Cross Talk
{{about|the 1980 Pretty Things album|other uses|crosstalk (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album|
| name = Cross Talk
| type = Album
| artist = Pretty Things
| cover = Cross_Talk.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1980
| recorded = 1979
| venue =
| studio = Matrix Studios, London
| genre = *Rock
- new wave{{cite web |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/the-pretty-things-complete-studio-albums-review-142458/ |title=The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020 |last=Watts |first=Peter |date=May 5, 2023|work=Uncut |access-date=2023-06-11}}
| length = 36:15 (original release)
46:47 (CD reissue)
| label = Warner Bros. Records
| producer = Jon Astley, Phil Chapman
| prev_title = Savage Eye
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Live at Heartbreak Hotel
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r47158}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Cross Talk, released in 1980, is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things.
Track listing
- "I'm Calling" (Phil May, Pete Tolson) – 4:06
- "Edge of the Night" (May, Wally Waller) – 3:19
- "Sea of Blue" (May, Tolson) – 3:13
- "Lost That Girl" (May) – 2:50
- "Bitter End" (May, Jon Povey) – 3:16
- "Office Love" (May, Tolson) – 4:12
- "Falling Again" (May, Waller) – 3:20
- "It's So Hard" (May, Tolson) – 3:14
- "She Don't" (Tolson, May) – 4:08
- "No Future" (May, Tolson) – 4:28
=Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue=
- "Wish Fulfillment" (May, Tolson) – 3:05
- "Sea About Me" (May, Waller) – 3:22
- "The Young Pretenders" (May, Povey) – 4:05
Personnel
Pretty Things
- Phil May – vocals
- Dick Taylor – guitar
- Pete Tolson – lead guitar
- Wally Waller – bass, guitars, vocals
- Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
- Skip Alan – drums
with:
- Willy Wilson – drums on "I'm Calling" and "Falling Again"
- Richard Whaley, Simon Smart – engineer
References
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