is the eleventh studio album by the American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse.
Released on September 1, 2009, by Psychopathic Records, it was the group's second album with producer Mike E. Clark since his return to Psychopathic Records, and the first album to focus on the Dark Carnival since the conclusion of the group's original "Joker's Cards" series.
In 2010, Psychopathic Records released a "Nuclear Edition" of the album, which featured previously unreleased material.
The music video for the song "Miracles", produced for the reissue became popular and was the subject of a Saturday Night Live parody which was praised by the group.
Mike E. Clark produced much of Insane Clown Posse's discography until the group's sixth and seventh albums, Bizzar and Bizaar.
After Clark nearly died from a collapsed lung, he became less active in the music industry, his studio not being used for much of the early decade,[3] and the group worked with Mike Puwal on their eighth and ninth albums, The Wraith: Shangri-La and Hell's Pit.
And as attractions open wide to accommodate crowds frantically clawing their way inside, he will come to perform the cleansing."
According to Bruce, the goal was to produce an album that was "very much a part of the Dark Carnival, without it being the seventh Joker's Card".
is a character within the Dark Carnival[9] which Bruce describes as a "continuous explosion that stomps his way through the crowd blowing [...] evil souls [...] to Hell".
[10] The album features a series of skits in which rednecks, pedophiles, and husbands who abuse their wives receive phone calls inviting them to the Dark Carnival, where they are promised US$100,000 for arriving.
"[10] "To Catch a Predator" was written during the mixing process, when the group realized that the album needed a song "that attacks an evil".
[11] Some fans interpreted the song as Bruce and Utsler calling themselves ugly, while others believed that they were bragging about how many women they have sex with.
"[11] "I Found a Body" features lyrics similar to the plot of Weekend at Bernie's,[3] and incorporates Bruce's singing, concluding with a "Pearl Jam style yell".
[10] Clark created a beat which sounded unlike what Bruce had initially expected, leading him to write a song about a haunted pond hidden in the woods.
[10] Bruce describes the production of "Imma Kill U" as similar to that of early albums by Ice Cube and Public Enemy.
[10] Bruce states that Utsler initially hated "Juggalo Island" when they began recording it, and said that it was "too soft" for Insane Clown Posse.
[10] The song's music is built around an ascending synthesizer melody, and climaxes with an electric guitar solo performed by Mike E. Clark, and beatboxing by Joseph Utsler.
[16] It features a gold cover and bonus material from each version of the album, three previously unreleased tracks, the sampler, two music videos and the documentary A Family Underground.
"[1] The Detroit News music critic Adam Graham gave the album a B rating, describing it as "the best material the Clowns have touched since 1999's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers.
[22] Washington City Paper writer Andrew Noz gave the album "three and a half 20 oz.
[7] Mike E. Clark received praise for the album's production, which David Jeffries described as "inventive",[1] and Adam Graham described as being "packed with enough hooks, chants and stellar riffs to tide the Juggalo Nation over through a year's supply of Faygo.
[32] The fictional video featured Ryan Phillippe and Bobby Moynihan rapping about things such as "where the sun hides at night" and blankets.
The first part of the tour kicked off on September 15, 2009, and concluded on October 31, 2009, at ICP's annual Hallowicked Show.
The first leg featured performances by Chop Shop, The Dayton Family, Hed (pe) & Insane Clown Posse.