Christopher Cross – Another Page

This CD sounds pretty low and you have to really crank it up. The album seems to have been mixed and mastered to low overall.

Too much surface noise on my copy, and it almost hasn’t been played yet!
The dynamics and soundstage are okayish, not outstanding.

Este es un vinilo con un excelente prensado , el sonido es muy claro, las voces y los metales se escuchan muy bien.
Y eso que este lo compré de segunda mano.

This pressing is just outstanding. Its super quiet and the quality of the mastering comes through in the sound. For anyone who hasn’t delved into these CC albums, they are great on vinyl

The volume is low because it's not compressed so everything can be heard. Remastered versions are jacked for everything is muffled.

Idk who Christopher Cross is but I like flamingos so that’s why I bought the album.

A direct metal mastering/pressing doesn‘t enshure the master itself pressed here is good. I find it pretty 80s mediocre…
I heard an Astrud Gilberto Verve pressing right before and i can say this issue here sounds mediocre compared what is possibe tontransport soundwise on a record.

I find its self-titled predecessor much better. Better pressing and better master.
70s style. Much more digestible…

If repeating the sudden stratospheric success of the 1979’s self-titled debut album was presumably excluded from the beginning, the second lp became a big disappointment for the texan guitarist and marked the end of his brief romance with stardom. Eventually Cross was convinced that the key to remain hooked to that mass appeal innuendo that was his overnight rising from obscure (but very good) musician to Grammy and Oscar winner was rushing headlong in generally accepted or ‘safe’ mainstream pop, or in other words trying to accomodate everyone with the risk, however, of don’t let anyone truly adore your genuine style. The first album worked so well because of its unicity, an estremely well crafted musicians’ paradise, very accurate in its eclecticism and very strong in its songwriting, always attentive to remain elegant and cultured in its blend of soft rock and pop jazz held together by a series of astonishing performances of Cross’ musician friends who communicate a genuine heartfelt and enthusiastic interplay. If nothing in that debut album is diluted or gives the idea of betraying musicianship in order to please the masses, for his second time around it looks like Cross had unlearnt the recipe for his own success and identity, and in the end he delivers a mostly forgettable immaculately clear MOR product. Side one is more keyboard driven and we feel the lack of some redeeming guitar work, that when it comes it’s furthermore mixed too low, while side two is more acoustic. The compositions are mainly cheesy and none of them has a glimpse of those hooks and bite that typified all the first album’s tracks. The best moments are the still beautiful “Think of Laura” and the “Up where we belong” copycat duet “What Am I Supposed To Believe”, albeit they don’t possess a completely satisfying emotional drive. In conclusion it’s a bit sad that an artist who was popular amongst the most up-to-date musically wise youth could have drifted so abruptly to entertain that same audience’s old aunties, by tailoring pop music that ended up being used in soap operas.

Very good pressing, top album, best musicians. EXCELLENT VINYL, DMM

Don't buy this cd! Worst sounding pressing..volume is too low..even at full loudness. I have too many cds..never have encountered this before..I even bought a second copy suspecting this might be the sound deterioration rumored to happen with age..but -disc number 2 is the same. Sadly, in 2021 the only way to get a remastered version (as far as I know) is to purchase Christopher Cross' complete catalog for $400!