Welcome to Sky Valley

Welcome to Sky Valley, also known as just Sky Valley, is the third studio album by American rock band Kyuss. It was released on 28 June 1994 on Elektra and Chameleon Records.

Background and composition
Welcome to Sky Valley was recorded in early 1993 and was first meant to be released in January 1994. Because their last album did fairly well, they moved to the main record label Chameleon from the smaller label "Dali". In November 1993, Chameleon suddenly shut down. Elektra then quickly signed the banned and planned to release Welcome to Sky Valley in March 1994. The release was then slowed down even more and the album wasn't released until June 1994.

The album has been called stoner rock, stoner metal, and desert rock. The album was the first Kyuss album to have bassist Scott Reeder playing on it. He replaced Nick Oliveri in 1992. It was also the last with Brant Bjork playing on it.

Packaging
Welcome to Sky Valley is named after the place in California of the same name. The album cover shows a welcome sign in Sky Valley next to a road that says the album's name, "Welcome to Sky Valley". The photograph was taken at dusk and the road is dark with a purple sky behind.

Track listing

Personnel
Credits taken from the album's liner notes.

Kyuss
John Garcia – lead vocals, producer
Josh Homme – guitar, backing vocals, producer
Scott Reeder – bass, acoustic bass in "Space Cadet", backing vocals, producer
Brant Bjork – drums, producer

Additional performers
Peter Moffett – additional percussion on "Asteroid"
"Madman of Encino" – backing vocals
Mario Lalli – lead guitar on "N.O."

Production
Chris Goss – producer
Joe Barresi – recording engineer, mixing engineer
Jeff Sheehan – assistant engineer
Wade Norton – assistant engineer
Alexe Campbell – assistant engineer
Brian Jenkins – additional engineering
Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer

Artwork
Alex Solca – photography
Skiles – art director

References

Category:1994 albums
Category:Rock albums