''From the Greenhouse'', is the eighth studio album by

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'' declared their first album the "debut album of the year", and in 1978, ''Rolling Stone Record Guide'' compared th ...

, which saw the return of keyboardist Vince DePaul as well as founding members Rick Witkowski (lead guitar) and drummer Joe D'Amico (relegated to just singing back-up vocals).

Track listing

Note: song lengths listed on the CD differ slightly from the tracks' actual times

Personnel

The band

*John Palumbo —

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Rick Witkowski —

Lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

*Vince DePaul —

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Joe D'Amico —

Backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

Additional musicians

*Dave Carrero — Guitar solo ("Lost in America") *Paul Soroka —

Lyricon The Lyricon is an electronic wind instrument, the first wind controller to be constructed. Invented by Bill Bernardi (and co-engineered by Roger Noble and with the late Lyricon performer Chuck GreenbergIngham (1998) p.184), filed for patent on ...

solos,

brass Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other with ...

*Marvin Brown — Backing vocals *Terry Brown — Backing vocals *Louis Roscar — Brass *Otis Demteen — Brass *Carla Brown — Children's choir *Dani DeCola — Children's choir *Little Vinnie DePaul — Children's choir *Jodi Diamond — Children's choir *Dawn Dilley — Children's choir *Tom Dugas — Children's choir *Dionne Easley — Children's choir *Dwan Easley — Children's choir *Jodi Jacobson — Children's choir *Chelsea Jones — Children's choir *Hanan Kabik — Children's choir *Dave Krass — Children's choir *Jessica McDermott Fahey — Children's choir *Ali Palumbo — Children's choir *Ian Palumbo — Children's choir *Laura Rayner — Children's choir *Natalie Rayner — Children's choir *Alana Sogan — Children's choir *Christopher Sogan — Children's choir *Hayley Taibel — Children's choir *Jimmy Tochterman — Children's choir *Justin Tochterman — Children's choir

Production

*John Palumbo — Producer *

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— Mastering *Steve Palmieri — Engineer *Victor Giordano — Editing *Donald Stewart — Tape machines

Additional credits

*Ross Anzalone Adcreations — Cover concept and design *Mastered at

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*Recorded and mixed at The Mainframe *Thanks: Ron Gregory, Gus Glava, Victor Giordano, Ben and Sydney Deluxe, Mark Easley, Dave Heckscher, George Hagegeorge, Mary, Mimi, Barbara, Valerie, Debbie, Lynn, Davey, Lori, and especially Victor Gregory for his belief and endurance.

Sources

*CD liner notes {{Authority control 1989 albums Crack the Sky albums