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Winners of the very frst Mojo Hero Award, the band have been a massive
success & a huge infuence on artists as diverse as David Bowie, The Ramones,
Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols, The White Stripes & many more.The band frst burst
onto the scene in 1965 with a blend of raw, explosive R&B. Over the course of
several albums, they evolved their sound, highlighted by the release of the frst
ever rock opera 'S.F. Sorrow'. They followed this with a string of albums which
secured the band a frm & loyal fanbase.'Cross Talk' was to be the triumphant
return of the Pretty Things. The band had been dormant for more than three
years, but in 1979 Phil May & Pete Tolson started writing together again & with
the help of Dave Gilmour recorded some demos. Pulling together an A- team
Pretty Things line-up of Pete Tolson, Wally Waller, Jon Povey, Skip Alan, & making
his return to the fold after ten years away, founding member Dick Taylor. The boys
were back.Released in August 1980, 'Cross Talk' marked a brave new sound for
the Pretty Things. Not for the frst time they had completely reinvented
themselves & in doing so created one of their defning albums. 'Cross Talk' was
also a starkly personal statement for Phil May as a lyricist. May considered 'Cross
Talk' to be among his proudest artistic achievements; its commercial failure
remained one of his bitterest disappointments.
Tracklist
I'm Calling
Edge Of The Night
Sea Of Blue
Lost That Girl
Bitter End
Ofce Love
Falling Again
It's So Hard
She Don't
No Future
Wish Fulfllment ( Bonus Track )
Sea About Me ( Bonus Track )
The Young Pretenders ( Bonus Track )