''Cruel Sun'' is the debut album by the band
Rusted Root
Rusted Root is an American worldbeat rock band formed in 1990 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by singer-guitarist Michael Glabicki (born January 21, 1971), bassist Patrick Norman and percussionist Liz Berlin. The band got its start as the house ban ...
, released in 1992.
The album sold over a 100,000 copies, which led to the band's major label recording contract.
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Album cover
The album cover depicts a stylized image of the disc of Mictlantecuhtli, a Teotihuacan
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monolith, currently housed at the National Museum of Anthropology
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in Mexico City
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File:2013-12-24 Mictlantecuhtli anagoria.JPG, Disc of Mictlantecuhtli
Critical reception
''Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote that "despite the assistance of assorted sprites and faeries, Rusted Root’s rhythmic world music-influenced drivel is better suited for a Pringles commercial than a tribal gathering."[
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Track listing
All songs written by Michael Glabicki
Rusted Root is an American worldbeat rock band formed in 1990 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by singer-guitarist Michael Glabicki (born January 21, 1971), bassist Patrick Norman and percussionist Liz Berlin. The band got its start as the house ...
except where noted.
# "Primal Scream" (Bendin, Berlin, Glabicki) - 5:10
# "Send Me on My Way
"Send Me on My Way" is a 1994 song by American worldbeat rock band Rusted Root. Originally released as a rough version on 1992's '' Cruel Sun'', it was re-recorded in 1994 for their second album, ''When I Woke'' and released as the lead single. R ...
" - 4:57
# "Tree" (Berlin, Gablicki, Wertz) - 8:00
# "Won't Be Long" - 3:13
# "!@#*" - 0:40
# "Cat Turned Blue" - 4:03
# "Artificial Winter" - 3:37
# "Where She Runs" - 9:21
# "Martyr" - 5:19
# "Back to the Earth" (Buynak, Wertz, Glabicki) - 5:48
# "Scattered" - 4:34
Personnel
*Liz Berlin – Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Hand Drums
*John Buynak – Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Wind Instruments, Hand Drums
* Jim Donovan – Percussion, Drums, Hand Drums
*Michael Glabicki – Guitar, Vocals, Mixing
*Patrick Norman – Percussion, Bass Guitar, Sitar, Vocals
*Jenn Wertz – Percussion, Vocals
Production
*Dave Bryan – Producer, Mixing
*Lara Lampenfield – Photography, Sleeve Photo
*Mike Michalski – Producer
*Randy Rhodes – Engineer
*Mark McNeely – Assistant Engineer
*Rusted Root – Writer, Producer
Recorded at Audiomation Studios in Pittsburgh, PA
References
1992 debut albums
Rusted Root albums
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