A Return to the Inner Experience

A Return to the Inner Experience
A Return to the Inner Experience
Studio album by Sky Cries Mary
Released	1993
Recorded	Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Neo-psychedelia, space rock, trance
Length	70:01
Label	Capitol
Producer	Norman Kerner
Sky Cries Mary chronology

A Return to the Inner Experience is the second album by the American band Sky Cries Mary, released in 1993 through Capitol Records.^[2]^[3] "Gone" was released as a single.^[4]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Washington Post noted that "the sometimes-realized intention is to be trippy, although a few of the 14 meandering tracks on this 70-minute album are more soporific than transcendent."^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Sky Cries Mary except "2000 Light Years from Home" by Jagger/Richards and "We Will Fall" by the Stooges

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Walla Walla"	3:48
2.	"Moving Like Water"	4:26
3.	"Gone"	5:02
4.	"Circus Church"	3:52
5.	"2000 Light Years from Home"	4:44
6.	"When the Fear Stops"	4:14
7.	"Lay Down Your Head"	5:50
8.	"Rain"	8:10
9.	"Ocean Which Humanity Is"	5:22
10.	"Broken Down"	3:41
11.	"Rosaleen"	3:21
12.	"Buss to Gate 23"	4:33
13.	"Joey's Aria"	1:39
14.	"We Will Fall"	11:19

Personnel[edit]

Sky Cries Mary

DJ Fallout – sampler, turntables, drum machine
Joseph E. Howard – double bass, mellotron, sitar
Ben Ireland – drums, percussion
Marc Olsen – guitar
Gordon Raphael – keyboards
Anisa Romero – vocals, art direction
Roderick Wolgamott Romero – vocals, art direction

Production and additional personnel

Beth Custer – bass clarinet on "Buss to Gate 23"
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
Norman Kerner – production, engineering, mixing
Tommy Steele – art direction
Stephen Walker – art direction, design

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Thompson, Dave. "A Return to the Inner Experience". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Alden, Grant (2007). "Sky Cries Mary". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
^ Reader, Stephanie (3 Sep 1993). "HOME-MADE JAM". The News Tribune. p. G3.
^ Stout, Gene (September 5, 1993). "A QUICK SAMPLE OF SEATTLE SOUNDS". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. C3.
^ Jenkins, Mark (22 Oct 1993). "Potent Rollers, Multicolored Sky". The Washington Post. p. N24.

External links[edit]

A Return to the Inner Experience at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Thompson, Dave. "A Return to the Inner Experience". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2013.

[trouserpress-2] Alden, Grant (2007). "Sky Cries Mary". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 30, 2013.

[3] Reader, Stephanie (3 Sep 1993). "HOME-MADE JAM". The News Tribune. p. G3.

[4] Stout, Gene (September 5, 1993). "A QUICK SAMPLE OF SEATTLE SOUNDS". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. C3.

[5] Jenkins, Mark (22 Oct 1993). "Potent Rollers, Multicolored Sky". The Washington Post. p. N24.

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