Cross Talk

This article is about the 1980 Pretty Things album. For other uses, see crosstalk (disambiguation).

Cross Talk, released in 1980, is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things.

Cross Talk
Studio album by Pretty Things
Released	August 1980
Recorded	1979
Studio	Matrix Studios, London
Genre	Rock new wave[1]
Length	36:15 (original release) 46:47 (CD reissue)
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Jon Astley, Phil Chapman
Pretty Things chronology
Savage Eye (1976) Cross Talk (1980) Live at Heartbreak Hotel (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "I'm Calling" (Phil May, Pete Tolson) – 4:06
2. "Edge of the Night" (May, Wally Waller) – 3:19
3. "Sea of Blue" (May, Tolson) – 3:13
4. "Lost That Girl" (May) – 2:50
5. "Bitter End" (May, Jon Povey) – 3:16
6. "Office Love" (May, Tolson) – 4:12
7. "Falling Again" (May, Waller) – 3:20
8. "It's So Hard" (May, Tolson) – 3:14
9. "She Don't" (Tolson, May) – 4:08
10. "No Future" (May, Tolson) – 4:28

Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue

1. "Wish Fulfillment" (May, Tolson) – 3:05
2. "Sea About Me" (May, Waller) – 3:22
3. "The Young Pretenders" (May, Povey) – 4:05

Personnel

Pretty Things

• Phil May – vocals
• Dick Taylor – guitar
• Pete Tolson – lead guitar
• Wally Waller – bass, guitars, vocals
• Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
• Skip Alan – drums

with:

• Willy Wilson – drums on "I'm Calling" and "Falling Again"
• Richard Whaley, Simon Smart – engineer