Crossroads (Tracy Chapman album)

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Crossroads
Tracy Chapman - Crossroads.jpg
Studio album by
Tracy Chapman
ReleasedOctober 3, 1989
StudioPowertrax Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length42:32
Label Elektra
Producer
Tracy Chapman chronology
Tracy Chapman
(1988)		Crossroads
(1989)		 Matters of the Heart
(1992)
Singles from Crossroads
  1. "Crossroads"
    Released: 1989
  2. "All That You Have Is Your Soul"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Subcity"
    Released: 1990

Crossroads is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1989. Chapman was also a producer on this album, the first time she had taken on such a role. The song "Freedom Now" is dedicated to Nelson Mandela.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Tracy Chapman.

  1. "Crossroads" – 4:11
  2. "Bridges" – 5:24
  3. "Freedom Now" – 4:02
  4. "Material World" – 3:02
  5. "Be Careful of My Heart" – 4:39
  6. "Subcity" – 5:09
  7. "Born to Fight" – 2:46
  8. "A Hundred Years" – 4:20
  9. "This Time" – 3:43
  10. "All That You Have Is Your Soul" – 5:16
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau B [3]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review A*:1 [4]
New Musical Express 8/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [28] Gold30,000^
Australia (ARIA) [29] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [30] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [31] Platinum100,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [32] Gold30,906 [32]
France (SNEP) [33] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [34] 2× Platinum1,000,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [35] Gold10,000*
Italy
sales in 1989 		—300,000 [36]
Netherlands (NVPI) [37] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [38] Platinum15,000^
Portugal (AFP) [39] Gold20,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [40] 2× Platinum200,000^
Sweden (GLF) [41] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42] 2× Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [44] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards

32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards
YearWorkAwardResultRef
1990Crossroads Best Contemporary Folk Album Nominated [45]

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