Safety In Numbers

Safety in Numbers is the third studio album by American rock band Crack the Sky. It was released in 1978 by Lifesong Records. It is the band's highest-charting release on the Billboard album chart, peaking at No. 126. This album is markedly different from the previous two Crack the Sky releases, being largely written by Rick Witkowski with Joe Macre and Rob Stevens. Keyboardist/vocalist John Palumbo, who had previously composed all of Crack the Sky's material, departed the band early in the recording process for Safety in Numbers. Consequently, Palumbo is not credited as a band member on the finished album, though the re-organized group did end up using three of his songs. To replace Palumbo, the band recruited Gary Lee Chappell to sing, and producer Rob Stevens to play keyboards. However, only the original band members are pictured on the back cover of the album, with Chappell and Stevens relegated to one small photo each on the inside sleeve. There was a tour in support of the album, after which the band folded. In 1980, Palumbo and guitarist Rick Witkowski started a new version of the band and released White Music. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)