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Every Turn of the World is the third studio album by Christopher Cross, recorded and released in 1985. The album is notable for its harder rocking sound and often lacking the pop ballads that dominated the sound of previous albums.
Though the album itself peaked at No. 127 on the Billboard 200, the only single from the album to chart, “Charm the Snake”, peaked only at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other two singles from the album, the title track “Every Turn Of The World” and “Love Is Love (In Any Language)”, failed to chart.
Gone were the L.A. session aces and the SoCal chorus of famous fellow pop singers, as Cross wielded his SynthAxe and producer/co-writer, Michael Omartian his keyboards, along with a rhythm section, on a selection of up-tempo songs, many of which had ‘save-the-world’ themes.
It didn’t work. “Charm the Snake,” the typically energetic lead-off single, sputtered on the charts, while Cross‘ core audience of “adult contemporary” ballad fans deserted him, and the album was a sales disaster. If anybody had tried turning over the LP and sampling tunes like The Beach Boys tribute, “Love Found a Home,” they would have discovered a couple of more characteristic Cross songs, but it was too little, too late.
Side one
- Every Turn Of The World - 4:02
- Charm The Snake - 4:24
- I Hear You Call - 3:41
- Don’t Say Goodbye - 3:32
- It’s You That Really Matters - 3:59
Side two
- Love Is Love (In Any Language) - 4:27
- Swing Street - 4:14
- Love Found A Home - 3:29
- That Girl - 3:28
- Open Your Heart - 5:39
Personnel
- Christopher Cross – vocals, guitars, SynthAxe
- Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, horn arrangements
- Marcus Ryle – synthesizer programming
- Joe Chemay – bass guitar
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – congas
- Gary Herbig – saxophones, sax solo
- Kim Hutchcroft – saxophones
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Jerry Hey – trumpet
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
- Lynn Davis – backing vocals
- Khalig Glover – backing vocals
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals
- Richard Marx – backing vocals
- Vesta Williams – backing vocals
Production
- Producer – Michael Omartian
- Production Coordination – James Wofford
- Engineer and Mixing – John Guess
- Assistant Engineer – Mark Linett
- Second Engineers – Tom Fouce, Laura Livingston, and James Wofford.
- Recorded and Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Additional recording at Pop 'N' Roll Studios (Santa Monica, CA).
- Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction and Design – Jen McManus and Laura LiPuma
- Logo Design – Margo Chase
- Photography – Steve Sakai
- Linguistics Advisor – John Accomando
Notes
Release: 1985
Format: LP
Genre: Soft Rock
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Catalog# 925 341-1
Vinyl: Excellent
Cover: Excellent
Prijs: €10,00
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