The exuberance of SHeDAISY practically leaps off this disc, thanks to a dream marriage of savvy, catchy writing, crisp instrumental backup, and inspired solo and harmony singing. There's a sense that the session veterans called in for this one went above and beyond what was expected; on "Man Goin' Down" and the vamp at the end of "Get Over Yourself," for instance, Steve Brewster is all over the drums, never losing the beat yet never lapsing into formulaic patterns. There's imagination in the production too, with a very effective switch to an old-timey radio episode on the bridge of "I'm Lit," and a canny decision to record the vocals, like the fiddle accompaniment, with minimal sweetening on the power ballad "Rush." Which, of course, points to the fact that SHeDAISY has achieved such a fusion of stadium gesture and reference to tradition that they can put a power ballad into a country framework and make it work. In fact, cinematic touches -- muffled voices, a touch of thunder before the melodramatic "Repent," the "I Am the Walrus" strings that gliss from hoedown to hi-tech effect on "Everybody Wants You" -- turn Knock on the Sky into a concept album; despite essentially mundane lyrics, the music and vision is enough to spirit the listener far from the farm toward more visionary places. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide
Knock on the Sky
06/25/2002 | Lyric Street
All Music Guide Review
Knock on the Sky Track Listing
Credits of Knock on the Sky
- Jerry McPherson
- Guitar (Electric)
- Steve Nathan
- Keyboards
- Chris Rowe
- Digital Editing
- Doug Sax
- Mastering
- Jimmie Lee Sloas
- Bass
- John Willis
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Glenn Worf
- Bass
- Jonathan Yudkin
- Banjo, Viola, Mandocello, Cello, Fiddle, Mandolin
- Tim Akers
- Keyboards
- Jed Hackett
- Assistant
- Sherri Halford
- Art Direction
- Marina Chavez
- Photography
- Emily Dickinson
- Liner Notes
- Greg McCarn
- Art Direction
- Glenn Sweitzer
- Design
- SHeDAISY
- Producer, Main Performer
- David Streit
- Assistant
- Mike "Frog" Griffith
- Production Coordination
- Robert Hadley
- Mastering
- David Bryant
- Assistant
- Eric Darken
- Percussion
- Jeff Balding
- Engineer, Mixing
- Steve Brewster
- Drums
- J.T. Corenflos
- Guitar (Electric)
- Paul Franklin
- Guitar (Steel)
- Mark Hagen
- Engineer
- Doug Howard
- A&R
- Dann Huff
- Guitar (Electric), Producer
- Gordon Kennedy
- Guitar (Electric)
- B. James Lowry
- Guitar (Acoustic)





















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