The Quiet Offspring

Infobox Album |
Name = The Quiet Offspring
Type = studio
Artist = Green Carnation


Released = February 22, 2005
Recorded = August-September 2004
Genre = Progressive metal Hard rock
Length = 56:19
Label = The End Season of Mist
Producer = Terje Refsnes
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1kdsa9yge230 link]
* The Metal Observer rating-10|8.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=8096 link]
* Metal Storm (Avg:7.9/10) [http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/album.php?album_id=3058&band_id=&bandname=Green+Carnation link]
* PyroMusic (6.9/10) [http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&review=Green_Carnation-The_Quiet_Offspring&id=333 link]
* Metal Review (unfavorable) [http://www.metalreview.com/1562/Green-Carnation-The-Quiet-Offspring.aspx link]
* Vampire Magazine (favorable) [http://www.vampire-magazine.com/article.php?aid=37539 link]
Last album = "A Blessing in Disguise"
(2003)
This album = "The Quiet Offspring"
(2005)
Next album = "Acoustic Verses"
(2006)

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

# "The Quiet Offspring" – 4:05
# "Between the Gentle Small and the Standing Tall" – 4:15
# "Just When You Think It's Safe" – 5:18
# "A Place for Me" – 5:26
# "The Everlasting Moment" – 5:09
# "Purple Door, Pitch Black" – 4:12
# "Childsplay - Part I" – 4:47
# "Dead But Dreaming" – 5:26
# "Pile of Doubt" – 5:56
# "When I Was You" – 7:22
# "Childsplay - Part II" – 4:23

Personnel

* Kjetil Nordhus – vocals (composed track: 10)
* Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort) – guitars (composed tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8 & 11)
* Michael Krumins – guitars (composed tracks: 1 & 4)
* Stein Roger Sordal – bass guitar, guitars (composed tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 9)
* Kenneth Silden – keyboards (composed track: 4)
* Anders Kobro – drums

Guest musicians

* Bernt Moen – keyboards, piano on "Childsplay Part I" and "Childsplay Part II" (composed track: 11)

External links

* [http://www.bedlamsociety.com/articles.asp?articleId=88&title=Kjetil+Nordhus+of+Green+Carnation Interview with Kjetil Nordhus concerning "The Quiet Offspring"]