals, producer
• Josh Homme – guitar, producer
• Scott Reeder – bass, producer
• Alfredo Hernández – drums, producer

Production

• Chris Goss – producer
• Joe Barresi – recording engineer
• Brian Jenkins – mixing engineer
• Billy Bowers – assistant engineer
• Chad Banford – assistant engineer
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer

Artwork

• Jill Jordan – painting
• Michael Anderson – photography

Charts

Chart performance for ...And the Circus Leaves Town

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8]	70
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	45
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	127

References

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[de] …And the Circus Leaves Town

...And the Circus Leaves Town ist das vierte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Stoner-Rock-Band Kyuss. Es wurde am 11. Juli 1995 über Elektra Records veröffentlicht. Es ist das letzte offizielle Studioalbum der Band.

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[es] ...And the Circus Leaves Town

...And the Circus Leaves Town es el cuarto y último álbum del grupo californiano de stoner rock Kyuss, lanzado en 1995 por Elektra.

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[ru] …And the Circus Leaves Town

…And the Circus Leaves Town — четвёртый и последний студийный альбом американской стоунер-рок-группы Kyuss, выпущенный 11 июля 1995, за три месяца до распада группы.

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