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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 09/19/2000
Run Time: 44:02
Atlantic Crossing wasn't simply the moment when
Rod Stewart left Britain for the greener pasture of America, it was the moment when he accepted his role as a full-fledged, jet-setting superstar.
Stewart abandoned the formula of his first five solo records, as well as most of his
folk-rock and
hard rock undercurrents, trading them for a professionally polished,
rock- and
soul-inflected
pop, courtesy of Muscle Shoals' musicians and producer
Tom Dowd. The glossy production doesn't obscure or trivialize
Stewart's talents -- coming after the tired
Smiler, the slickness actually accentuated his strength as an interpretive singer. "The Fast Half" suffers from a couple of weak tracks, but
"Three Time Loser" and
"Stone Cold Sober" catch fire, and "The Slow Half" is generally excellent, but
Stewart's heart-wrenching rendition of
Danny Whitten's
"I Don't Want to Talk About It" ranks as one of his finest performances.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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