Crack The Sky

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 53:19

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edjames

Amazing debut that still holds up in the 21st century!

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Obscure Classic

Updog

Crack The Sky is one of those bands that never went too far beyond cult status, but have also never lost their cult following. This is because the music is THAT good, the musicians are THAT good, the songs hold up THAT well! If you're a fan of King Crimson, Rush, Steely Dan, Roxy Music or any other uncatergorizable pillar of 70's musical genius, you need to know this band. This classic first album is a great place to start!

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Great to find a Great CD

atomicdogg

I HAD THIS ALBUM ON VINYL WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. LOVED IT, FANTASTIC GUITAR WORK. IF U NEVER HEARD THIS GROUP CHECK THEM OUT. I'M GLAD EMUSIC GOT A HOLD OF THIS DISC I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR IT ON VINYL OR CD. IF U LOVE GUITAR BUY THE CD.

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Remastered and loving it!

Jeddygee

This already great album is made better by this remastered version. Even if you have it download a couple of tracks and see if you hear any improvement in the sound!. I do!

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They Say All Music Guide

The astonishing success of Crack the Sky’s eponymous first album raised expectations that the band was never able to fulfill for the rest of their career. Critics and audiences alike delighted in the wry, intelligent lyrics, complex and powerful progressive rock, and carefully crafted harmonies. Radio programmers were more ambivalent. Songs like “Ice,” “She’s a Dancer,” and “Surf City” all got nationwide airplay, though none actually became a real hit. All of them deserved more attention, but the label never focused their promotional efforts on any one of them, and as a result there was no hit single. (Shades of Moby Grape’s first album.) Rolling Stone’s designation of Crack the Sky as “Album of the Year” for 1975 helped as much as anything the record company did, and in retrospect, their award was well-deserved. The album still holds up very well, especially the delirious “A Sea Epic,” one of the rare examples of a driving and complex progressive rock song with a really good sense of humor. Three years and two albums later, when Crack the Sky did a live album, most of the songs were from this album. They obviously knew where their best material was and played to their strengths. Highly recommended. [This version of the album contains bonus material.] – Richard Foss

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