Crookt, Crackt, or Fly is a 1994 album

Album

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 by Gastr del Sol

Gastr del Sol

Gastr del Sol was a Chicago band consisting, for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 1993 and 1998 they put out seven albums ranging in genre from post-rock to musique concrète....

 released on Drag City

Drag City (record label)

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. The album was written and performed by David Grubbs

David Grubbs

David Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....

 and Jim O'Rourke

Jim O'Rourke (musician)

Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...

, with John McEntire

John McEntire

John McEntire is an American recording engineer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best-known for being in Tortoise and The Sea and Cake, as well as being a highly in-demand producer and engineer....

 (percussion), Steve Butters (percussion) and Gene Coleman (Bass Clarinet) also contributing. All tracks were recorded by Brian Paulson in October 1993 at King Size studios.

The band The Sea and Cake

The Sea and Cake

The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a pronounced jazz influence, which formed in the mid-1990s in Chicago out of the ashes of local bands The Coctails and Shrimp Boat. The group's name came from a willful reinterpretation of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol...

derived their name from a willful reinterpretation of the song "The C in Cake" based on misheard lyrics.

Track listing

1. "Wedding in the Park" – 1:02
2. "Work from Smoke" – 12:30
3. "Parenthetically" – 1:20
4. "Every Five Miles" – 7:49
5. "Thos. Dudley Ah! Old Must Dye" – 2:40
6. "Is That a Rifle When It Rains?" – 1:29
7. "The C in Cake" – 3:36
8. "The Wrong Soundings" – 14:49