Carnivale Electricos | ||||
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Released | February 21, 2012 | |||
Genre | Jazz funk, Fusion, New Orleans [1] | |||
Length | 39:09 | |||
Label | ANTI- | |||
Producer | Robert Mercurio, Count, Ben Ellman | |||
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Carnivale Electricos is the seventh studio album by the New Orleans-based jazz fusion/funk group Galactic. Carnivale Electricos is a concept album about the annual celebration of Mardi Gras; the culmination of Carnival season leading up to Ash Wednesday. The album features many notable guest collaborators such as Cyril Neville, Ivan Neville, Mystikal, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, David Shaw (of The Revivalists), Shamarr Allen, Big Chief Juan Pardo, Maggie Koerner, and others. It was primarily produced by Ben Ellman and Robert Mercurio, as well as other members of the band.
The album debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200, No. 3 on the Jazz Albums chart, [2] and No. 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, [3] selling 4,500 copies in the first week. It has sold 21,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015. [4]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 [5] | 118 |
US Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [3] | 1 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] | 1 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] | 15 |
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [2] | 3 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [8] | 19 |
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