HOWARD JONES - ’’EVERLASTING LOVE’ (1989)

’’Cross That Line’’ is the fourth album by British pop musician Howard Jones, released in April 1989. It featured two hit singles “The Prisoner“ (#30 US) and “Everlasting Love“ (#12 US), though neither of these singles or the album itself were successful in Jones’s native UK. 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. The music video for “The Prisoner“ was notably innovative at the time, mixing multiple photo and video editing tricks at a time when computer-based graphics effects were not widely in use. A successful North American Tour took place in the Summer of 1989 where Howard and his three piece band played many venues in excess of 7,000 capacity. Notably, the album includes the piano instrumental Out of Thin Air, and Guardians of the Breath which was used to soundtrack an episode of the successful TV series Bay Watch. The track Powerhouse was remixed by Danny D and released to clubs. The album was remastered and released on CD (with a host of extra tracks) for the first time in 2012.