Blue Rock (album)

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Blue Rock
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Studio album by
Released9 September 1991
RecordedFebruary–August 1991
StudioReal World Studios
Genre Rock
Length45:00
Label EMI Electrola
Producer Mark Wallis
The Cross chronology
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
(1990)
Blue Rock
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Blue Rock is the third and final album released by The Cross. Like Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know , Blue Rock is a straight rock album which is currently out of print and has become a hard-to-find item.[ citation needed ] Spike Edney contributed a lot more to the record, writing or co-writing seven of the ten tracks of the album.

Contents

Because of the failure of their previous albums, Blue Rock was only released in Germany, Japan, Italy (vinyl only) and France (cassette only). [2] Blue Rock, too, failed to sell many copies. This contributed to the disbanding of The Cross two years later.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "Bad Attitude" (Peter Noone, Clayton Moss, Spike Edney, Josh Macrae, Roger Taylor) – 4:45
  2. "New Dark Ages" (Taylor) – 4:58
  3. "Dirty Mind" (Edney) – 3:30
  4. "Baby It's Alright" (Edney) – 4:06
  5. "Ain't Put Nothin' Down" (Moss) – 4:30
  6. "The Also Rans" (Taylor) – 5:27
  7. "Millionaire" (Moss, Edney, Noone, Macrae) – 3:43
  8. "Put it All Down to Love" (Edney) – 3:34
  9. "Hand of Fools" (Noone, Edney) – 4:31
  10. "Life Changes" (Moss, Noone, Edney, Macrae) – 5:56

Non-Album Track

  1. "Heartland" (Noone) 4:45

Personnel

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