Cruel Inventions

Cruel Inventions is the sixth (studio) album from American singer-songwriter Sam Phillips.

Track listing

All songs by Sam Phillips.

1. "Lying" – 3:52
2. "Go Down" – 3:38
3. "Cruel Inventions" – 3:00
4. "Standing Still" – 3:10
5. "Tripping Over Gravity" – 5:21
6. "Now I Can't Find The Door" – 3:36
7. "Private Storm" – 4:10
8. "Raised On Promises"– 3:11
9. "Hole In Time" – 3:19
10. "Where The Colors Don't Go" – 3:02

Personnel

• Sam Phillips: Vocals, Guitars, Chamberlain
• T Bone Burnett: Guitars, Chamberlain
• Marc Ribot: Guitars
• Elvis Costello: Guitars
• Van Dyke Parks: Chamberlain
• Jerry Scheff: Bass
• Sandy Bull: Ude
• Jim Goodwin: Piano
• Michael Blair: Drums and percussion
• Ralph Forbes: Drums and percussion
• Mickey Curry: Drums and percussion
• David Kemper: Drums and percussion
• Scott Musick: Drums and percussion
• Alex Acuña: Drums and percussion
• String Quartet Arranged by Van Dyke Parks.
• The Sid Page Strings are: Sid Page: Violin, Joel Derouin: Violin, John Acevedo: Viola, and Larry Corbett: Cello.

Production notes

• Produced by T Bone Burnett.
• Recorded by Stacy Baird, Rik Pekkonen, Joe Schiff.
• Mixed by Tchad Blake and Kevin Killen.
• Recorded at Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, Texas; Ocean Way Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California; Reggie Fisher's, Los Angeles, California.
• Mixed at Ocean Way Recorders.
• Assistant Engineers: Eric Rudd, Max Garcia, Mark Guilbeault, Julie Last, Chris Niswander, Brian Soucy, Tom Nellen and Jeff Ward.
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc.
• Photography: Anton Corbijn.
• "Hole In Time" dedicated to Walker Percy.

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