Animal Notes

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Animal Notes
Animal Notes cover
Studio album by Crack the Sky
Released 1976
Recorded 1976
Genre Rock
Length 38:06
Label Lifesong
Producer Terence P. Minogue, Marty Nelson, William Kirkland
Professional reviews
Crack the Sky chronology
Crack the Sky
(1975)		 Animal Notes
(1976)		 Safety in Numbers
(1978)

Animal Notes is the second album by American rock band Crack the Sky, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Palumbo

  1. "We Want Mine" – 4:54
  2. "Animal Skins" – 3:33
  3. "Wet Teenager" – 3:32
  4. "Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)" – 5:57
  5. "Rangers at Midnight" – 7:34
    • "Including 'Night Patrol' and featuring 'Let's Lift Our Hearts Up'"
  6. "Virgin… No" – 4:55
  7. "Invaders from Mars" – 3:31
  8. "Play On" – 4:10

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

[edit] Additional musicians

  • David Sackson — Concert master
  • "Singin' Mounties" — Vocals ("Rangers at Midnight")
  • George Marge — Horns ("We Want Mine")
  • Robert "Chic" DiCiccio — Horns ("We Want Mine")
  • Gotham City Swing Band — Horns ("We Want Mine")

[edit] Production

  • Terence P. Minogue — Producer
  • Marty Nelson — Producer
  • William Kirkland — Producer
  • Shelly Yakus — Engineer
  • Andy Abrams — Engineer
  • Don Puluse — Recorded orchestra

[edit] Additional credits

  • Terence P. Minogue — Horn and string arrangements
  • Recorded at the Record Plant, New York City
  • Orchestra recorded at CBS Studios, New York City
  • Danny Palumbo — Live sound engineer
  • Darrell Grysko — Lighting design
  • Hauser and D'Orio — Back cover photography
  • Guy Billout — Illustration
  • Lopaka — Art direction and design
  • "This record is given to Derek with our respect"

[edit] Alternate version

In 1989, Lifesong released a CD pairing Animal Notes with Safety in Numbers on a single disc (LSCD-8803). In order to fit both albums on one CD, one song from Safety in Numbers was omitted.

[edit] Sources

  • LP and CD liner notes
v • d • e
Crack the Sky
John Palumbo | Rick Witkowski | Bobby Hird | Glenn Workman | John Tracey | Sonny Petrovsky
Gary Lee Chappell | Joey D'Amico | Vince DePaul | Jim Griffiths | Nat Kerr | Jamie LaRitz | Joe Macre | Rob Stevens | Michael Taylor | Carey Ziegler
Crack Pack Horns
Dave Fairall | Ronnie Fowler | J.J. Gunning | Tom McCormick | Tom Williams | Paul Soroka | Jim Stienfeld | Chris Walker | Keith Zaffino
Studio albums
Crack the Sky (1975) | Animal Notes (1976) | Safety in Numbers (1978) | White Music (1980) | Photoflamingo (1981) | World in Motion 1 (1983) | Raw (1986) | From the Greenhouse (1989) | Dog City (1990) | Cut (1998) | Ghost (2001) | Dogs from Japan (2004)
Live albums
Compilations