What the heck happened here?
Nevermind. I already know what happened.
The mainstream beckoned, and Mastodon responded. Hook, line, and sinker. They tipped their hand by allowing Springsteen and Pearl Jam producer, Brendan O'Brien within 10 feet of their creativity. Not that O'Brien is a bad producer, it's just that Mastodon is in a whole other stratosphere creatively, and someone like O'Brien could only squelch it, which in my opinion is proven by the vocals of the album.
How else can we explain the fact that there are 14 songs on the new effort by the great and mighty Mastodon, and 7 of those songs are simply the same songs without the vocals.
In other words, they already knew most of the vocals sucked and they compensated for it by offering those songs instrumentally. When was the last time you bought a cd with the songs offered vocally and also as a "score"? How about NEVER.
Smart move though. It saves the album from going totally in the crapper.
All in all, I give it 3 Stars, simply for the instrumental quality. These guys could take the Jackson Five's Greatest Hits and make it a worthy listen.
So, if you're a Mastodon fan, definitely buy Crack The Skye. Just be prepared to listen mostly to the score without the vocals.
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