Crack Attic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crack Attic
Crack Attic cover
Compilation album by Crack the Sky
Released 1994
Recorded 1975–1981
Genre Rock
Length 76:15
Label Renaissance

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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Palumbo, except where noted.

  1. "Hold On" – 3:00
  2. "Surf City" – 3:54
    • Originally released on Crack the Sky
  3. "She's a Dancer" – 3:53
    • Originally released on Crack the Sky
  4. "Mind Baby" – 4:31
    • Originally released on Crack the Sky
  5. "Ice" – 4:37
    • Originally released on Crack the Sky
  6. "We Want Mine" – 4:51
  7. "Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)" – 5:56
    • Originally released on Animal Notes
  8. "Rangers at Midnight" – 7:34
    • Originally released on Animal Notes
  9. "Invaders from Mars" – 3:30
    • Originally released on Animal Notes
  10. "Nuclear Apathy" – 8:31
  11. "Long Nights" – 3:56
    • Originally released on Safety in Numbers
  12. "Lighten Up McGraw" – 5:08 (Rob Stevens, Rick Witkowski, Joe Macre)
    • Originally released on Safety in Numbers
  13. "White Music" – 4:12
  14. "Hot Razors in My Heart" – 4:48
    • Originally released on White Music
  15. "Poptown" – 3:48
    • Originally released on White Music
  16. "Flamingo Prelude/Too Nice for That" – 4:06

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

  • Joe Macre — Bass guitar, back-up vocals
  • Rick Witkowski — Guitar, back-up vocals
  • John Palumbo — Bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, guitar, piano
  • Gary Lee Chappell — Lead vocals ("Nuclear Apathy", "Lighten Up McGraw")
  • Joey D'Amico — Drums, back-up vocals, lead vocals ("Long Nights")
  • Vince DePaul — Synthesizer, keyboards
  • Jim Griffiths — guitar, back-up vocals

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Terence P. Minogue — Horn
  • 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")
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
Classic Crack (1980) | Rare! (1994) | Crack Attic (1994) | The Best of the Rest (And Then Some) (2000)