The Sky (album)

The Sky
Studio album by Anita Kerr and Rod McKuen
Released 1968
Genre Poetry, easy listening
Label Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Producer Rod McKuen and Anita Kerr
Anita Kerr and Rod McKuen chronology
The Earth
(1967)
The Sky
(1968)
Home To The Sea
(1968)

The Sky is the third in a trilogy of albums with music by Anita Kerr, words by Rod McKuen, and featuring the San Sebastian Strings. The first two albums in the trilogy were titled The Sea and The Earth.

Appearing on the album cover are the words:

THE SKY
...a funny thing to think about while lying face to face,
but how many colors of blue make up the sky.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "How Many Colors of Blue?" - 3:39
  2. "The Butterfly is Drunk on Sunshine" - 2:16
  3. "A Walk with the Angels" - 3:19
  4. "So Little Sun" - 2:04
  5. "Night Talk" - 2:02
  6. "When Winter Comes" - 3:08
  7. "My Dog Likes Oranges" - 4:50

Side two

  1. "The Forehead of the Morning" - 4:20
  2. "A Patch of Sky, Away from Everything" - 2:44
  3. "Mr. God's Trombones" - 3:02
  4. "Buy for Me the Wind" - 2:44
  5. "A New Lullaby" - 2:14
  6. "In Summing Up" - 1:58
  7. "Who Has Touched the Sky" - 2:58

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