''The Crossing'' is a 2012 studio album by American singer
Sophie B. Hawkins.
Reception
Jon O'Brien of
AllMusic
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gave the album a mixed review with the site editors giving it three of five stars. He praised the album's diverse songwriting but criticizes the release for losing its way and ultimately being "just too ordinary to be the career-reviver she needs".
Track listing
All songs written by Sophie B. Hawkins except where indicated
#"Betchya Gotta Cure" – 3:21
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Sinnerman" – 3:03 (
Will Holt
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)
#"The Land the Sea and the Sky" – 4:15
#"Georgia" – 3:58
#"Missing" – 3:06
#"Heart & Soul of a Woman" – 4:02
#"Life Is a River" – 4:40
#"I Dont Need You" – 3:00
#"Miles Away" – 5:26
#"Gone Baby" – 6:00
#"A Child" – 3:51
#"Dream St & Chance" – 3:47
#"Red Bird" – 4:34
#"Betchya Gotta Cure" (Long) – 4:13
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Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover
"Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. Released in March 1992 as the first single from her debut album, '' Tongues and Tails'' (1992), the song achieved success in many cou ...
" (Acoustic) – 4:40
#"
As I Lay Me Down" (Acoustic) – 3:26
#"Missing" (Original Demo) – 3:30
Personnel
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Sophie B. Hawkins – arrangement, drums,
engineering
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, percussion, piano, production, strings, vocals
Additional musicians
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Jimmy Paxson
Jimmy Paxson is an American drummer who has toured, performed and/or recorded with Stevie Nicks, The Chicks, Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, Lady Blackbird, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, David Crosby, Beyoncé, Alanis Morissette, Idina Men ...
– drums
*
Paul Pesco – guitar
*
Tim Pierce – guitar
*
David Piltch
David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician.
Biography
Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the ...
– bass guitar
*
Kaveh Rastegar
Kaveh Rastegar is a Persian-American Grammy-nominated songwriter, record producer, composer, and bass guitarist. Rastegar was born in Montreal and raised in Denver, Colorado. He currently resides in the Los Angeles/Pasadena area with his fiancé ...
– bass guitar
*Ed Roth – piano
*
Mary Steenburgen
Mary Nell Steenburgen (; born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in 1978 Western comedy film ''Goin' ...
– composer
*Lee Thornburg – horn, horn arrangement
*
Graham Ward – drums
*Tim Young – guitar
Technical personnel
*Mark DeSisto –
mixing
*Alexandria Dobson – vocal production
*
Larrance Dopson
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– production
*
Kevin Killen – mixing
References
External links
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2012 albums
Lightyear Entertainment albums
Sophie B. Hawkins albums