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Crack the Sky — Ice
Album: Crack The Sky
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Released: 1975
Length: 4:36
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Didn't like anything about this song.
Posted 13 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]

The first half is amazing. The rest of the song, a little bit confused...


Posted 13 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
simply.......why?

Posted 13 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Yes for a minute, like.
Posted 13 years ago by wirefixer    [ Reply ]
What a pleasant suprise on a Tuesday afternoon - man these guys were fiun to see back at Painter's Mill
Posted 13 years ago by tramsay    [ Reply ]
Ladies and Gentlemen... this band has come all the way down from an Acid Trip just to play for you.... please welcome Crack The Sky!!
Posted 13 years ago by GINRUSH    [ Reply ]
Didn't know they had crack "attics" back in '75.  {#Think}
Posted 14 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Bill - Oops it looks like the album name is Crack Attic.

Posted 14 years ago by emmidad    [ Reply ]
Ween sometimes sounds like this.  Or this sometimes sounds like Ween...
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
so cool to hear Crack The Sky again!
Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:

Why, YES! ALL of those.

I tried uploading some, but all my efforts were lead. All those words in my head.
Something's wrong with the moon, my friend.
There's safety in numbers and numbers don't lie. Don't cry. 
 

Don't give up. If anyplace, this is the place for some appreciation of the progressive, yet melodic music along with the composition, arrangement, and humor of this band.
Posted 14 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
 Harmonia25 wrote:
Having listened to Crack the Sky frequently in the 70's, I love the sound.  I was very excited to see them being played on radio paradise.  Ice is not the best of their recordings but maybe we can hear more!
 

What would you suggest? Lighten up McGraw? Nuclear Apathy? Safety In Numbers?
Posted 14 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
Great song from a very good band.  I was in an edgy rock band in my youth in the late 70's and we did a couple of Crack The Sky tunes. Very under rated band here, check out Live Sky. In the best W.C. Fields voice..... "Ladies and Gentlemen, This band has come all the way down from an acid trip just to play for you. Please welcome, Crack The Sky"
Posted 14 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
I wish I could see a video for this. The outfits... the hair... yikes.
Posted 14 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
It's quirky.
Therefore I like it.
Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Really good song from a group that didn't get as much attention as the should have. 
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Obviously not all music from the 70's was quality. This is really a weak imitation of some of the better efforts from the period. Not surprised I never heard of this band . . . they surely wouldn't have made it with this crap.
Posted 14 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
I have never heard this group before. Bowie meets Yes.
Posted 14 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
New from Spinal Tap ?
Posted 15 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Mind Baby is a good one as well, very much of its time, but quite a gulity pleasure {#Cool}

Posted 15 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Grizzly Bear were fans of these guys. {#Think}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I remember these guys in the late 70's when they were big in Baltimore. Saw them a few times. You'd catch a great show, then a real dud. I recall the band being subject to Palumbo's(?) moodiness at their live shows.

I always liked "Ice" more than the rest of their stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by jptl    [ Reply ]

Sounds very much like the percussion section from Yes.
Posted 15 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]
Pedestrian plodding percussion.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel
I would probably know just how to deal
With all of you. . . . 
Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
ooooooo laaaaa laaaaa...... the singer is coming from all angles
Posted 15 years ago by abulaabula    [ Reply ]
reminds me of ELO
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Love this! In fact, it just came up on my iPod yesterday on my way home from work. 
Posted 15 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
One of the most brilliant of the '70's bands. They are up there with Captain Beyond. This is a very good song, not as good as Surf City or Robots for Ronnie, but still brilliant. Anyone that doesn't like Crack the Sky can... lick my crack.
Posted 15 years ago by snitramc    [ Reply ]
Having listened to Crack the Sky frequently in the 70's, I love the sound.  I was very excited to see them being played on radio paradise.  Ice is not the best of their recordings but maybe we can hear more!
Posted 16 years ago by Harmonia25    [ Reply ]
Is this a cover of a Spinal Tap song?
Posted 16 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
 metrophage wrote:
Sounds like 70's prog rock, almost. But not good prog rock...
 
Maybe that's because it is 70's prog rock? {#Think}


Posted 16 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
this sounds really, really good on a '65 Fisher Amp rebuilt with Russian tubes and NOS GE tubes connected to a top end turntable and great speakers.
 
I wish everyone could hear quality vintage tube audio gear in good repair.  The warmth and intimacy of the sound makes digital and solid state sound cold, artificial and hard by comparison.  I have a basement full of hoarded quality tube gear that I love.

Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
Sounds like 70's prog rock, almost. But not good prog rock...
Posted 16 years ago by metrophage    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Crack the Sky is great great great music!!


 
You need to acquaint yourself with the meaning of the word great.  Particularly if your going to use it three times in a row.

Posted 16 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
Cloud Cult - Journey Of The Featherless
Crack the Sky - Ice

Holy Cow... these are a lot alike in sound
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
romeotuma wrote:

Crack the Sky is great great great music!!



{#Yes}    Takes me waaay back . . .

Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
this sounds really, really good on a '65 Fisher Amp rebuilt with Russian tubes and NOS GE tubes connected to a top end turntable and great speakers.
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
agreed Alexandra wrote:
This is a cacophony and irritating as hell.
Posted 16 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
Heard it again...yes, agreed, very random...and differently good for the mix.
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
That was ... random. Heh. Edit. Alexandra, your comment was so much better than mine, that's exactly what I meant to say.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
zipper wrote:
ick
This is a cacophony and irritating as hell.
Posted 16 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Ah thank you! Memories of Maryland are always great. Great band who were also really great live. Their Surf City title would also play well on Radio Paradise! Unfortunately, this band never got promoted right.
Posted 16 years ago by Mike8888    [ Reply ]
very nice music ... but what the hell did they smoke??
Posted 16 years ago by undo_silence    [ Reply ]
birdboy wrote:
They are from Steubenville, Ohio. They became most popular in Baltimore because it was the only city where the distribution channels for the albums didn't break down, and people actually knew the music when CTS came to town. There is a great article about this here: (click here)
Very interesting...check out the Wikipedia blurb (circa Jan 2008)...you may have to correct it for the Wiki-world? that's Mr. Plow at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_The_Sky
Posted 16 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
Crack the Sky is GREAT! I have their first two vinyl albums and have been seriously thinking about getting the CD's. This band was very creative and I just dig their stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by snitramc    [ Reply ]
I'm afraid of this band!
Posted 16 years ago by Krow_Pie    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to Middle School. Still holds up, too. Fantastic!
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
OMG- I didn't think anyone else even KNEW Crack the Sky existed! ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyou
Posted 16 years ago by gargle99    [ Reply ]
I love it when RP plays some of my favorite obscure bands!
Posted 17 years ago by penkle    [ Reply ]
nigelr wrote:
Different, which is nice.........
...true enough, and that's the nice thing about eclecticism, but this one's a bit too pompous for my taste, anyhow. Very much of its progrock time, I think (and I'm prepared to be embarrassed if it turns out to be modern).
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Different, which is nice.........
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
This would be hilarious if it weren't so annoying.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Flash from the past! We know Crack the Sky here in Santa Cruz!
Posted 17 years ago by penkle    [ Reply ]
I was a college rep for CBS Records back in the day and promoted these guys quite a bit. One of my favorite kinda prog/more rock bands. Ice was from their best album IMHO. The others were a bit less produced, and John Palumbo was more influential in the sound, me thinks.
Posted 17 years ago by synthejim    [ Reply ]
ick
Posted 17 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
I heard of them from a Buddy in N.O. He has all the albums...the real vinyl things. Non-Compact Disks kido!
Posted 17 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Bawlmer, hon. Chekkemout at Hammerjacks.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
Spinal Tap parody?
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Great to hear Crack the Sky! Let's hear Surf City by them - please!
Posted 17 years ago by Harleywrench    [ Reply ]
Spinal Tap ?
Posted 17 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
This is very reminiscent of the style of Camel, which I'm not sure is a good thing or bad. Quite a retro sound, anyhow.
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
YourNameHere wrote:
This sounds like it was lifted from the This is Spinal Tap sound track.
Except that it came out eight years prior...
Posted 19 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
Bad 70's rock ?
no ! not bad !!!
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
This sounds like it was lifted from the This is Spinal Tap sound track.
Posted 19 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
Bad 70's rock ?
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
johnnywiz wrote:
You ain't kidding. I was quite the "Prog Rocker" back in the day, but don't remember these guys. At first I thought it must have been a Squire side project. LOL
Indeed...never heard of them-who are they? Very Yes like, early Yes I mean. Or Focus?
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I'm quite shocked this has an overall rating of only 5.7 (as of 20 May 2005) - this merits a 7, at least!
Posted 19 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
brighthue wrote:
Yes, from the vocal harmonies (in a lower register) and instrumental fills down to the Rickenbacker bass.
You ain't kidding. I was quite the "Prog Rocker" back in the day, but don't remember these guys. At first I thought it must have been a Squire side project. LOL
Posted 19 years ago by johnnywiz    [ Reply ]
Crack the Sky! One of the few benefits growing up in MD in the '70s. Do Bongs! Haven't said that in like almost 30 yrs either.
Posted 19 years ago by Mikey    [ Reply ]
Monkeysdad wrote:
Obviously heavily influenced by Yes!
Yes, from the vocal harmonies (in a lower register) and instrumental fills down to the Rickenbacker bass.
Posted 19 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
8) makes me think of Ween too
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
David Bowie + TMBG + one o' them Zappa kids... 8O
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
maryte wrote:
I've been listening to CTS since the mid 70s (and that was in San Antonio!) - I believe they're out of the Ohio River Valley area, not Baltimore. Their eponymous album as well as Animal Notes and Safety in Numbers ROCK - in an intelligent, somewhat sarcastic manner. And apparently, they do a cover of Genesis' "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" on a tribute album called "Supper's Ready", which I'd be very curious to hear...
They are from Steubenville, Ohio. They became most popular in Baltimore because it was the only city where the distribution channels for the albums didn't break down, and people actually knew the music when CTS came to town. There is a great article about this here: (click here)
Posted 20 years ago by birdboy    [ Reply ]
Supurb!
Posted 20 years ago by Mikec445    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this?! This is like nothing I've heard before! I need to hear more of this.
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Crack the Sky Alway's nice to hear an amazing band that is still rockin today. Let's hear more.
Posted 20 years ago by lawnmowerman    [ Reply ]
I've been listening to CTS since the mid 70s (and that was in San Antonio!) - I believe they're out of the Ohio River Valley area, not Baltimore. Their eponymous album as well as Animal Notes and Safety in Numbers ROCK - in an intelligent, somewhat sarcastic manner. And apparently, they do a cover of Genesis' "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" on a tribute album called "Supper's Ready", which I'd be very curious to hear...
Posted 20 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
hey! this is cool!
Posted 20 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
The first 4 albums from this band are excellent, but don't even bother with the ones after that. Porcupine Tree's In Absentia album has a closer feel to the early CTS albums than anything CTS did since Safety in Numbers.
Posted 20 years ago by birdboy    [ Reply ]
incredible....Crack the sky popped into my head ealer and I thought "wonder if i'll ever hear them on RP...nah, it'll never happen"
Posted 20 years ago by toastee    [ Reply ]
Hairfarmer wrote:
You got me! I've never heard of these guys but I Love this! Got any more?
This actually is quite old. I listened to it in the early 80's. If I remember correctly they came out of the Baltimore music scene. I still have this in vinyl. BTW, Bill, how bout some "Pink Flamingo's"? I have to google and get more details.
Posted 20 years ago by Peyote    [ Reply ]
Monkeysdad wrote:
Obviously heavily influenced by Yes!
and CSN(&Y)
Posted 20 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
Obviously heavily influenced by Yes!
Posted 21 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
You got me! I've never heard of these guys but I Love this! Got any more?
Posted 21 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
I was amazed when I moved out of the Baltimore area for college, and found that nobody else in the world had ever heard of CTS. good band.
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Baltimore is pretty well represented on RP from Crack the Sky to Lake Trout -- running the gammut in time and quality (take that to mean whatever you like). Now if someone could find some Pornflakes for RP to review and put in the rotation.
Posted 21 years ago by camden_hampden    [ Reply ]
I too haven\'t heard this song since the \'70\'s when I would listen to my brother practice playing bass along with this song. What great music, what great memories. Wow. It made me stop working to listen.
Posted 21 years ago by harmony    [ Reply ]
This is something Spinal Tap should latch onto - or is it just too stereotypical to parody?
Posted 21 years ago by Greenman    [ Reply ]
Crack The Sky....WOW...cant get enough of this great band from my youth...there is not a bad song on this whole cd...and they are STILL putting out great tunes
Posted 21 years ago by skiman    [ Reply ]
I dig.... How\'s the rest of the album? bc
Posted 21 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Growing up in the Baltimore area I am a huge fan. It is a shame that this band never got the recognition they deserved.
Posted 21 years ago by Ellesbee    [ Reply ]
:D haven't heard this song in like a zillion years!! man, what memories, great freakin' choice !
Posted 21 years ago by orpheus    [ Reply ]
Never heard this song or artist before. I like it a lot. Thanks for the intro...
Posted 21 years ago by the_om    [ Reply ]
I made an error when I posted this song. It is not on White Music, it is on the self-titled \'Crack the Sky\' album. Sorry for the mixup, looking forward to hearing it!
Posted 21 years ago by birdboy    [ Reply ]