Cross My Palm

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Cross My Palm
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1987 (1987-08-25)
RecordedApril 1987 (New York)
Genre
Length46:46
LanguageEnglish
Label Warner Pioneer, Atlantic Records
Akina Nakamori chronology
CD'87
(1987)
Cross My Palm
(1987)
Stock
(1988)

Cross My Palm is the eleventh studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori, released on 25 August 1987 by Warner Pioneer. It was Nakamori's first English-language album.

Contents

Background

Cross My Palm is the second studio album to be recorded in the United States, five years after her debut album Prologue (Jomaku) and the first studio album to be produced by western musicians and writers as David Batteau, Tony Humecke, Roger Daltrey, Julia Downes and Sandy Stewart. [1] [2]

Nakamori's inspiration for the album came from American films such as Top Gun and Footloose . [3]

"Modern Woman" is a cover of "Femmes d'aujourd'hui" by French singer Jeanne Mas and the title track is a cover of the song by British writer Chris Morris.

"The Look That Kills" is an English-language self-cover of her 1987 No. 1 hit "Blonde". The single was released two months before the album's release. While the melody line resembles to the original, she performs it in the higher key tune than original, arrangement is slightly renewed and is sixteen seconds shorter. [4]

Marketing

Pioneer Corporation's television commercial

"Modern Woman" was used by Pioneer Corporation in a commercial to promote the Private CD770D mini component stereo system.

Music video album

Four months after the release of album, a companion music video album was released on 21 December 1987. The video album features Nakamori as a musician who aims to go professional. It was filmed in New York City between 13 and 24 April 1987. [5] "No More" includes a new remixed intro not found in the album version. [6] The video received an award at the AVA Digital Content Grand Prix in 1987.

Photo book

The companion photo book Akina Nakamori Visual Book Cross My Palm (中森明菜写真集 VISUAL BOOK Cross My Palm, Nakamori Akina shashin-shū Bijuaru Bukku Kurosu Mai Pāmu) was released on 24 December 1987. [7]

Stage performances

On Fuji TV's music show Yoru no Hit Studio , Nakamori performed "Soft Touch" in Paris in 1989. She performed "The Look That Kills" on the 25 December 1987 episode of TV Asahi's Music Station . [8]

Some tracks were performed in her live shows as well: During the live tour for A Hundred Days in 1987 she performed "Soft Touch", "Political Moves", and "The Look That Kills". [9] She performed "Cross My Palm", "My Position", "Soft Touch", "The Look That Kills" and "No More" in the 1991 special live show "Yume". [10]

Chart performance

Cross My Palm hit No. 1 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and sold 347,700 copies. The album remained at number 19 on Oricon's yearly albums chart in 1987. [11]

The album was released in the United States in 1989 under Atlantic Records; however, it sold poorly in the country, peaking at No. 90 on the Billboard 200 . [12] [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Cross My Palm"
  • Barrie Corbett
  • John De Plesses
Chris Morris3:42
2."Political Moves"
  • Downer
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
4:27
3."Slave for Love"
  • Batteau
  • Freeman
3:54
4."Easy Rider"
  • Batteau
  • Sembello
  • Cole
4:13
5."Modern Woman" Jeanne Mas
4:12
6."The Look that kills"
  • Biddu
  • Sela
3:38
7."Soft Touch"
  • Steve Skaith
  • Steve Jeffries
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
3:34
8."My Position"
  • Humecke
  • Batteau
  • Lane
3:37
9."The Touch of Heartache"
  • Colucci
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
4:13
10."House of Love" Sandy Steward Steward4:51
11."No More"
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
3:10
12."He's Just in Love with the Beat"
  • Roy Freeland
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
  • Freeland
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
3:15
Total length:46:46
2023 remaster reissue
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Cross My Palm" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Barrie Corbett
  • John De Plesses
Chris Morris3:27
14."The Touch of Heartache" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Colucci
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
4:07
15."Easy Rider" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Batteau
  • Sembello
  • Cole
4:19
16."House of Love" (movie Cross My Palm version) Sandy Steward Steward4:30
17."Political Moves" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Downer
  • Bruno
  • Schwartz
4:16
18."The Look that kills" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Biddu
  • Sela
3:35
19."Soft Touch" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Steve Skaith
  • Steve Jeffries
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
4:33
20."No More" (movie Cross My Palm version)
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
  • Skaith
  • Jeffries
3:58
Total length:79:00

Notes:

Release history

YearFormat(s)Serial numberLabel(s)Ref.
1987LP, CT, CDL-12651, LKF-8151, 32XL-192 Warner Pioneer [14]
1989LP, CT, CD82037-1, 82037-4, 82037-2 Atlantic Records [15]
1991CDWPCL-423 Warner Pioneer [16]
2006CD, digital downloadWPCL-10288 Warner Pioneer [17]
2012Super Audio CD, CD hybridWPCL-11147 Warner Pioneer [18]
2014CDWPCL-11733 Warner Pioneer [19]
2018LPWPJL-10095 Warner Pioneer [20]
20232CDWPCL-13492/3 Warner Pioneer [21]

Notes:

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