MastodonCrack The Skye

Label:

Reprise Records – 459132-1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition , Red/Gold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Heavy Metal

Tracklist

A1 Oblivion 5:47
A2 Divinations 3:39
A3 Quintessence 5:27
The Czar 10:54
A4a Usurper
A4b Escape
A4c Martyr
A4d Spiral
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B1 Ghost Of Karelia 5:25
B2 Crack The Skye
Recorded By [Scott Kelly]Doug Hill
Vocals [Additional], Lyrics By [Additional]Scott Kelly
5:54
B3 The Last Baron 13:01

Credits

  • ArtworkPaul Romano
  • Bass, Vocals, Synthesizer [Bass]Troy Sanders
  • Drums, Vocals, PercussionBrann Dailor
  • Engineer [Additional]Billy Bowers
  • GuitarBill Kelliher
  • Lead Guitar, Vocals, BanjoBrent Hinds
  • Mastered ByBob Ludwig
  • Mixed ByBrendan O'Brien
  • Music By, Lyrics ByMastodon
  • ProducerBrendan O'Brien
  • Recorded ByNick DiDia
  • Recorded By [Assisted]Tom Tapley
  • Synthesizer, MellotronRich Morris (2)

Notes

Full 'Crack the Skye' album on 1-LP regular weight red/gold vinyl disc, housed in a single pocket jacket.
Only available in very limited quantities through Mastodon's website and at some USA shows.

Recorded at Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, GA.
Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.

Scott Kelly appears courtesy of Neurot Recordings.
Recorded at 60 Pyscho Hum Studios Medford, OR.

650 Red and Gold Swirl.

Issued with a printed inner sleeve.

All Music and Lyrics By Mastodon. Published by Chrysalis Songs/Trampled Under Hoof Music (BMI)

Printed on the back cover:
©℗2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
Printed in CZ.

Printed on the label:
©℗2009 Reprise Records Manufactured in CZ by Pirates Press.

Printed on the inner sleeve:
©2009 Reprise Records. Printed in CZ.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 93624 97551 9
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variation 1]): 1-459132-A A80800E1/A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variation 1]): 1-517931-B A80800E2/A 1-455132 B "I"
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variation 2]): 1-459132 A 80800E1/A xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variation 2]): 1-459132 B 80800E2/A [Stamped] 1-517931-B "!" [Etched]

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Crack The Skye (CDr, Album, Promo, Copy Protected) Reprise Records none US 2008
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Crack The Skye (CD, Album) Relapse Records 2-459132 Canada 2009
Crack The Skye (CD, Album, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Box Set, Limited Edition) Relapse Records 517928-2 US 2009
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Crack The Skye (CD, Album) Relapse Records 459132-2 US 2009
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Crack The Skye (CD, Album, DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC) Relapse Records 517929-2 US 2009

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Reviews

  • seth-n-naads's avatar
    seth-n-naads
    i got a copy of this at hot topic back in the day…sold it for way too little, figured a disc from hot topic was probably not anything rare enough to ever be worth anything…lol whoops…same thing happened with obzen on red vinyl…again, oops…
    • Somefierce's avatar
      Somefierce
      Album sounds great but a fair bit of surface noise and crackling during the quieter parts even after a run through the spin clean. I’m also the first and only owner of this copy and have played it maybe 3 times.
      • sabfan81's avatar
        sabfan81
        These vinyls were not just sold through the website. I a friend and I each bought a copy of CTS at their Edmonton, AB show with Dethklok, Converge and High on Fire (Oct 7, 2009). When we opened them the next day, they were both Red/Gold swirl ... I bought the red/gold swirl LP when it first came out on the website as an "exclusive 650 copies website only", so I was surprised. There couldn't have been any more than 10 vinyls for sale at the show, the stack was pretty small.

        I also the next day, their website saying they had "limited" quantities on the current tour. There may be more than 650 copies, unless they saved some for the tour.

        Everywhere I check, no one mentions these tour copies; only they were sold exclusively through the website, which is not entirely true.
        • thomas_311's avatar
          thomas_311
          Great album as i am sure most of you know...but this vinyl copy, the single LP version, i found the volume to be just too quiet.

          i always want to have this album cranked pretty much all the way through but i always find that i continually have to keep turning it up more and more, and then fear maxing out my speakers with too much power. Not sure if the engineers did this on purpose; i was thinking maybe it was put together a bit more quiet so as to refine as much of the detail as possible but...

          i sought out the 2x12" version but have not opened it up yet to see if it makes any difference what version you pick up, but i will leave a review once i test it out.

          All in all this is worth it most definitely to own on vinyl, not too expensive either i think. Just do not expect to be able to blast it like i am sure most of us would!
          ---Hope this helps

          PS- Maybe if someone else found this they could let me know, incase it is just simply something in my set-up...but i do not think so.

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