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, released on October 13, 1992 via

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. This was the band's first album with bassist Jason Ward, who had replaced

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the year before. While ''Cuatro'' continued the experimentation with a progressive/technical sound that began on Flotsam and Jetsam's previous album, ''

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'', it saw them move away from

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to a rather slower, slightly more melodic approach. Similar to its predecessor, ''Cuatro''s lyrical themes are more about politics and society as opposed to the occult and evil themes that were used on the band's first two albums, ''

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''. The album was re-released on May 13, 2008 by

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, remastered with five bonus tracks and limited to 2,000 copies. The re-release also contains new packaging and

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from band members Eric A.K., Jason Ward and Ed Carlson.

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co-wrote "The Message" and is credited as Christopher Cornell.

Track listing

All songs written by Edward Carlson, Eric A. Knutson, Jason Ward, Kelly Smith, Michael Gilbert and Eric Braverman, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes. *Eric A.K. – lead, background vocals *Edward Carlson – guitars, background vocals *Michael Gilbert – guitars, background vocals *Jason B. Ward – bass, background vocals *Kelly David-Smith – drums, background vocals

Other

*Orchestration on "Forget About Heaven" by Michael Gilbert; performed by Neil Kernon

Production

*Produced by Neil Kernon *Eric Braverman – co-producer, production co-ordinator and the sixth Flotsam *mixed at Pakaderm Studios,

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*recorded, engineered and mixed by Neil Kernon. Assistant engineers: Michelle Schindler, A.J. Justico *Doug Beiden, J.R. McNeely – mixing assistants *Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

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