Carnivore (Body Count album)

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Carnivore
Body Count - Carnivore.png
Studio album by
Body Count
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020
Recorded2019
Genre
Length35:55
Label Century Media
Producer Will Putney
Body Count chronology
Bloodlust
(2017)		Carnivore
(2020)		Merciless
(2024)
Singles from Carnivore
  1. "Carnivore"
    Released: December 13, 2019
  2. "Bum-Rush"
    Released: February 21, 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B [2]
Exclaim! 6/10 [4]
Kerrang! 3/5 [5]
Louder Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Metal Storm (7.5/10) [7]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [8]

Carnivore is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count, released on March 6, 2020, by Century Media. The singles "Carnivore" [9] and "Bum-Rush" [10] were released to promote the album.

Contents

Background

Explaining the title, vocalist Ice-T reported to Loudwire in 2018, prior to the album's recording:

"It's basically: 'Fuck vegans.' We figure, anything carnivorous pretty much kicks ass. We're carnivorous! I'm not [really] saying 'Fuck vegans.' Everyone's so pussy right now, [so] we're carnivores." [11]

The album art was created by Zbigniew M. Bielak. [12] It is the first album to not feature any songwriting credits for Ernie C.

Critical reception

Carnivore was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 67 based on four reviews. [3] At Album of the Year, the release was given a 59 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of six reviews. [13]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Carnivore
Critic/PublicationListRankRef
Consequence of Sound Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 202019 [14]
Loudwire Top 70 Rock/Metal Albums of 2020N/A [15]
Revolver Top 25 Albums of 20204 [16]

The song "Bum-Rush" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, later winning the award and making it the band's first Grammy win.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tracy Marrow, Vincent Dennis, Will Dorsey and Will Putney except where stated

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Carnivore" 3:12
2."Point the Finger" (featuring Riley Gale) Tracy Marrow, Vincent Dennis, Will Dorsey, Riley Gale, Will Putney2:39
3."Bum-Rush" 3:24
4."Ace of Spades" (Motörhead cover) Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor 3:00
5."Another Level" (featuring Jamey Jasta)Marrow, Jamey Jasta 4:12
6."Colors - 2020" (featuring Dave Lombardo)Marrow, Charles Andre Glenn 4:26
7."No Remorse" 3:13
8."When I'm Gone" (featuring Amy Lee)Marrow, Dennis, Dorsey, Amy Lee, Putney4:36
9."Thee Critical Beatdown" 3:12
10."The Hate Is Real" (featuring Jello Biafra) 4:01
Total length:35:55
Deluxe edition (disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."6 in tha Morning - 2020" (Unreleased demo)Marrow, Andre Pierre 3:31
12."No Lives Matter" (Live in Australia 2017) 4:57
13."Black Hoodie" (Live in Australia 2017) Ernie Cunnigan, Juan Garcia, Marrow, Dennis, Putney3:26
Deluxe edition (disc 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Carnivore" (instrumental)3:12
2."Point the Finger" (instrumental)2:39
3."Bum-Rush" (instrumental)3:24
4."Another Level" (instrumental)4:12
5."Colors - 2020" (instrumental)4:26
6."No Remorse" (instrumental)3:13
7."When I'm Gone" (instrumental)4:12
8."Thee Critical Breakdown" (instrumental)3:12
9."The Hate Is Real" (instrumental)3:54
10."6 in tha Morning - 2020" (instrumental)3:24

Personnel

Charts

Sales chart performance for Carnivore
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] 27
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 34
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [22] 39
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [25] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 53
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] 96
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [29] 46
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [30] 28
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [31] 24

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