Crusader (Chris de Burgh album)

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Crusader
Crusader cdeb.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 January 1979
Studio AIR Studios
additional recording at Abbey Road Studios, Super Bear Studios, Nice
Genre Rock
Length41:31
Label A&M
Producer Andrew Powell
Chris de Burgh chronology
At the End of a Perfect Day
(1977)
Crusader
(1979)
Eastern Wind
(1980)

Crusader is the fourth album by British-Irish singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh, released in 1979 by A&M Records. The album was produced by Andrew Powell, who worked with the Alan Parsons Project on many of their albums. The musicians on Crusader also came from the Alan Parsons Project.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for AllMusic, Mike DeGagne gave Crusader four out of five stars and described the title track as the album's "crowning glory" and also "one of de Burgh's finest songs", despite its historically inaccurate lyrics. [1] He went on to say that "Even though [the title track] bears most of this album's weight, the rest of the songs aren't without their merit". [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh.

  1. "Carry On" – 3:47
  2. "I Had the Love in My Eyes" – 3:29
  3. "Something Else Again" – 4:25
  4. "The Girl with April in Her Eyes" – 4:55
  5. "Just in Time" – 5:11
  6. "Carry On" (Reprise) – 0:32
  7. "The Devil's Eye" – 4:13
  8. "It's Such a Long Way Home" – 3:31
  9. "Old-Fashioned People" – 3:27
  10. "Quiet Moments" – 1:38
  11. "Crusader" – 8:48
    • "The Fall of Jerusalem"
    • "In the Court of Saladin"
    • "The Battlefield"
    • "Finale"
  12. "You and Me" – 1:12

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 62
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [3] 67
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 72

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