Cruel Inventions is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Sam Phillips.
Cruel Inventions | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 28, 1991 | |||
Studio |
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Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 36:19 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
Sam Phillips chronology | ||||
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Critical reception edit
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
Cruel Inventions received mostly favorable reviews from critics. At Entertainment Weekly, David Browne gave the album an A, writing that it "...is fraught with both beauty and tension, making it one of the year's most beguiling records."[5] Browne named it his sixth favorite album of 1991.[6]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Sam Phillips
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Lying" | 3:52 |
2. | "Go Down" | 3:38 |
3. | "Cruel Inventions" | 3:00 |
4. | "Standing Still" | 3:10 |
5. | "Tripping Over Gravity" | 5:21 |
6. | "Now I Can't Find the Door" | 3:36 |
7. | "Private Storm" | 4:10 |
8. | "Raised on Promises" | 3:11 |
9. | "Hole in Time" | 3:19 |
10. | "Where the Colors Don't Go" | 3:02 |
Personnel edit
- Sam Phillips – vocals, Chamberlin, guitars
- T Bone Burnett – Chamberlin, guitars
- Van Dyke Parks – Chamberlin, string arrangements
- Jim Goodwin – acoustic piano
- Elvis Costello – guitars
- Marc Ribot – guitars
- Jerry Scheff – bass
- Alex Acuña – drums, percussion
- Michael Blair – drums, percussion
- Mickey Curry – drums, percussion
- Ralph Forbes – drums, percussion
- David Kemper – drums, percussion
- Scott Musick – drums, percussion
- Sandy Bull – oud
- The Sid Page Strings – string quartet
- Larry Corbett – cello
- John Acevedo – viola
- Sid Page – violin
- Joel Derouin – violin
Production edit
- T Bone Burnett – producer
- Stacy Baird – recording
- Rik Pekkonen – recording
- Joe Schiff – recording
- Tchad Blake – mixing
- Kevin Killen – mixing
- Max Garcia – assistant engineer
- Mark Guilbeault – assistant engineer
- Julie Last – assistant engineer
- Tom Nellen – assistant engineer
- Chris Niswander – assistant engineer
- Eric Rudd – assistant engineer
- Brian Soucy – assistant engineer
- Jeff Ward – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
- Melanie Nissen – art direction
- Inge Schapp – design
- Kathleen Philpott – design
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- Borman Entertainment – management
References edit
- ^ McCartney, Kelly. "Review: Cruel Inventions". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ Kot, Greg (27 June 1991). "Sam Phillips Cruel Inventions (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Sam Phillips: Cruel Inventions". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music: Indexes. Oxford University Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780195313734.
- ^ a b Browne, David (31 May 1991). "Cruel Inventions (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "1991's best (and worst) music". Entertainment Weekly. 1991-12-27.
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