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Maybe their best

Mr. Chitterwick | Maine- USA | 02/28/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just a great album. Definitely their hardest rocking cd, not a bad song here, except the "bonus" tracks which aren't up to the standards of the rest of the cd. I'm a huge fan and like everything of theirs, but this and S.F. Sorrow, in my opinion, are their best."

"She Don`t" + Solid Rock!

Morten Vindberg | Denmark | 07/05/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

""Cross Talk" was the Pretty Things` second Warner Brothers album, originally released in 1980



The opener "I`m Calling" is a solid new-wave type rocker, showing that Pretty Things were trying ( and able ) to keep up with the musicals trends of the late seventies/early eighties.



The album continues in the same vein with solid rockers, none of them particularly memorable until the melodic "Falling Again" with it`s driving Peggy Sue rhythm.



The stand-out track is the half acoustic "She Don`t", a fine song that would have suited the voice of Brett Anderson of Suede - fine lead-guitar break on that one too.



All three bonus-tracks are great, in fact much better than some of the original tracks. Especially "Sea About Me"



Conclusion: A good solid album; among the most hard-rocking Pretty Things albums.



My favourite tracks are "She Don`t", "Falling Again", "I`m Calling", "The Young Pretenders" and "Sea About Me""