Chris Norman - Crossover (2015)

40 years after launching his successful career with his former band Smokie, Chris Norman returns with a brand-new solo album: Covering an incredibly wide range of influences, genres and styles, Crossover his - most genre-defying and wide-ranging release yet: “I decided not to follow any kind of style and just worked on any song I came up with no matter what direction. I took no notice if it was rock or country or whatever, the only thing I went by was if it was a good song and I felt it suited my voice,” says Norman of the album, which he wrote over the course of five months. “The title just seemed appropriate because of the variety of styles of the songs, which cross from one genre to another,” says Chris Norman of his upcoming studio album Crossover. Indeed, the Yorkshire-born singer and songwriter, who launched his successful solo career with the single Midnight Lady back in 1986, has rarely sounded as versatile and genre-defying as he does over the 12 tracks on this album. Also featuring bonus track Forty Years On – a remix of the song Norman exclusively penned for the recent 40th Anniversary release Smokie Gold 1975-2015 – album opener Waiting serves as the album's first single, and will be available worldwide online on iTunes, Amazon etcetera. To support the album release, Chris Norman will embark upon on an 18-date German tour in November, with more dates in other territories to be announced shortly.