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Crack the Skye

For other uses, see Crack the Sky (disambiguation).

Crack the Skye
Studio album by
Mastodon
ReleasedMarch 24, 2009[1]
RecordedApril – September 2008[2][3]
StudioSouthern Tracks Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre
Length50:03
Label
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Mastodon chronology
Blood Mountain
(2006) 		Crack the Skye
(2009) 		Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly EP
(2010)
Singles from Crack the Skye
  1. "Divinations"
    Released: January 20, 2009[6]
  2. "Oblivion"
    Released: February 16, 2009[7]

Crack the Skye is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Mastodon, released on March 24, 2009, through Reprise, Sire and Relapse Records.[8][9] The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200, selling 41,000 copies in its first week.[10] In Australia, the album debuted at number 19.[11] It had sold 200,000 copies in the US as of September 2010, making it one of their highest-selling albums to date.[12]

According to an interview on the DVD The Making of Crack the Skye, this album represents the element of aether, which is represented by the souls and spirits of all things, a theme closely related to the context of the album. Because the elements of fire, water and earth have already been represented by the band's first three albums Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain and the band's seventh album Emperor of Sand, respectively, the element of air is the only classical element which has yet to be represented by a Mastodon album, as their follow-up studio albums The Hunter and Once More 'Round the Sun do not represent an element, nor are they concept albums.

Crack the Skye is the first studio album to feature drummer Brann Dailor as the band's third lead vocalist.

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  2. ^ "Mastodon In The Studio; Video Available". Blabbermouth.net. April 6, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mastodon: New Interview, Performance Footage Available". Blabbermouth.net. September 11, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Buchanan, David (September 23, 2011). "Mastodon The Hunter". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 30, 2018. Crack the Skye was a gift to heavy metal that the band will likely never top, a culmination of all the insane solos, proggy detours, and thunderous sludge riffing that had defined the first decade of Mastodon's career.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Metalstorm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Divinations – Single". iTunes Store. Apple. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  7. ^ "Oblivion – Single". iTunes Store. Apple. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2009.
  8. ^ "Mastodon - Crack The Skye". Discogs. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  9. ^ "Mastodon - Crack The Skye". Discogs. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "Mastodon's 'Crack The Skye' Lands At No. 11 On Billboard Chart". Blabbermouth.net. April 1, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
  11. ^ "Aria Top 50 Albums Chart". Ariacharts.com.au. Archived from the original on November 6, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  12. ^ "Week Ending Sept. 12, 2010: The Dulcet Tones Of Bruno Mars - Chart Watch". Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.

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