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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
4 Stars/2 Stars,
By A Customer
This review is from: Crack The Sky/White Music (Audio CD)
The first of this "two-fer" is Crack The Sky's self-titled debut. It is an impressive first effort. From the start, the band is a tight overly-competent outfit well suited to accompanying John Palumbo's eccentric and quirky compositions. Highlights include Ice and Surf City. This is a fine marriage of prog-rock and Beatles influenced pop. Great stuff. The second recording, White Music is not up to the bands high standard. The drums in particular are dated and undermine the overall sound. The compositions aren't very compelling. For their better recordings check out their debut Crack The Sky and the follow-up Animal Notes(their finest). Safety In Numbers and Crack The Sky Live are also fine efforts...Simon
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You CAN Still Get This, Worth Seeking Out,
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This review is from: Crack The Sky/White Music (Audio CD)
For the unitiated, Crack The Sky was possibly the greatest 70's band that never quite "made it" like they should have. This collection was issued by Baltimore's Record And Tape Traders, and as far as I know they still sell it. What you have here is their two best albums, minus a lesser cut from each. Both records are totally different animals though. The debut is epic, grandiose and orchestrated, somewhere between progressive and classic hard rock. "A Sea Epic", "Robots For Ronnie", and "Ice" are some of the most ambitious recordings of the period. White Music is their fourth release and it's also a masterpiece but on a totally different level. This record was closer to the early new wave and power pop of it's era, with a more streamlined sound. It ranks up there with the debuts of The Cars and The Knack and falls somewhere in between them stylistically. "Hot Razors", "Techni Generation" and "Poptown" are all standouts. John Palumbo was a gifted songwriter, but this would be his last great work. Following the horrible Photo Flamingo (never issued on CD, and who cares)the band lost it's major label deal with CBS affiliate label Lifesong and drifted around on indie labels reforming occasionally and making lackluster records to this day. They can still pack a club in Baltimore, but it's just re-hash now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just A Note Of Caution,
By Redrum "Redrum" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crack The Sky/White Music (Audio CD)
Two very good Crack the Sky Albums on one CD, with White Music being considerably weaker, but the song "Hot Razors" is worth it.
However, A word of caution with this very hard to find CD. The CD lists "Selections From" each of the two CD's Yup, three songs are missing. Not the two complete outings as seemingly advertised Still worth it if you can find it, otherwise just go for CTS without White Music
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