Wrapped in Sky

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Wrapped in Sky
File:Wrapped in Sky.jpg
Studio album by
Drivin N Cryin
Released1995
GenreRock, folk rock
LabelDGC[1]
ProducerJohn Porter
Drivin N Cryin chronology
Smoke
(1993) 		Wrapped in Sky
(1995) 		Drivin N Cryin
(1997)

Wrapped in Sky is an album by the American band Drivin N Cryin, released in 1995.[2][3] The album marked a return to the band's earlier, folkier sound.[4]

The band supported the album by touring with Moonpools & Caterpillars.[5]

Production

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The album was produced by John Porter.[6] Porter was not the band's first choice, but several "bigger name" producers had declined the band's invitation.[7]

Peter Buck played dulcimer and mandolin on the album's opening tracks.[8] It was recorded without guitar player Buren Fowler, who had quit the band in 1994.[9]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[10]
Calgary HeraldStarStar[11]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStar[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[12]
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStar[13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarStar[6]

No Depression wrote that "the songs run toward character sketches, conveyed at ballad tempo with careful restraint."[14] Trouser Press determined that Wrapped in Sky captures the band's "broad stylistic ambitions better than on any other album," writing that "adjunct keyboardist Joey Huffman's textures are a valuable new contribution."[15] The Calgary Herald concluded that the album "drifts by, pleasant but its purpose, its passion, its very drive somehow lost along the way."[11] The Post and Courier labeled it "an album that often seems a dippy Dylanesque joke."[16]

The Washington Post thought that, "though the songs are well-crafted and the sound is well realized ... the overall effect is not exactly organic."[17] The Los Angeles Times stated that it "brims with music that's blissfully melodic (never cloying) and often quite fiery."[13] The Sun-Sentinel conceded that, while singer Kevin Kinney "doesn't have one of the best voices around, he certainly has one of the most earnest."[18] The Record lamented that "Kinney's wet-noodle vocals and high-falutin' lyrics tend to drag down his band's musical charms."[19]

AllMusic called Wrapped in Sky "the most overlooked and underrated of the Southern rock band's albums," writing that "Saving Grace" "is an untraditional gem of a power ballad."[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Indian Song" 
2."Telling Stories" 
3."Leader the Follow" 
4."Saving Grace" 
5."Underground Umbrella" 
6."Right Side of Town" 
7."Señorita Louise" 
8."Pura Vida" 
9."Light" 
10."Silence of Me" 
11."Wrapped in Sky" 

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