Cross Talk Explained

Cross Talk
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pretty Things
Cover:	Cross_Talk.jpg
Released:	August 1980
Recorded:	1979
Studio:	Matrix Studios, London
Genre:	Rock new wave^[1]
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

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" (May, Tolson) – 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 – vocals, keyboards
• Skip Alan – drums

with:

• Willy Wilson - drums on "I'm Calling" and "Falling Again"
• Richard Whaley, Simon Smart - engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020 . Watts . Peter . May 5, 2023. Uncut . 2023-06-11.