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• 'Divinations' Released: January 20, 2009 • ' Released: February 16, 2009 Crack the Skye is the fourth studio album by American band, released on March 24, 2009 through. The album debuted at number 11 on the, selling 41,000 copies in its first week. In Australia, the album debuted at number 19. It had sold 200,000 copies in the US as of September 2010, making it one of their highest selling albums to date. According to an interview on the DVD The Making of Crack the Skye, this album represents the element of, 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, and have already represented by the band's first three albums, and, respectively, the element of is the only which has yet to be represented by a Mastodon album, as their follow-up studio albums and do not represent an element, nor are they concept albums.

Crack the Skye is the first studio album to feature drummer as the band's third lead vocalist. The band in Southern Tracks recording studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Drummer described the album as more 'focused' than its predecessor,: 'Maybe there was a deeper heart to this record that needed more exploring We got more involved with feeling the vibe of the record and everything feels more creepy and spaced out and something special is going on.' During the composition of the record, listened to by every day as inspiration, while Dailor and listened to 's. Vocalist/bassist Troy Sanders said in an interview with Stereogum, ' Crack The Skye is a departure from everything we've previously recorded in the sense that we kinda strapped on our aeroshells and departed from Earth for a while, and then captained to the ethereal element of the universe and kind of slept on the roof of the world for a while to get a perspective on this record. Basically we're exploring the ethereal world. We're dissecting the dark matter that dominates the universe, in a nutshell.'

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When asked in multiple interviews Dailor said the record would tell a story dealing variously with the art aesthetics of, astral travel, out of body experiences and 's theories on wormholes. 'There is a and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he. He goes out of his body, into and a bit like, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden that is attached to his. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside 's body.

Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through the crack in the sky(e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead.

Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it's too late. But they end up running into the along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them downthere are some along the way.' Dailor has also said that 'Crack the Skye' is meant as an homage to his sister, Skye Dailor, who committed at age 14. 'My sister passed away when I was a teenager and it was awful, and there's no better way to pay tribute to a lost loved one than having an opportunity to be in a group with my friends and we make art together. Her name was Skye, so Crack the Skye means a lot of different things. For me personally, it means the moment of being told you lost someone dear to you, [that moment] is enough to crack the sky.'

Scott Kelly, who guested on the title track, has this to say about the song: 'that song was a really, really heavy song to do. That song was about Brann’s sister and how she passed away, and it was a story that I was very familiar with from knowing Brann. When he decided to do that, he called me up to talk to me about it and said “this is what I wanna do” and “I really, really want you to sing the song” and I said, you know “sure, I will”. I took it really seriously and I emailed with Brann’s Dad a couple of times and just talked to him about Skye, and then he sent me a photograph of her actually, and I sat there and looked at that photograph of her and just kinda meditated on her and on all of the situation, and the family and then actually set all that shit up in the studio and recorded the song with her picture there, and I just really tried to do it as real as I felt I could. ' Packaging [ ] Paul Romano, who had done all of Mastodon's to that point, [ ] created the art for Crack the Skye. The piece features various ethereal images tied in closely with the overall concept of the record. Crack the Skye was released in two editions: the Standard and the Limited Edition.

The latter has an elaborate packaging with a that, when looked through, reveals three-dimensional like imagery. [ ] A 'hidden' picture of Brann Dailor's sister, Skye, can be seen on both sides of the tunnel book as well.

[ ] Release [ ] Crack the Skye has been released as standard CD version and CD/DVD version, which included a bonus DVD with a documentary and a track commentary. Furthermore, standard single-disc LP and limited-edition 2xLP were released. A 'super-deluxe' CD/DVD version that includes a tunnel book and a lithograph of the album art sold out during pre-orders, and a 'Royal Edition' with a CD of the instrumental versions of the songs and an entirely new black-and-gold artwork was released the December 15, 2009.

Critical reception [ ] Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating 82/100 Review scores Source Rating 88% positive 9.0/10 8.0/10.0 8/10 10/10 The initial critical response from to Crack the Skye was very positive. At, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 82, based on 29 reviews, indicating 'Universal Acclaim.' Amongst the positive reviews received from critics was 's Nick Cracknell who awarded the album a 5/5 rating, describing it as 'even more ambitious in scope and sound than 2006’s.

Embracing elements of prog and country, but above all classic rock, Hinds and Kelliher literally add new dimensions to the band’s ever-expanding sound.' , who named Blood Mountain as their number 1 album of 2006, gave Crack the Skye a 7/10 rating as reviewer Joe Gross responded that ' Crack is clearly designed as a grower, not a shower, the sound of a band that grew tired of people not responding to their ground game, so they put the ball in the air. Who knows when it will come down?'

's review was particularly glowing in its praise for the album, saying 'no metal release of 2009 is likely to be as important as ‘Crack The Skye.' The review praised the album's expansive sound and emotion, and finished by claiming that the album is 'surely destined to become the stuff of legend.' Reviewer Nate Chinen of the noted the album's 'ambitious vision and vivid execution.' The New Yorker pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones lists it as one of his favorite albums of the year on his personal blog and in an article for The New Yorker called the Crack the Skye a 'deeply entertaining album.' Accolades [ ] Crack the Skye was named amongst the most well received albums of 2009 by numerous music publications. Placed it a #3 of its 'Top Albums of 2009', while place it at #4 in its 'Top Albums of 2009'.

Placed 'Crack the Skye' at #3 on its 'Top 10 Albums of 2009' list, and named it their Album of the Year for 2009. In addition, listed it as the 17th best album of the year.

Called it the 7th best album of 2009. The album was also voted the #1 Album of 2009 by 's critics and contributors. Track listing [ ] All tracks written by Mastodon, except 'Crack the Skye' (additional lyrics by Scott Kelly). Title Length 1. 'Divinations' 3:38 3. 'Quintessence' 5:27 4. 'The Czar' • I.

'Usurper' • II. 'Escape' • III. 'Martyr' • IV. 'Spiral' 10:54 5.

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