Christopher Cross (album)

album by Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross is the debut studio album by Christopher Cross and was released on December 20, 1979 through Warner Bros. Records. It went to number 6 in the United States, number 14 in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and number 16 in New Zealand. It won 5 Grammy Awards in 1981.[1]

Christopher Cross
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 20, 1979
RecordedJuly 1979
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Pecan Street Studios (Austin, Texas)
GenreSoft rock
Length38:32
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerMichael Omartian
Christopher Cross chronology
Christopher Cross
(1979)
Another Page
(1983)
Singles from Christopher Cross
  1. "Ride Like the Wind"
    Released: February 15, 1980
  2. "Sailing"
    Released: June 15, 1980
  3. "Never Be the Same"
    Released: October 1980
  4. "Say You'll Be Mine"
    Released: March 1981

Track listing change

All tracks composed by Christopher Cross.

Side one change

  1. "Say You'll Be Mine" – 2:53
  2. "I Really Don't Know Anymore" – 3:49
  3. "Spinning" (duet with Valerie Carter) – 3:59
  4. "Never Be the Same" – 4:40
  5. "Poor Shirley" – 4:20

Side two change

  1. "Ride Like the Wind" – 4:32
  2. "The Light Is On" – 4:07
  3. "Sailing" – 4:14
  4. "Minstrel Gigolo" – 6:00
  5. "Mary Ann" (bonus track on the 2012 Japanese remastered CD) – 2:52

"Mary Ann" was originally written for the YAMAHA World Music Festival in Japan and was only released in 1980 as a single in Japan.

References change