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Release Date
18 October 1992
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Length
15 tracks
Carnival of Carnage is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on October 18, 1992 by Psychopathic Records.
Carnival of Carnage sold 17 copies on its release date.
It is the first Joker's Card entry in the group's Dark Carnival saga. The album is meant as a rage against the rich and the government who do not care about the "poor" neighborhoods of society; "carnival of carnage" is also a term used to describe the ghetto.
The album contains 14 studio tracks and an intro. One of the studio tracks (Wizard of The Hood) from the album was previously released on the Intelligence and Violence and Dog Beats demos (the title on the former release being "Wizard of Delray"). Featured guests on the album include Kid Rock, Capitol E, Jumpsteady and Esham.
The album was remastered and re-released in 1998 by Island Records, but due to uncleared samples in select tracks, "Blackin' Your Eyes" and "Night of the Axe" were absent from the reissue. The outro to the latter is also moved to the beginning of "Psychopathic". It was once more released afterwards by Hatchet Gear with the original album's track listing, including the two previously removed tracks.
"Carnival of Carnage" Spawned one single, "Psychopathic", which was also produced with a radio edit that was ultimately never released, but has leaked onto the internet in lossy MP3 format.
The beginning of the third verse in the song "Your Rebel Flag" contains a sample from the Inner City Posse classic "Set It Off" from Bassment Cuts.
This cover, like the rest of the Joker's Cards, was drawn by Shaggy 2 Dope.
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