Carnivale

Carnivale is the fourth studio album by American rock band Cypress Creek, released in 1988. The album was produced by the band.

Track listing

 * 1) "Yes" (Bill Lawrence, Gucci, Kevin Williamson, Marc Anthony, Mike Sullivan, Pat Johnson) - 5:00
 * 2) "Kamikaze" (Anthony, Johnson, Lawrence, Sullivan) - 3:36
 * 3) "Shelved Projects" (Gucci, Johnson, Williamson) - 3:52
 * 4) "Cities in Torrents" (Gucci, Johnson) - 4:18
 * 5) "Light Years" (Gucci, Johnson, Sullivan) - 5:27
 * 6) "Undertow" (Gucci) - 5:02
 * 7) "Don't Want Your Pardon" (Gucci, Lawrence, Sullivan) - 4:10
 * 8) "What Do You Do After Night?" (Gucci, Lawrence, Sullivan) - 3:56
 * 9) "Silver" (Sullivan) - 5:09
 * 10) "Carnivale" (Anthony, Gucci, Johnson) - 3:38
 * 11) "Now or Never" (Gucci, Johnson, Williamson) - 5:37
 * 12) "In My Life" (Lennon-McCartney) - 2:59

Personnel

 * Cypress Creek
 * Pat Johnson - vocals (lead on all tracks except 3, 7, 8, 11 and 12; background on "Carnivale" and "Now or Never") ; baritone guitar (on "Yes", "Don't Want Your Pardon", "What Do You Do After Night" and "Silver") ; berimbau, cuíca, ganzá and tamborim (on "Shelved Projects") ; banjo (on "Undertow") ; electric guitar and e-bow (on "Light Years") ; congas, cowbell, tambor, thunder sheets, triangle and water bottle (on "Carnivale") ; bass drum (on "Now or Never") ; double bass (on "In My Life")
 * Marc Anthony - electric bass (all except 9, 11 and 12) ; envelope pedal (on "Shelved Projects" and "Don't Want Your Pardon") ; fuzz pedal (on "Cities in Torrents" and "Undertow") ; MiniMoog synthesizer (on "Cities in Torrents") ; cello (on "Don't Want Your Pardon" and "In My Life") ; synth bass (on "Silver") ; background vocals (on "Shelved Projects",, "Undertow" and "What Do You Do After Night?")
 * Kevin Williamson - electric guitar (all but 2) ; acoustic guitar (on "Kamikaze" and "In My Life") ; background vocals (on "Kamikaze", "Shelved Projects", "Undertow" and "Now or Never")
 * Gucci - drums; tamborim (on "Shelved Projects") ; distorted vocals (on "Cities in Torrents") ; gong (on "Undertow") ; bass drum, cowbell, shekere and tabla (on "Carnivale") ; pandeiro and background vocals (on "Now or Never")
 * Bill Lawrence - electric guitar (all except 6, 9, 10 and 12) ; tambourine (on "Kamikaze") ; harmonica and melodica (on "Shelved Projects") ; slide guitar (on "Cities in Torrents") ; pedal steel guitar (on "Undertow" and "Don't Want Your Pardon") ; bowed guitar (on "Don't Want Your Pardon") ; saxophone (on "Silver" and "Carnivale") . E-Bow (on "Now or Never")
 * Mike Sullivan - vocals (lead on "Light Years", "Don't Want Your Pardon", "What Do You Do After Night?", "Now or Never" and "In My Life"; background on "Shelved Projects" and "Don't Want Your Pardon") ; keyboards; Hammond organ and vocoder (on "Kamikaze") ; Fender Rhodes (on "Shelved Projects") ; harmonium and mellotron (on "Undertow") ; sampler (on "Don't Want Your Pardon") ; synthesizer (on "Silver") ; accordion (on "Now or Never") ; acoustic piano (on "In My Life")


 * Additional musicians
 * Steven Van Zandt - mandolin on "Don't Want Your Pardon"
 * Charlie Giordano = piano on "Don't Want Your Pardon"
 * Soozie Tyrell - violin on "Don't Want Your Pardon" and "In My Life"
 * Lisa Lowell - background vocals on "Now or Never"
 * Sandra Park and Sharon Yamada - violins on "In My Life"
 * Alan Stepansky - cello on "In My Life"


 * Production
 * Cypress Creek - arrangement and production
 * David Edwards - recording engineer (Mountain Studios)
 * Eddie Kramer - recording engineer (Grandmaster Recorders)
 * Andy Wallace - recording engineer (Record Plant). mixing
 * Bob Ludwig - mastering