The Quiet Offspring

Template:Album ratings 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

• Kjetil Nordhus – vocals
• Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort) – guitars
• Michael Krumins – guitars
• Stein Roger Sordal – bass guitar, guitars
• Kenneth Silden – keyboards
• Anders Kobro – drums

Guest musicians

• Bernt Moen – keyboards, piano on "Childsplay Part I" and "Childsplay Part II"

External links

• Interview with Kjetil Nordhus concerning The Quiet Offspring