Cross Talk

{{about|the 1980 Pretty Things album|other uses|crosstalk (disambiguation)}}

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{{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

  1. "I'm Calling" (Phil May, Pete Tolson) – 4:06
  2. "Edge of the Night" (May, Wally Waller) – 3:19
  3. "Sea of Blue" (May, Tolson) – 3:13
  4. "Lost That Girl" (May) – 2:50
  5. "Bitter End" (May, Jon Povey) – 3:16
  6. "Office Love" (May, Tolson) – 4:12
  7. "Falling Again" (May, Waller) – 3:20
  8. "It's So Hard" (May, Tolson) – 3:14
  9. "She Don't" (Tolson, May) – 4:08
  10. "No Future" (May, Tolson) – 4:28

=Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue=

  1. "Wish Fulfillment" (May, Tolson) – 3:05
  2. "Sea About Me" (May, Waller) – 3:22
  3. "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