| The Crossing | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Menahan Street Band |
| Cover: | Menahan Street Band - The Crossing.jpg |
| Alt: | A photo of a man walking across a snowy field |
| Studio: | Dunham Sound Studio, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Label: | Daptone/Dunham |
| Producer: | Thomas Brenneck |
| Prev Title: | Make the Road by Walking |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
The Crossing is the second full-length studio album by American rhythm and blues group Menahan Street Band. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Fred Thomas writing that this album "expands somewhat on the band's debut, with the group plucking inspiration from a wide spectrum of soul and funk subcategories" and the band "cultivates a rich collection of emotionally complex instrumental soul, with precise musicianship meeting inspired production and a deeply studied obsession with the often sampled and less often acknowledged obscure geniuses of soul music". Len Comaratta of Consequence of Sound scored this album a B, noting the band's non-soul influences and states that a "slightly haunting, lower-timbre" runs through most of the album. In The Irish Times, Jim Carroll gave The Crossing 4 out of 5 stars, characterizing the music: "these tight, moody, sumptuous instrumentals are widescreen, cinematic pace-setters, with detailed, punchy, textured playing that draws you in and allows the drama to unfold". Elias Leight of PopMatters gave this release an 8 out of 10, stating that this work "once again shows their talent at creating tight instrumental funk" with music "buoyed by firm backbeats and highly synchronized horn section".
All songs written by Menahan Street Band.
Menahan Street Band
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