Christopher Cross (album)

Christopher Cross
Studio album by Christopher Cross
Released	December 20, 1979
Recorded	July 1979
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California) Pecan Street Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre	Soft rock
Length	38:32
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Michael Omartian
Christopher Cross chronology
Christopher Cross (1979) Another Page (1983)
Singles from Christopher Cross
"Ride Like the Wind" Released: February 15, 1980 "Sailing" Released: June 15, 1980 "Never Be the Same" Released: October 1980 "Say You'll Be Mine" Released: March 1981

Christopher Cross is the debut studio album by Christopher Cross and was released on December 20, 1979 through Warner Bros. Records. It went to number 6 in the United States, number 14 in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and number 16 in New Zealand. It won 5 Grammy Awards in 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Christopher Cross.

Side one

1. "Say You'll Be Mine" – 2:53
2. "I Really Don't Know Anymore" – 3:49
3. "Spinning" (duet with Valerie Carter) – 3:59
4. "Never Be the Same" – 4:40
5. "Poor Shirley" – 4:20

Side two

1. "Ride Like the Wind" – 4:32
2. "The Light Is On" – 4:07
3. "Sailing" – 4:14
4. "Minstrel Gigolo" – 6:00
5. "Mary Ann" (bonus track on the 2012 Japanese remastered CD) – 2:52

"Mary Ann" was originally written for the YAMAHA World Music Festival in Japan and was only released in 1980 as a single in Japan.