Crack Attic
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Crack Attic is a compilation
of songs from the first five studio albums by Crack the Sky
. It draws most heavily from their 1975 debut and 1976 follow-up, with more than half of the tracks here taken from those two releases.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of songs from the first five studio albums by Crack the Sky
Crack the Sky
Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine 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...
. It draws most heavily from their 1975 debut and 1976 follow-up, with more than half of the tracks here taken from those two releases.
Track listing
The band
- Joe Macre — Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, back-up vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Rick Witkowski — GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, back-up vocals - John Palumbo — Bass guitar, vocals, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, guitar, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Gary Lee Chappell — Lead vocals ("Nuclear Apathy", "Lighten Up McGraw")
- Joey D'Amico — DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, back-up vocals, lead vocals ("Long Nights") - Vince DePaul — SynthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, keyboards - Jim Griffiths — guitar, back-up vocals
Additional musicians
- Terence P. Minogue — HornHorn sectionIn music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
- Michael Brecker — Horn ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
- Randy Brecker — Horn ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
- David Sanborn — Horn ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")