…And the Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss, album cover
Album

…And the Circus Leaves Town

Released11 July 1995
LabelElektra
Popularity68.4
Also cited7 July 1995

…And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth and final studio album by Kyuss, the American stoner rock band, released in July 1995 on Elektra. It follows Wretch, Blues for the Red Sun and Welcome to Sky Valley, and it arrived not long before the group split up. Alfredo Hernández, of Yawning Man, had taken over on drums after Brant Bjork left in 1993.

The sound is tighter and more direct than on the earlier records, in both the songwriting and the production. It did not match the commercial or critical success of Blues for the Red Sun and Welcome to Sky Valley, and critic Dean Brown links that partly to thin promotion and the break-up. He still argues it deserves to be cherished as much as those two molten hot predecessors. "One Inch Man", the only official single, came with a video.

…And the Circus Leaves Town: tracklist, credits and charts

11 tracks · 1:12:01

Tracklist

  1. 1HurricaneJohn Garcia and Josh Homme2:42
  2. 2One Inch ManGarcia, Homme, Reeder3:31
  3. 3Thee Ol’ Boozeroony2:47
  4. 4Gloria Lewis4:02
  5. 5Phototropic5:13
  6. 6El RodeoJosh Homme5:36
  7. 7Jumbo Blimp Jumbo4:40
  8. 8Tangy Zizzle2:39
  9. 9Size Queen3:47
  10. 10Catamaran3:00
  11. 11Spaceship Landing / M’deea / Day OneScott Reeder34:04
Produced by
Chris Goss, Kyuss
Recorded at
Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
Recorded
1–20 March 1995
Mixed by
Brian Jenkins
Engineered by
Joe Barresi
Label
Elektra
Length
1:12:01

Line-up

  • Alfredo Hernández · drums (drum set)
  • Josh Homme · guitar
  • Scott Reeder · bass guitar
  • John Garcia · lead vocals

Singles

  • “One Inch Man” · 9 June 1995

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 1995127
German Albums · 199545
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 199570

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68.4
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
3.0k
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32k
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia 1995-07-11 vs 1995-07-07 (musicbrainz), 1995-06-11 (wikidata)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz7 July 1995
Wikipedia infobox11 July 1995
Wikidata11 June 1995
US release11 July 1995earliest US date
UK / Europe release7 July 1995earliest UK or European date
11 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
—XEElektra075596181129other
1995AUElektra075596181129other
1995CAElektra075596181129other
1995XEElektra075596181112other
1995CAElektra075596181129other
7 July 1995XEElektra075596181129original
11 July 1995USElektra075596181129other
11 July 1995USElektra0075596181129other
19 December 2006XWElektra603497281268other
2008DEElektra075596181112other
22 July 2014USElektra081227958794other
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