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The Crossing is the fifth studio album by English singer Paul Young. Released in 1993, the album peaked at No. 27 on the UK Albums Chart.[1]

The Crossing
Studio album by
Released11 October 1993
Genre
  • Rock
  • pop rock
  • blue-eyed soul
Length48:34
LabelColumbia
Producer
Paul Young chronology
From Time to Time – The Singles Collection
(1991)
The Crossing
(1993)
Reflections
(1994)

The album contains three UK singles: "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" (UK No. 14), "Hope in a Hopeless World" (UK No. 42), and "It Will Be You" (UK No. 34).[1]


Critical reaction


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Aaron Badgley of AllMusic writes that The Crossing is a "very consistent, smooth, well-produced album ... "Now I Know What Made Otis Blue" is worth the price of the CD alone, but the other songs are top-notch as well."[3]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hope in a Hopeless World"
  • Bob Thiele
  • Phil Roy
Don Was4:13
2."Now I Know What Made Otis Blue"
  • Mick Leeson
  • Peter Vale
Peter Vale3:51
3."Bring Me Home"Christopher Neil4:00
4."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
Was4:13
5."Won't Look Back"
  • Young
  • Drew Barfield
Was5:20
6."Only Game in Town"
  • Young
  • Martin Page
Was4:11
7."Love Has No Pride"
Was3:44
8."Down in Chinatown"
  • Young
  • Barfield
  • Don Was
Was5:26
9."Half a Step Away"
  • Young
  • Barfield
Was4:55
10."Follow On"Paul BradyWas4:05
11."It Will Be You"
  • Thiele
  • Roy
Steve Lindsey4:36

Personnel



Production



Charts


Chart performance for The Crossing
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 82
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 27

References


  1. "PAUL YOUNG - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. Badgley, Aaron. "Review: The Crossing – Paul Young". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. "Crossing - Paul Young - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Paul Young – The Crossing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. "Paul Young | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 17 October 2022.





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