Walking in Avalon

Walking in Avalon
Studio album by Christopher Cross
Released	September 7, 1998 (1998-09-07)
Recorded	March 10, 1998
Venue	Galaxy Theatre (Santa Ana, California).
Label	CMC International
Producer	Christopher Cross, Rob Meurer, Scott Frankfurt
Christopher Cross chronology
Window (1995) Walking in Avalon (1998) Red Room (2005)

Walking in Avalon, Christopher Cross’s seventh album released in 1998, is a double album package that contains Christopher's latest new studio album and Greatest Hits Live album together. In late 1999, CMC re-released the package as two single-album releases. The studio album is entitled Red Room, and the hits live release is Christopher Cross - Greatest Hits Live.

Writing and production

Written and produced with Rob Meurer, and featuring multi-instrumentalist/co-producer Scott Frankfurt, the two-CD set comprises music.

The first record of new compositions by Cross and Meurer. Backing tracks created by Frankfurt and orchestral settings by Jeremy Lubbock are included.

The second record is a 74-minute live concert recording in which Cross performs nearly all of his earlier hits (including "Sailing", "Ride Like the Wind", "Arthur’s Theme", and "Think of Laura") as well as a number of his lesser-known mid-period songs. Through a printing error, the band credits for this concert were omitted from the CD notes.

Besides Cross on vocals and guitar, featured are Rob Meurer (keyboards, dulcimer, vocals), Chas Thompson (bass, vocals), Gigi Worth (percussion, guitar, vocals), Kiki Ebsen (keyboards, vocals), and Jody Cortez (drums), with Joel Peskin on alto saxophone and a special guest appearance by Michael McDonald.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "In a Red Room"
2. "Walking in Avalon"
3. "Hunger"
4. "When She Smiles"
5. "It's Always Something"
6. "Dream Too Loud"
7. "I Know You Well "
8. "Kind of I Love You"
9. "Curled Around the World"
10. "Rainy Day in Vancouver"

Disc 2 (Live)

1. "Rendezvous"
2. "Never be the Same"
3. "Back of My Mind"
4. "Sailing"
5. "Every Turn of the World"
6. "Deputy Dan"
7. "In the Blink of an Eye"
8. "Swept Away"
9. "Think of Laura"
10. "Minstrel Gigolo"
11. "Open Up My Window"
12. "Alibi"
13. "Is There Something"
14. "Arthur's Theme"
15. "Ride Like the Wind"
16. "All Right"

References

• Walking in Avalon at AllMusic. Retrieved 01:23, 10 December 2020 (UTC).