Cruel Sun | ||||
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Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock, bluegrass | |||
Length | 57:42 | |||
Label | Blue Duck[1] Ignition[2] | |||
Producer | Rusted Root[1] Dave Brown[3] | |||
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AllMusic | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Cruel Sun is the debut album by the band Rusted Root, released in 1992.[5][6][7]
The album sold over 100,000 copies, which led to the band's major label recording contract.[2]
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.
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."[1] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called the album "an incredibly well-realized indie debut."[3]
All songs written by Michael Glabicki except where noted.
Recorded at Audiomation Studios in Pittsburgh, PA
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Singles | "Send Me on My Way" (1994) |