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Crack the Sky Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia, in the early 1970s. In 1975, ''Rolling Stone'' declared their first album the "debut album of the year", and in 1978, ''Rolling Stone Record Guide'' compared t ...

. It was released on LP in 1981 by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-8133).

Track listing

Personnel

The band

*John Palumbo – Lead vocals, rhythm, lead, and

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s *Vince DePaul – Acoustic and synthetic keyboards *John Tracey – Drums *Carey Ziegler – Bass guitar *Michael Taylor – Lead guitar ("A Girl Like You", "Good Child Gone Wild", "With the Morons")

Additional musicians

*Tom McCormick — The Crack Pack Horns *Chris Walker – The Crack Pack Horns *

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— The Crack Pack Horns *Chuck Klapka – The Crack Pack Horns *The Softones —

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("Is All We Know")

Production

*Jeffrey D. Sharp – Executive producer *John Palumbo – Producer *Victor Giordano – Engineer, digital mixdown *Razor Boy Ron Carran – Digital mixdown

Additional credits

*Recorded at Flite III Recordings, Ltd. *Digital mixdown at Minot Sound, Inc. *Al Wilson – Road Manager, Master of Ceremonies *Tom Hanlon – The Crack Crew *Randy Siegmeister – The Crack Crew *Paul Giansante – The Crack Crew *Hank Coldbert – The Crack Crew *John Palumbo – Cover concept *Consuelo y Regan – Layout *Arnie Rivkind (for Commercial Fotographics, Ltd.) — Photography *Special thanks: Richard Klotzman, Cindy Markus, Don Wehner, Gordon Miller Music, Maryland Sound Industries, Danny Palumbo & Crack Video, Lou Dollenger, Henry Rosenberg, The Molson Sky Team, Fast Eddie Wannebo, Mary, Julie, Terri and all of our Families

Trivia

*The model on the cover is John's wife, Mary Palumbo

Sources

*LP liner notes {{Authority control 1981 albums Crack the Sky albums