White on Blue [Import]

Crossfade | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mtm Music & Publish
• ASIN: B0001K9IB6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #336,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Day the Music Died

2. Did You Really?

3. Vanity Fair

4. Flying

5. A Deeper Shade of Love

6. Thorns of Life

7. Loving Eyes

8. Time

9. Don't Really Matter

10. You

Editorial Reviews

This Swedish band consists of well-known & experienced musicians & producers. Featuring vocalist Goran Edman who has worked with Yngwie Malmsteen, Street Talk, Kharma, Madison, & more. The other guys are studio musicians, Per Lindval on drums played with Abba & Sven Lindvall on Bass. A wonderful album which deserves to be listened to by all Toto, Chicago, & Joseph Williams fans. MTM. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT SAME BAND AS CROSSFADE FROM THE USA, January 11, 2005

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L. voeltz "Harley76Honey" (SD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White on Blue (Audio CD)

Hi I just purchased this cd thinking it would be a great rock import for the band "crossfade" --WRONG-- this isn't the same band that has the hit "Cold" no this band is some happy Swedish folk music band....so just to warn you..unless you actually listen to this exact cd....it isn't rock...it isnt the same band...so dont get it...thought i would warn you from my mistake...D*mn Im mad about this... :(

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Toto-like melodic pop/rock, May 15, 2005

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TheFitzPatrick's "TheFitzPatrick's" (TX, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: White on Blue (Audio CD)

Unfortunately there is some confusion because a recent group from America uses the same name. Be careful, because the two bands play very different styles. Crossfade is a very slick, well-produced, pop/rock band from Sweden. I only ran across this band because their CD is linked to my own on cdbaby. I sampled their music and liked what I heard.
This record (can you still say record?) is firmly AOR. I have seen this music described as "west coast." If that means to you that they sound like Toto, Ambrosia, Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins - then it is an apt description. The musicians are talented and the music is alternatively powerful and subtle, capturing moods and evoking emotions rather than just showing off. The lead vocals are very polished, somewhere between Kenny Loggins and Bobby Kimball, with a slight Swedish accent that only really surfaces on the two ballads, which are the weakest tracks on the CD; not bad by any means, but fairly conventional.
Generally, the songwriting is also strong. These songs were crafted, not just cranked out. If you are a fan of the aforementioned artists, then you will very likely enjoy this band. I look forward to more from Crossfade.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SWEDISH WESCOAST MASTERPIECE, April 26, 2004

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Mattias Jonsson (Norsjo, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White on Blue (Audio CD)

One of the best, if not even THE best, westcoast-album to emerge from Sweden. With studio-musician-veterans Per and Sven Lindvall (Per known from work with Michael Ruff) and singer Göran Edman (Street Talk, Yngwie Malmsteen, Radioactive...) this is a very good craftsmanship. From the fade-in of the drum-loop on the first track "The Day The Music Died" (reflecting on Sept. 11, 2001, NYC) via the funkier sounding "Did You Really", the east-coast-groove of ""Flying", beautifyl ballad "Time" and all the way to close-up rocker "You" the whole band really performs a great album - and even adds an additional horn-section on some tracks (thanks!) Very well worth buying if you're anywhere near being into Toto, Foster, Steely Dan, Pages, Graydon and the likes of them.