Cross That Line (2020 Expanded and Remastered Edition) Howard Jones

• 1The Prisoner (2020 Remaster)04:38
• 2Everlasting Love (2020 Remaster)04:19
• 3Powerhouse (2020 Remaster)03:29
• 4Last Supper (2020 Remaster)05:24
• 5Cross That Line (2020 Remaster)04:45
• 6Out Of Thin Air (2020 Remaster)03:07
• 7Guardians Of The Breath (2020 Remaster)07:37
• 8Fresh Air Waltz (2020 Remaster)04:03
• 9Wanders To You (2020 Remaster)05:13
• 10Those Who Move Clouds (2020 Remaster)05:49
• 11Modern Man (2020 Remaster)04:16
• 12The Brutality Of Fact (2020 Remaster)04:27
• 13Power Of The Media (2020 Remaster)04:46
• 14Powerhouse (Danny D 12" Edit) [2020 Remaster]07:14
• 15The Prisoner (Alternative 7" Mix)04:23
• 16Everlasting Love (Julian Mendelsohn Mix)04:16
• 17Modern Man (Early Mix)04:42
• 18Powerhouse (7" Instrumental Mix)04:13
• 19Fresh Air Waltz (Early Mix)04:03
• 20The Prisoner (The Portmerion Mix) [2020 Remaster]07:00
• 21Rubber Morals (2020 Remaster)04:19
• 22Have You Heard The News? (2020 Remaster)03:57
• 23Powerhouse (Danny D 7" Edit) [2020 Remaster]03:45
• 24The Prisoner (US 7" Edit) [2020 Remaster]04:17
• 25Everlasting Love (Original Mix - aka The Institute Mix) [2020 Remaster]04:46
• 26Cross That Line (Early Mix)04:58
• 27Powerhouse Of Love (Early Mix)03:26
• 28The Prisoner (AC Edit)03:33
• 29Powerhouse (Danny D Acid Mix Edit v1)03:58
• 30Everlasting Love (Instrumental Mix)04:20
• 31The Prisoner (Battery Studio Mix 1)04:24
• 32Powerhouse (7" Alternative Mix)04:12
• 33Everlasting Love (Julian Mendelsohn TV Mix)04:35
• 34The Prisoner (Original Album Mix)05:17
• 35Cross That Line (Marquee Rehearsal 18 June 1988)06:02
• 36Powerhouse (Marquee Rehearsal 18 June 1988)04:34
• 37Rubber Morals (TV Mix)04:33
• 38Everlasting Love (Alternative Institute Mix)04:43
• 39The Prisoner (Instrumental Mix)04:10
• 40Powerhouse (TV Instrumental Mix) [2020 Remaster]04:11
• 41Everlasting Love (808 Mix) [2020 Remaster]06:30
• 42Powerhouse (Danny D Acid Mix Edit v2)03:06
• 43Everlasting Love (Peter Collins Master Mix)04:16
• 44Powerhouse (Alternative Album Mix - aka Danny D Delay Mix)04:13
• Total Runtime03:23:49

Info for Cross That Line (2020 Expanded and Remastered Edition)

Released in March 1989, the album was produced by Jones with Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, and Ross Cullum - all of whom had worked with Tears For Fears earlier in the 1980s.

Featuring an expanded selection of previously unreleased studio versions and remixes plus newly remastered tracks.

The album reached No. 64 in the UK album charts and No.65 in the US album charts. It featured two singles, ‘The Prisoner’ and ‘Everlasting Love’. Both singles were top 30 hits in the US and minor hits in the UK. In addition to these two singles the track Powerhouse was remixed by Danny D (producer behind the acid house artist D-Mob) and released to clubs.

Cross That Line saw the twilight of Howard Jones’ chart career. The music maintains the high standard he always set, though time and the oncoming of Britpop meant his time had passed. The music is still great and, despite the few tell tale ’80s motifs, an entertaining listen. The ’80s, I tend to think, was the decade that time forgot, my love turning new nostalgic music more often than current, although Mr Jones (along with Nik Kershaw) provided me with good entertainment. This is a synth-driven album in the proto-guitar-driven era, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it though, and had all the charts and divisions we currently have existed then it might be better remembered. Not wishing to be cruel, it brings to mind the drummer/drum machine jokes, as no amount of beating will alter the machine’s rhythm. Thirty years later I would say that the drummer you have to feed has more heart and soul.

Howard Jones

Digitally remastered

Please Note: This album compilation consists of different sampling rates. See track list - behind each track is the sampling rate.

John Howard Jones
was born in Southampton, England, on the 23rd of February 1955 to Welsh parents, John and Thelma Jones. He has 3 brothers, Roy, Martin and Paul, with Howard being the oldest. Howard learned to play the piano at the age of seven. His fathers' career took the family overseas to Canada, and Howard made an appearance on Canadian TV singing Welsh songs.

Howard attended several schools in England including Leicester, and Rugby, Cardiff in Wales and of course High Wycombe. He went to the Royal Grammar School where he got ten "O" and two "A" levels. (Howard said, "They served me no purpose whatsoever") And despite his music teacher advising him not to take music "A" level he formed his first band called Warrior. Warrior drew its musical influences from bands like Genesis, and Emerson Lake and Palmer. Howard describes the music as being Electro Classical Rock!

Howard enrolled in the Royal Northern College of Music, in Manchester in 1974, where he studied classical piano. Whilst he was there he earned extra money doing the night shift on Piccadilly Radio. Every 20 minutes between Midnight and 6am he would play a selection of his own music, on a synthesizer. The sessions were supposed to be purely instrumental, but on occasions Howard could not resist singing, and as a result had several phone calls... to complain!

Howard used to give piano lessons. It is there he met Jan Smith, who he later married. It was whilst they was selling fruit and veg off the back of a van that a runaway vehicle crashed into the van, injuring Jan. She wasn't hurt badly, but Howard persuaded her to claim compensation. She used the money to buy Howard a synthesizer. The Shop delivered two by mistake and Howard liked the combination of the two so much, that he paid for the extra one. The shop knows him as "Honest Howard"!

Howard began performing as a solo artist, in the clubs and pubs in High Wycombe. It was at one of these shows that Howard noticed Jed Hoile dancing and performing mime to his songs. This was the start of a very impressive visual partnership that continued to 1987.

Howard continues to be an active musician, producer and performer and records in his own studio, and lives in Somerset, England.

Electronic music pioneer Howard Jones has been a constant presence on the international touring scene for the past four decades, playing live in a number of different configurations including intimate solo shows and dates with his full high-tech band set-up. He first burst upon the contemporary music scene in 1983, with his very English songwriting and pioneering synthesizers with 'New Song'. His first two albums HUMAN'S LIB and DREAM INTO ACTION were worldwide hits. HUMAN'S LIB reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits 'New Song,' and 'What Is Love?' In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, DREAM INTO ACTION, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: 'Things Can Only Get Better,' 'Life In One Day,' 'No One Is To Blame,' and 'Like To Get To Know You Well.'

Howard Jones has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide and continues to make new music and tour the world. Jones has performed on NBC's top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His ubiquitous hits can be heard in such high-profile television series and films such as 'Stranger Things,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'Watchmen,' 'The Carrie Diaries', 'Superstore' and 'Bumblebee'. Howard Jones' most recent album is DIALOGUE, which was released in September 2022. DIALOGUE is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from Jones with multi-media project ENGAGE released in 2015 and studio album TRANSFORM, released in 2019. DIALOGUE garnered serious coverage in outlets such as Spin, Stereogum and more.

This album contains no booklet.