Christopher Cross - All Right (lyrics)

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6th track from "Another Page" (1983). Are you a loser at love? A failure at life? Well, the skipper of Yacht Rock offers this sage advice: try again! Yeah, he's got a feeling it just might work out this time. So relax, have faith, and never give up, my fellow yachtsmen, it's gonna be ALL RIGHT!

~thatMimosaGrove

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This smoothly polished pop-rock gem—with the unmistakable backing vocals of Michael McDonald—was released in January 1983 as the lead single from Another Page and sailed up to #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

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True to its title, the followup to Christopher Cross’s unbelievably successful debut sounds like a continuation of the first record, another page of the same chapter if you will. Considering its quality, that’s not a bad thing. In hindsight it was also a wise decision because when he did abandon the flamingo sound on his next album, Every Turn Of The World, he also abandoned most of his audience. He had the audacity to put a race car on the cover! But the flamingo returned on the one after that, and now the bird serves as a code indicating which of his records are smooth and pure Christopher.

Another Page had three Top 40 hits though it never had a chance of meeting the Grammy-crazy success of its predecessor. Few songs in the history of song singing can bring as much hope as “It’s Alright.” I highly recommend giving it a spin when you’re in need of some quick encouragement. It’s alright. I think we’re going to make it. I think it might work out fine this time. There, see how good that feels?

The record sleeve is an achievement in itself because it’s the most eighties thing that ever eightiesed.

~excerpt from SECRET FUN BLOG: An Introduction to Yacht Rock by Kirk D.
http://secretfunspot.blogspot.com/2014/08/an-introduction-to-yacht-rock.html

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Christopher Cross had a lot to live up to following his self-titled debut album, which had sold a million copies (now up to four million), spawned four Top 40 hits, including the number one hit, "Sailing," and won him five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year (the last two for "Sailing"), and Best New Artist. So, he took three years to make Another Page, which, unsurprisingly, sounded a lot like its predecessor. Cross concentrated on smooth pop arrangements...good enough to put two of his songs, "All Right" and "No Time for Talk," into the Top 40 and earn a gold record certification. Then, nearly a year after the album's release, TV soap opera General Hospital began featuring the maudlin ballad "Think of Laura," and Another Page suddenly had a third single, this one a Top Ten hit.

~excerpt from a review by William Ruhlmann
http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-page-mw0000650037

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Album Personnel:

Christopher Cross - vocals, guitar
Karla Bonoff - vocals
Don Henley - background vocals
Art Garfunkel - background vocals
Michael McDonald - background vocals
J.D. Souther - background vocals
Carl Wilson - background vocals
Jay Graydon - guitar
Steve Lukather - guitar
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Mike Porcaro - bass
Andy Salmon - bass
Steve Gadd - drums
Jeff Porcaro - drums
Tommy Taylor - drums
Tom Scott - saxophone
Ernie Watts - saxophone
Assa Drori - synthesizer
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Lenny Castro - percussion
Rob Meurer - synth, keyboards and percussion
Michael Omartian - vocals, synthesizer, keyboards and percussion

Producer: Michael Omartian
Engineer: Chet Himes
Arrangers: Rob Meurer, Michael Omartian

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Image Credits (other than album art and artist publicity photos, in order of appearance): Florian Rohart / Daniel Burka / Christopher Cross with guitar by Axel Zirkel / ticket photo; Facebook / Little Zoker / Daniel Burka / Ray Morris / Thomas Hawk / Abraham Esparza / Amy Messere / Bailey Weaver / Visit St. Pete/Clearwater / Cross & Ferrell photo; Facebook / Trendland / Daniel Burka / Daniel Burka / Ferrell, Kimmel, & Cross photo; Facebook / Dianna Wood / Daniel Burka / daniele paccaloni / concert photo by Gary Miller / Daniel Burka / Daniel Burka / Daniel Burka / Facebook / Daniel Burka
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