Wrapped in Sky

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Wrapped in Sky
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Studio album by
Drivin N Cryin
Released1995
Genre Rock, folk rock
Label DGC [1]
Producer John Porter
Drivin N Cryin chronology
Smoke
(1993)		Wrapped in Sky
(1995)		Drivin N Cryin
(1997)

Wrapped in Sky is an album by the American band Drivin N Cryin, released in 1995. [2] [3] The album marked a return to the band's earlier, folkier sound. [4]

Contents

The band supported the album by touring with Moonpools & Caterpillars. [5]

Production

The album was produced by John Porter. [6] Porter was not the band's first choice, but several "bigger name" producers had declined the band's invitation. [7]

Peter Buck played dulcimer and mandolin on the album's opening tracks. [8] It was recorded without guitar player Buren Fowler, who had quit the band in 1994. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Calgary Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

No Depression wrote that "the songs run toward character sketches, conveyed at ballad tempo with careful restraint." [14] Trouser Press determined that Wrapped in Sky captures the band's "broad stylistic ambitions better than on any other album," writing that "adjunct keyboardist Joey Huffman's textures are a valuable new contribution." [15] The Calgary Herald concluded that the album "drifts by, pleasant but its purpose, its passion, its very drive somehow lost along the way." [11] The Post and Courier labeled it "an album that often seems a dippy Dylanesque joke." [16]

The Washington Post thought that, "though the songs are well-crafted and the sound is well realized ... the overall effect is not exactly organic." [17] The Los Angeles Times stated that it "brims with music that's blissfully melodic (never cloying) and often quite fiery." [13] The Sun-Sentinel conceded that, while singer Kevin Kinney "doesn't have one of the best voices around, he certainly has one of the most earnest." [18] The Record lamented that "Kinney's wet-noodle vocals and high-falutin' lyrics tend to drag down his band's musical charms." [19]

AllMusic called Wrapped in Sky "the most overlooked and underrated of the Southern rock band's albums," writing that "Saving Grace" "is an untraditional gem of a power ballad." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Indian Song" 
2."Telling Stories" 
3."Leader the Follow" 
4."Saving Grace" 
5."Underground Umbrella" 
6."Right Side of Town" 
7."Señorita Louise" 
8."Pura Vida" 
9."Light" 
10."Silence of Me" 
11."Wrapped in Sky" 

References

  1. ↑ Gonzalez, Roberto (September 28, 1995). "Wrapped in Sky Drivin' N' Cryin'". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 20.
  2. ↑ "Drivin' n' Cryin' Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Orr, Jay (August 30, 1995). "New stuff". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
  4. 1 2 Dretzka, Gary (December 21, 1995). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 13C.
  5. ↑ Shuster, Fred (November 9, 1995). "Although It's Never Had a Big Hit, Band Keeps on Drivin' 'n' Laughin'". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L10.
  6. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 364.
  7. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (October 13, 1995). "Time Off Was Just a Pit Stop for Drivin'". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 6.
  8. ↑ Rosen, Craig (July 22, 1995). "Geffen's Driven' N' Cryin' steers from hard rock to folk roots". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 29. p. 13.
  9. ↑ Faulkner, Mark (March 19, 1997). "'Drivin N' Cryin' revs up its engine". The Florida Times-Union. p. C6.
  10. 1 2 "Wrapped in Sky". AllMusic.
  11. 1 2 Muretich, James (September 24, 1995). "New Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  12. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 131.
  13. 1 2 Masuo, Sandy (August 27, 1995). "In Brief". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 61.
  14. ↑ "Drivin' n' Cryin' – Wrapped in Sky". No Depression. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Drivin' n' Cryin'". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  16. ↑ Allread, Walter (October 5, 1995). "Brute's strengths best DNC's faux folk-rock". The Post and Courier. p. D15.
  17. ↑ "Drivin' Veers". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  18. ↑ Schulman, Sandra (September 10, 1995). "Wrapped and rollin' on". Sun-Sentinel. p. 3F.
  19. ↑ Weiler, Derek (September 28, 1995). "Drivin' 'n' Cryin' Wrapped in Sky". The Record. p. D6.
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