Cross That Line

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Released 20 March 1989 Cross That Line (1989) In the Running (1992) Release date 20 March 1989 Genres Pop music, Rock music		Length 48:26 Artist Howard Jones Label Elektra Records

Recorded The Shed, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England 1988 Producers Howard Jones, Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum, Ian Stanley Similar In the Running, One to One, Working in the Backroom, Revolution of the Heart, Live Acoustic America

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Cross That Line is the fourth album by British pop musician Howard Jones, released in March 1989. It featured two hit singles "The Prisoner" (#30 US) and "Everlasting Love" (#12 US), though neither of these singles or the album itself were successful in Jones's native UK.

The album was produced by Jones with Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, and Ross Cullum - all of whom had worked with Tears For Fears earlier in the 1980s.

The music video for "The Prisoner" was notably innovative at the time, mixing multiple photo and video editing tricks at a time when computer-based graphics effects were not widely in use.

The track Powerhouse was remixed by Danny D and released to clubs.

The album was remastered and released on CD (with a host of extra tracks) in 2012.

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Track listing

All songs written by Howard Jones.

"The Prisoner" - 4:38
"Everlasting Love" - 4:16
"Powerhouse" - 3:26
"Last Supper" - 5:18
"Cross That Line" - 4:42
"Out of Thin Air" - 3:07
"Guardians of the Breath" - 7:34
"Fresh Air Waltz" - 3:59
"Wanders to You" - 5:08
"Those Who Move Clouds" - 5:46

Personnel

Howard Jones – vocals; keyboards (on "The Prisoner", "Everlasting Love", "Last Supper", "Guardians of the Breath", "Those Who Move Clouds"); acoustic piano (on "Cross That Line", "Out of Thin Air", "Fresh Air Waltz"); Fairlight guitar (on "Powerhouse", "Cross That Line", "Guardians of the Breath"); Hammond organ (on "Powerhouse", "Fresh Air Waltz"); Fairlight strings (on "Fresh Air Waltz); drums (on "Last Supper", "Fresh Air Waltz", "Those Who Move Clouds"); samples (on "Guardians of the Breath"); flute solo (on "Cross That Line")

Ian Stanley – keyboards on "The Prisoner", "Everlasting Love"

Mike Roarty – Fairlight CMI

Chris Hughes – drums on "The Prisoner", "Everlasting Love"

Andy Ross – guitar on "The Prisoner", "Everlasting Love"

Martin Jones (Howard's brother) – guitar on "Everlasting Love"; Wal bass on "Cross That Line", "Out of Thin Air", "Guardians of the Breath", "Fresh Air Waltz", "Wanders to You"

Phil Palmer – guitar on "Powerhouse", "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"; acoustic guitar on "Last Supper"

Trevor Morais – drums on "Powerhouse", "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"

Steg – Ebow guitar on "Guardians of the Breath"

Simon Clarke – alto sax on "Powerhouse", "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"; flute on "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"

Roddy Lorimer – trumpet on "Powerhouse"; flugelhorn solo on "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"

Steve Sidwell – trumpet on "Powerhouse"

Tim Sanders – tenor sax on "Powerhouse", "Cross That Line", "Wanders to You"

Peter Thoms – trombone on "Wanders to You"

Sandy McLelland – additional vocals on "Everlasting Love"

Inga Humpe – vocals on "Powerhouse"

Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals on "Cross That Line"

Osheen Jones – laughter on "Those Who Move Clouds"

Alan Hewitt – chainsaw on "Guardians of the Breath"

Danny D – drum programming on "Powerhouse" (Remix)

Production

Tracks #1 & 2 produced & engineered by Ross Cullum, Chris Hughes & Ian Stanley

Tracks #3-10 produced by Howard Jones

Tracks #3-10 recorded by Mike Roarty

All songs mixed by Mike Roarty

Drums on tracks #3, 5 & 9 recorded by Andy Scarth

Photography – Simon Fowler & Brian Griffin

Songs

1The Prisoner4:41
2Everlasting Love4:20
3Powerhouse3:30

References

Cross That Line Wikipedia

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