Carnavas

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Carnavas
Studio album by Silversun Pickups
Released	July 25, 2006
Recorded	January - April 2006 at Beer Wine Fish, Echo Park; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	55:55
Label	Dangerbird Records link
Producer	Dave Cooley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link IGN (9.1/10) link PopMatters (7/10) link Rocklouder link Rolling Stone link MusicEmissions (5/5) link Pitchfork Media (5.0/10) link Cosmos Gaming link
Silversun Pickups chronology
Pikul EP (2005) Carnavas (2006)

Carnavas is Silversun Pickups' first full-length studio album. It was released on July 26, 2006. The title is an homage to Aubert's Greek heritage.^[1] Some suppliers were also given copies of The Tripwire Session: Live In Chicago, a four track EP.

As of the Billboard 200 dated June 30, 2007, it has sold 183,864 copies.^[2].

The album generated two successful singles on the US Modern Rock chart. "Lazy Eye" hit #5 and "Well Thought Out Twinkles" hit #9, the first one in 2007 and the following peaked at #9 in 2008.

Recently, in the 1st trailer for the video game, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, Well Thought Out Twinkles was playing and will be likely to be featured in the video game soundtrack.^[3]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Personnel 4 Artwork 5 Charts 6 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Silversun Pickups.

1. "Melatonin" – 4:04
2. "Well Thought Out Twinkles" – 4:02
3. "Checkered Floor" – 4:51
4. "Little Lover's So Polite" – 4:58
5. "Future Foe Scenarios" – 5:20
6. "Waste It On" – 4:13
7. "Lazy Eye" – 5:54
8. "Rusted Wheel" – 6:00
9. "Dream At Tempo 119" – 4:51
10. "Three Seed" – 5:40
11. "Common Reactor" – 6:01
12. "Mercury" *
13. "Table Scraps" *

• *Japanese Bonus Tracks and Bonus Vinyl Tracks

[edit] Singles

Released commercially in the UK only

• "Future Foe Scenarios" (May 21, 2007)
• "Well Thought Out Twinkles" (July 16, 2007)

[edit] Personnel

• Brian Aubert - guitar/vocals
• Nikki Monninger - bass/backing vocals
• Christopher Guanlao - drums
• Joe Lester - keyboards
• Dave Cooley - Producer
• Tom Biller - Engineer
• Tony Hoffer - Mixing

[edit] Artwork

The CD cover for Carnavas is a slightly edited partial image of artist Darren Waterston's 2004 painting entitled "Summit". The inlay, also featured on the Silversun Pickups' website and Myspace page, is titled "Becoming Tree".

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Country	Chart	Peak position
2007	United States	Billboard 200	80
2007	Australia	Aria Charts	80
2007	United States	Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
2007	United States	Billboard Top Independent Albums	5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2007	"Lazy Eye"	Billboard Modern Rock	5
2007	"Lazy Eye"	Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	2
2007	"Lazy Eye"	Billboard Pop 100	91
2007	"Well Thought Out Twinkles"	Billboard Modern Rock	9

[edit] References

1. ^ Selected Seattlest Interview: Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups. Seattlest. Retrieved on May 6, 2007.
2. ^ Billboard 200 Albums. Music Pulse. Retrieved on May 25, 2007.
3. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself

v • d • e Silversun Pickups Brian Aubert | Nikki Monninger | Joe Lester | Christopher Guanlao Studio albums Carnavas (2006) EPs Pikul (2005) Singles "Future Foe Scenarios"(2006) | "Lazy Eye" (2006) | "Well Thought Out Twinkles" (2007) | "Little Lover's So Polite" (2007)