Cruel Inventions

Cruel Inventions
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released	May 28, 1991
Studio	Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, Texas Ocean Way Recorders, Los Angeles, California Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California Reggie Fisher's, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative
Label	Virgin
Producer	T Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
The Indescribable Wow (1988) Cruel Inventions (1991) Martinis and Bikinis (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A)[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]

Cruel Inventions is the sixth studio album from American singer and songwriter, Sam Phillips.

Track listing

All songs by Sam Phillips.

1. "Lying" – 3:52
2. "Go Down" – 3:38
3. "Cruel Inventions" – 3:00
4. "Standing Still" – 3:10
5. "Tripping Over Gravity" – 5:21
6. "Now I Can't Find The Door" – 3:36
7. "Private Storm" – 4:10
8. "Raised on Promises"– 3:11
9. "Hole in Time" dedicated to Walker Percy – 3:19
10. "Where the Colors Don't Go" – 3:02

Personnel

• Sam Phillips – vocals, guitars, Chamberlin
• T Bone Burnett – guitars, Chamberlin, producer
• Marc Ribot – guitars
• Elvis Costello – guitars
• Van Dyke Parks – Chamberlain
• Jerry Scheff – bass
• Sandy Bull – oud
• Jim Goodwin – piano
• Michael Blair – drums and percussion
• Ralph Forbes – drums and percussion
• Mickey Curry – drums and percussion
• David Kemper – drums and percussion
• Scott Musick – drums and percussion
• Alex Acuña – drums and percussion
• Van Dyke Parks – string quartet arrangement
• The Sid Page Strings – string quartet
  • Sid Page – violin
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • John Acevedo – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
• Stacy Baird – recording engineer
• Rik Pekkonen – recording engineer
• Joe Schiff – recording engineer
• Tchad Blake – mixing
• Kevin Killen – mixing
• Eagle Audio, Fort Worth, Texas – recording location
• Ocean Way Recorders, Los Angeles, California – recording location, mixing location
• Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California – recording location
• Reggie Fisher's, Los Angeles, California – recording location
• Eric Rudd – assistant engineer
• Max Garcia – assistant engineer
• Mark Guilbeault – assistant engineer
• Julie Last – assistant engineer
• Chris Niswander – assistant engineer
• Brian Soucy – assistant engineer
• Tom Nellen – assistant engineer
• Jeff Ward – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Masterdisk, New York, New York – mastering location
• Anton Corbijn – photography

References

1. McCartney, Kelly. "Review: Cruel Inventions". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
2. Browne, David (31 May 1991). "Cruel Inventions (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. Kot, Greg (27 June 1991). "Sam Phillips Cruel Inventions (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. CG: Sam Phillips