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{{Infobox album
| name       = Crack the Sky
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Crack the Sky]]
| cover      = Ctscts.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1975
| recorded   = 1974–1975
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Progressive rock]]
| length     = 40:48
| label      = Lifesong
| producer   = Terence P. Minogue, Marty Nelson, William Kirkland
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Animal Notes]]
| next_year  = 1976
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] 
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r4670|pure_url=yes}} Link]
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B−<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Crack the Sky''''' is the debut album by American rock band [[Crack the Sky]], released on LP in 1975 (see [[1975 in music]]) by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-6000).

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = John Palumbo
| title1 = Hold On
| length1 = 3:00
| title2 = Surf City
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Sea Epic
| length3 = 6:33
| title4 = She's a Dancer
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Robots for Ronnie
| length5 = 4:39
| title6 = Ice
| length6 = 4:36
| title7 = Mind Baby
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = I Don't Have a Tie
| length8 = 3:04
| title9 = Sleep
| length9 = 7:48
}}

==Personnel==
===Crack the Sky===
*John Palumbo – Lead vocals, keyboards, guitar
*Rick Witkowski – Lead guitar, percussion
*Joe Macre – Bass guitar, [[Backing vocalist|back-up vocals]]
*Jim Griffiths – Lead guitar, back-up vocals
*Joey D'Amico – Drums, back-up vocals

===Additional musicians===
*[[Michael Brecker]] — [[Horn section|Horns]] ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
*[[Randy Brecker]] — Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
*[[David Sanborn]] — Horns ("She's a Dancer", "Mind Baby")
*George Marge — [[Woodwind instrument|Woodwinds]] ("Robots for Ronnie", "Sleep", "Sea Epic")
*Tom Jones — [[Trombone]] ("Sleep")

===Production===
*Terence P. Minogue – Producer
*Marty Nelson – Producer
*William Kirkland – Producer
*Donald Puluse – Recording and mixing engineer
*[[Terry Cashman]] — Executive producer
*Tommy West – Executive producer
*Stan Kalina – Mastering engineer
*Vinny Adinolfi – 2002 CD producer
*Elliott Federman – 2002 CD remastering
*Ted Brosman – Tape master

==Additional credits==
*Recorded and mastered at CBS Studios, 52nd St., New York City
*Recorded at Columbia Records Studio, 32nd St., New York (orchestra on "Ice")
*Recorded at Minot Sound Studios, [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York ("Sleep")
*Susan Senk – Cover coordination
*Mary Walsh – Front cover photography
*Benno Friedman – Back cover photography
*Bob Heimall – Art direction and design
*Danny Palumbo – Major domo
*Petillo Strings – Acoustic guitar strings
*"Thank you orchestra and all of our Stainless Steel Groups of Chums"
*Amy Bennick – Art direction, design (2002 CD)
*"Special thanks to Kevin Stander and Steve Smolen of Record & Tape Traders, Terence P. Minogue for taking the time to tell the story, and Mike Ragogna, as always for his guidance."
*Merri Kirkland – Spanish translation ("I Don't Have a Tie")
*2002 CD remastered at SAJE Sound, New York City

==Alternate versions==
In 1988, Lifesong released a CD pairing ''Crack the Sky'' with ''[[White Music (Crack the Sky album)|White Music]]'' on a single disc (LSCD-8801). To fit both albums on one CD, the song "Mind Baby" and two tracks from ''White Music'' were omitted. In 2002, a reinvented and mastered CD of ''Crack the Sky'' was released. It included four bonus tracks: demo versions of "Let Me Go Home (A Visit to the Projects)", "Eileen, I Lean on You", and "Hold On"; and "Dr. Octopus Part 2" from the ''[[Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero]]'' album. It is noted the song "Sleep" fades out more than a minute earlier than the original LP version. Liner notes include track-by-track comments by original producer and long-time CTS compatriot, Terence P. Minogue.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*LP and CD liner notes

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