Cruel Inventions
Studio album by
Sam Phillips
ReleasedMay 28, 1991 (1991-05-28)
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length36:19
LabelVirgin
ProducerT Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
The Indescribable Wow
(1988) 		Cruel Inventions
(1991) 		Martinis & Bikinis
(1994)

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]

Cruel Inventions received mostly favorable reviews from critics. At Entertainment Weekly, David Browne gave the album an A, writing that it "...is fraught with both beauty and tension, making it one of the year's most beguiling records."[5] Browne named it his sixth favorite album of 1991.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sam Phillips

No.TitleLength
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"3:19
10."Where the Colors Don't Go"3:02

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ McCartney, Kelly. "Review: Cruel Inventions". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (27 June 1991). "Sam Phillips Cruel Inventions (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Sam Phillips: Cruel Inventions". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music: Indexes. Oxford University Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780195313734.
  5. ^ a b Browne, David (31 May 1991). "Cruel Inventions (1991)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ^ "1991's best (and worst) music". Entertainment Weekly. 1991-12-27.
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