The Quiet Offspring Explained

The Quiet Offspring
Type:studio
Artist:Green Carnation
Cover:Quiet offspring.jpg
Released:22 February 2005
Recorded:August–September 2004
Genre:Hard rock, progressive metal[1]
Length:56:19
Label:The End
Season of Mist
Producer:Terje Refsnes
Prev Title:A Blessing in Disguise
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:The Burden Is Mine... Alone
Next Year:2005

The Quiet Offspring is the fourth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on 22 February 2005.

Background

In this recording, the band breaks away from their previous offerings. Although critically acclaimed and well accepted by fans, The Quiet Offspring has a more traditional rock sound and leaves behind much of the progressiveness and atmospheric feels of the band's previous albums, Light of Day, Day of Darkness and A Blessing in Disguise. Some listeners have criticized this transition, while others claim it would have been inconceivable to repeat the feat of the sixty-minute album.

Track listing

  1. "The Quiet Offspring" – 4:05 (Sordal)
  2. "Between the Gentle Small and the Standing Tall" – 4:15 (Tchort, Sordal)
  3. "Just When You Think It's Safe" – 5:18 (Tchort)
  4. "A Place for Me" – 5:26 (Krumins)
  5. "The Everlasting Moment" – 5:09 (Sordal)
  6. "Purple Door, Pitch Black" – 4:12 (Sordal)
  7. "Childsplay - Part I" – 4:47 (Tchort)
  8. "Dead But Dreaming" – 5:26 (Tchort)
  9. "Pile of Doubt" – 5:56 (Sordal)
  10. "When I Was You" – 7:22 (Nordhus)
  11. "Childsplay - Part II" – 4:23 (Tchort, Moen)

Personnel

Green Carnation

Guest musicians

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.prog-sphere.com/specials/green-carnation-the-quiet-offspring/ Prog Sphere Review

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