Classic Crack
Encyclopedia
Classic Crack is a compilation album
by American
rock
band Crack the Sky
, released in 1980.
These two tracks later appeared as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of the band's eponymous debut.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Crack the Sky
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 Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the...
, released in 1980.
Track listing
Note: the cassette version of this album includes two previously unreleased songs:- "Let Me Go Home (A Visit to the Projects)" – 3:28
- "Eileen, I Lean on You" – 3:53
These two tracks later appeared as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of the band's eponymous debut.
Personnel
- John Palumbo — GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, lead vocals - Gary Lee Chappell — Lead vocals ("Nuclear Apathy", "Lighten Up McGraw", "Eileen, I Lean on You")
- Rick Witkowski — Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Joe Macre — Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, harmonies - Jim Griffiths — Lead guitar, harmonies
- Joey D'Amico — DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, harmonies, lead vocals ("Long Nights")