Animal Notes

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Animal Notes
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Studio album by Crack the Sky
Released 1976
Recorded 1976
Genre Progressive rock
Length38:06
Label Lifesong
Producer Terence P. Minogue, Marty Nelson, William Kirkland
Crack the Sky chronology
Crack the Sky
(1975)		Animal Notes
(1976)		 Safety in Numbers
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robert Christgau B [2]

Animal Notes is the second album by American rock band Crack the Sky, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

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Crack the Sky band

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the Billboard 200. The band has never achieved great success outside the Baltimore area. Despite this, they continue to release albums and perform to a small but devoted fan base to this day.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by John Palumbo.

No.TitleLength
1."We Want Mine"4:54
2."Animal Skins"3:33
3."Wet Teenager"3:32
4."Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)"5:57
5."Rangers at Midnight" (Including 'Night Patrol' and featuring 'Let's Lift Our Hearts Up')7:34
6."Virgin… No"4:55
7."Invaders from Mars"3:31
8."Play On"4:10

Personnel

The band

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Additional musicians

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Production

Additional credits

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Alternate version

In 1989, Lifesong released a CD pairing Animal Notes with Safety in Numbers on a single disc (LSCD-8803). In order to fit both albums on one CD, the track "Prelude to Safety in Numbers" was omitted from the latter album.

<i>Safety in Numbers</i> (Crack the Sky album) album by Crack the Sky

Safety in Numbers is the third studio album by American rock band Crack the Sky, released on LP in October 1978 by Lifesong Records. It is the band's highest charting release on the Billboard album chart, peaking at #126.

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References

  1. ↑ Foss, Richard. Animal Notes at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: Crack the Sky: Animal Notes". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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