Blue Rock is the third and final album released by The Cross. Like Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, Blue Rock is a straight rock album which is currently out of print and has become a hard-to-find item.[citation needed] Spike Edney contributed a lot more to the record, writing or co-writing seven of the ten tracks of the album.

Blue Rock
Studio album by
Released9 September 1991
RecordedFebruary–August 1991
StudioReal World Studios
GenreRock
Length45:00
LabelEMI Electrola
ProducerMark Wallis
The Cross chronology
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
(1990)
Blue Rock
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Because of the failure of their previous albums, Blue Rock was only released in Germany, Japan, Italy (vinyl only) and France (cassette only).[2] Blue Rock, too, failed to sell many copies. This contributed to the disbanding of The Cross two years later.[citation needed]

Track listing edit

  1. "Bad Attitude" (Peter Noone, Clayton Moss, Spike Edney, Josh Macrae, Roger Taylor) – 4:45
  2. "New Dark Ages" (Taylor) – 4:58
  3. "Dirty Mind" (Edney) – 3:30
  4. "Baby It's Alright" (Edney) – 4:06
  5. "Ain't Put Nothin' Down" (Moss) – 4:30
  6. "The Also Rans" (Taylor) – 5:27
  7. "Millionaire" (Moss, Edney, Noone, Macrae) – 3:43
  8. "Put it All Down to Love" (Edney) – 3:34
  9. "Hand of Fools" (Noone, Edney) – 4:31
  10. "Life Changes" (Moss, Noone, Edney, Macrae) – 5:56

Non-Album Track edit

  1. "Heartland" (Noone) 4:45

Personnel edit

  • Roger Taylor – lead vocals
  • Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Clayton Moss- guitars, backing vocals
  • Peter Noone – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Heartland"
  • Josh Macrae – drums, backing vocals
  • Geoffrey Richardson - viola, violin
  • Helen Liebman - cello
  • Candy Yates - backing vocals
  • Clare Yates - backing vocals

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