Gravity's Our Enemy

Cadillac Sky

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: August 19, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Skaggs Family
• ASIN: B001BP4U6I
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,316 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Musicianship, April 30, 2009

By	David Graves (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Gravity's Our Enemy (MP3 Download)

Since hearing Cadillac Sky at Merlefest this year I've purchased all of their albums. Their harmony, musicianship, and heartfelt picking is second to none. These guys remind me of Newgrass Revival "resurected".
Every song sounds like they live it and believe in it rather than just add it to the album. My favorite new grass group.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant root music., February 9, 2009

By	D. Wystemp "wystemd" (Frankfurt) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

One of the best newgrass albums of the last couple of month. Listen and enjoy.

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Good Songs, Not The Best Recording, December 24, 2008

By	James Moulton (Abington,Pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

More than any other group, Cadillac Sky, "The Duhks" new CD is close to this mix of music. Their first CD was more contemporary bluegrass like The Gibson Brothers. I always give a listen with headphones to a CD I review , the one sheet recommends this for this CD.
Mendelsohn at Georgetown Masters masters this recording to HDCD which really does not make sense to me, because there is a lot of clipping especially on the first half of the CD. It is recorded and mixed at three different places and there are many places where the vocals shine, it is a shame that the recording quality is poor in places.
"Thank You Estaban" is an instrumental track with a nice sound with minimal clipping. Some real nice shimmering acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin.
This CD is a classic example of the fact, you cannot just take anything to the mastering engineer and he'll fix it up, not true. They can do alot, but not with a track recorded too loud.
Track eight, "Inside Joke" is an upbeat tune that finally is clean, very interesting vocals and instrumentation.
Track Nine, " Everybodys' Favorite" has a very clean and acoustic sound, then changes to a different sound totally. About a young lady who has to escape the spotlight to find happiness.
The rest of this disc has a nice clean sound, don't know what happened to the first songs with the clipping, could have been a problem with one of the studios. I don't know if Earl Scruggs would care for this, but the roots are definitely bluegrass.
Personally, I liked their first CD better, though the change to more of a jam band bluegrass sound is very interesting. There are some very good songs here