Blue Rock (album)

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. 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 The Cross
Released	9 September 1991
Recorded	February–August 1991
Studio	Real World Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	45:00
Label	EMI Electrola
Producer	Mark Wallis
The Cross chronology
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1990) Blue Rock (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.

Track listing

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

Non-Album Track

1. "Heartland" (Noone) 4:45

Personnel

• Roger Taylor – lead vocals
• Spike Edney – keyboards, backing vocals
• Clayton Moss- guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Heartland"
• Peter Noone – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Heartland"
• Josh Macrae – drums, backing vocals

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Roger Taylor of Queen and The Cross rarities Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine