Raw (Crack the Sky album)

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Raw
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Studio album by
Crack the Sky
Released1986
StudioBeaTarama
Genre Rock
Length38:40
Label Grudge
Producer John Palumbo
Crack the Sky chronology
World in Motion 1
(1983)		Raw
(1986)		 From the Greenhouse
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Raw, is the seventh studio album by American band Crack the Sky. Other than Jamie LaRitz playing lead guitar, however, all of the musical parts were played by John Palumbo. The next Crack the Sky album, 1989's From the Greenhouse , saw the return of a number of veteran CTS members, most importantly guitarist Rick Witkowski.

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.

<i>From the Greenhouse</i> 1989 studio album by Crack the Sky

From the Greenhouse, is the eighth studio album by Crack the Sky, which saw the return of keyboardist Vince DePaul as well as founding members Rick Witkowski and drummer Joe D'Amico.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by John Palumbo.

No.TitleLength
1."White Girl on Fire"5:46
2."Boilermaker"4:35
3."Song for Another Year"5:10
4."Elvis Was My Daddy!"3:53
5."Crime"6:32
6."Raw"4:13
7."(This Is) The Real Thing"4:23
8."The Samaritian" (Dedicated to Mitch Snyder)4:08

Personnel

Guitar Fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

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References

  1. ↑ "Crack the Sky Raw review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  2. ↑ Oliver, Derek (25 June 1987). "Crack the Sky 'Raw'". Kerrang! . 149. London, UK: Spotlight Publications. p. 20.
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