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}} ''Crack the Skye'' is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Mastodon, released on March 24, 2009 through Reprise Records. The album debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200, 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.〔(Week Ending Sept. 12, 2010: The Dulcet Tones Of Bruno Mars - Chart Watch )〕 According to an interview on the DVD The Making of Crack the Skye, this album represents the element of aether, 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 fire, water and earth have already represented by the band's first three albums ''Remission'', ''Leviathan'' and ''Blood Mountain'', respectively, the element of air is the only classical element which has yet to be represented by a Mastodon album, as their follow-up studio albums ''The Hunter'' and ''Once More 'Round The Sun'' do not represent an element, nor are they concept albums. Crack the Skye is the first studio album to feature drummer Brann Dailor as the band's third lead vocalist. ==Musical and lyrical themes== Drummer Brann Dailor described the album as more "focused"〔(Mastodon On New Album And Supporting Metallica and Slayer ), The Quietus (2008-11-04)〕 than its predecessor, ''Blood Mountain'': "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."〔 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."〔, Stereogum (2008-11-26)〕 When asked in multiple interviews Dailor said the record would tell a story dealing variously with the art aesthetics of Tsarist Russia, astral travel, out of body experiences and Stephen Hawking's theories on wormholes. Dailor has also said that "Crack the Skye" is meant as an homage to his sister, Skye Dailor, who committed suicide at age 14. Scott Kelly, who guested on the title track, has this to say about the song: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crack the Skye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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