''Carnivale Electricos'' is the seventh studio album by the New Orleans–based jazz fusion/funk group

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. 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

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, David Shaw (of

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), 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.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 118 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 3 on the Jazz Albums chart, and No. 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, selling 4,500 copies in the first week. It has sold 21,000 copies in the United States as of June 2015.

Track listing

#"Ha Di Ka" – (with Big Chief Juan Pardo and the Golden Comanche) #"Hey Na Na" – (with David Shaw and Maggie Koerner) #"Magalenha" – (with Casa Samba) #"Voyage Ton Flag" #"Out In The Street" – (with Cyril and Ivan Neville) #"JuLou" #"Move Fast" – (with

and

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) #"Karate" – (with KIPP Renaissance High School Marching Band) #"Guero Bounce" #"Carnival Time" – (with Al "Carnival Time" Johnson) #"Attack" #"O Co co da Galinha" – (with Moyseis Marques) #"Ash Wednesday Sunrise"

Charts

References

{{Galactic Galactic albums 2012 albums Anti- (record label) albums