CHRISTOPHER CROSS Vinyl LP Another Page,JUST

I always thought CC's Debut album would be hard to beat, but this comes very close, Greats songs, String arrangements, just a well put together, and well produced album.

Fab replacement for my vinyl

Cd is perfect

Classic Album.

CROSS WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS SONG WRITING WHEN HE WROTE THIS FOLLOW UP ALBUM AND IT IS EQUALLY AS GOOD AS THE FIRST WHICH WAS SIMPLY TITLED WITH HIS NAME.HIS SUCCINCT AND DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE LYRICS TELL A STORY WHICH IS ALWAYS MOVING AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY CATCHY , CLEVER MUSIC.I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAVE THE FIRST ALBUM YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THIS ONE TOO.CLASSIC POP.

For Christopher Cross to manage to follow his AOR Classic debut with anything nearly so impressive always was going to be a big ask. With 'Another Page' however it has to be said that the man gave it his very best shot and this album is a consistently good set. This said, nothing here comes close to matching the sheer wistful brilliance of U.S no1 smash 'Sailing', a fact that perhaps explains why, despite good sales, this album ultimately failed to attract the universal acclaim of its predecessor. Tracks like the ultra smooth 'All Right' and 'No Time For Talk' were just made for U.S AOR radio and both made it into the U.S top forty. The biggest U.S hit (and best track) here though is the poignant and touching ballad 'Think Of Laura' which despite missing out altogether in the U.K (despite the album hitting no 4) reached no 9. Cross sings this with great sensitivity and the song can really upset me if I'm not careful whenever I hear this album! My one criticism of this album is that the quality dips slightly and progressively from 'All Right' onward. This is and was rather unfortunate for Cross as come the end of the album your first thoughts are likely to be something along the lines of 'its not as good as his first album is it?"

This, the follow-up to the multi-Grammy winning album "Christopher Cross", sees the man whose favourite colour is pink and whose logo is a flamingo, serve up another tasty serving of AOR, which is a logical progression from the first album.The formula is much the same - Cross's wistful yet well-rounded vocals and excellent guitar-playing (well, he was one of Fleetwood Mac's roadies) forming the perfect framework for some of the best session musicians the States had to offer in 1983. Helping out this time around are most of Toto, giving a rhythmic, more urgent feel to the backing tracks, Michael McDonald on "No Time For Talk" and the single "All Right", Beach Boy Carl Wilson on the very Beach Boy-ish "Baby Says No", Karla Bonoff on "What Am I Supposed To Believe" and even Art Garfunkel on the excellent "Talking In My Sleep". The best track though is the uptempo "Deal 'Em Again" a sort of fast version of "Desperado" in concept, and perhaps this is intentional as the backing vocallists are Eagles Don Henley and John David Souther.It may not have had the impact the first album had, but I find that a little puzzling, but even more puzzling though is the omission of "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" which was added to the album as a bonus track on U.K. release, but which now turns up on the "Best Of Christopher Cross" instead - a piece of publishing perversity that, ultimately, costs this otherwise excellent album its fifth star. Warners please take note!