Cruel Inventions

Cruel Inventions
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released	May 28, 1991
Recorded	Eagle Audio (Fort Worth, Texas) Ocean Way Recorders (Los Angeles, California) Sunset Sound Factory (Hollywood, California) Reggie Fisher's (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Alternative
Label	Virgin
Producer	T-Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
The Indescribable Wow (1988) Cruel Inventions (1991) Martinis and Bikinis (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A)[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]

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.

References