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Cruel Sun is the debut album by the band Rusted Root, released in 1992.[5][6][7]

Cruel Sun
Studio album by Rusted Root
Released	1992
Genre	Rock, bluegrass
Length	57:42
Label	Blue Duck[1] Ignition[2]
Producer	Rusted Root[1] Dave Bryan[3]
Rusted Root chronology
Cruel Sun (1992) When I Woke (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]

The album sold over a 100,000 copies, which led to the band's major label recording contract.[2]

Album cover

The album cover depicts a stylized image of the disc of Mictlantecuhtli, a Teotihuacan monolith, currently housed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

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  Disc of Mictlantecuhtli

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "despite the assistance of assorted sprites and faeries, Rusted Root’s rhythmic world music-influenced drivel is better suited for a Pringles commercial than a tribal gathering."[1] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called the album "an incredibly well-realized indie debut."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Glabicki except where noted.

1. "Primal Scream" (Bendin, Berlin, Glabicki) - 5:10
2. "Send Me on My Way" - 4:57
3. "Tree" (Berlin, Gablicki, Wertz) - 8:00
4. "Won't Be Long" - 3:13
5. "!@#*" - 0:40
6. "Cat Turned Blue" - 4:03
7. "Artificial Winter" - 3:37
8. "Where She Runs" - 9:21
9. "Martyr" - 5:19
10. "Back to the Earth" (Buynak, Wertz, Glabicki) - 5:48
11. "Scattered" - 4:34

Personnel

• Liz Berlin – Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Hand Drums
• John Buynak – Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Wind Instruments, Hand Drums
• Jim Donovan – Percussion, Drums, Hand Drums
• Michael Glabicki – Guitar, Vocals, Mixing
• Patrick Norman – Percussion, Bass Guitar, Sitar, Vocals
• Jenn Wertz – Percussion, Vocals

Production

• Dave Bryan – Producer, Mixing
• Lara Lampenfield – Photography, Sleeve Photo
• Mike Michalski – Producer
• Randy Rhodes – Engineer
• Mark McNeely – Assistant Engineer
• Rusted Root – Writer, Producer

Recorded at Audiomation Studios in Pittsburgh, PA

References

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