Cruel Sun

Cruel Sun
Studio album by
Rusted Root
Released1992
StudiosAudiomation, Pittsburgh
GenresRock, bluegrass
Length57:42
LabelsBlue Duck
Ignition
ProducersRusted Root
Dave Brown
Rusted Root chronology
Cruel Sun
(1992)		 When I Woke
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarStarStar

Cruel Sun is the debut album by the band Rusted Root, released in 1992.

The album sold over 100,000 copies, which led to the band's major label recording contract.

Album cover

The album cover depicts a stylized image of the disc of Mictlantecuhtli, a Teotihuacan monolith, currently housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "despite the assistance of assorted sprites and faeries, Rusted Root’s rhythmic world music-influenced drivel is better suited for a Pringles commercial than a tribal gathering." MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called the album "an incredibly well-realized indie debut."

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Glabicki except where noted.

  1. "Primal Scream" (Bendin, Berlin, Glabicki) - 5:10
  2. "Send Me on My Way" - 4:57
  3. "Tree" (Berlin, Gablicki, Wertz) - 8:00
  4. "Won't Be Long" - 3:13
  5. "!@#*" - 0:40
  6. "Cat Turned Blue" - 4:03
  7. "Artificial Winter" - 3:37
  8. "Where She Runs" - 9:21
  9. "Martyr" - 5:19
  10. "Back to the Earth" (Buynak, Wertz, Glabicki) - 5:48
  11. "Scattered" - 4:34

Personnel

Production

  • Dave Brown – Producer, Mixing
  • Lara Lampenfield – Photography, Sleeve Photo
  • Mike Michalski – Producer
  • Randy Rhodes – Engineer
  • Mark McNeely – Assistant Engineer
  • Rusted Root – Writer, Producer

Recorded at Audiomation Studios in Pittsburgh, PA

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rusted Root". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 204.
  3. 1 2 3 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 968.
  4. ↑ Keefner, Kurt. Cruel Sun at AllMusic
  5. ↑ "Rusted Root | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Revamped Rusted Root returns with a more electric vibe". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  7. ↑ Budnick, Dean (January 4, 2003). Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879307455 – via Google Books.