The CROSS: Shove it LP (sealed, USA version)! Roger Taylor from Queen with band mates Brian May, Freddie Mercury! Check videos

Description

The Cross was a side project of Queens Roger Taylor that existed from 1987 to 1993. Although the drummer in Queen, Taylor fronted The Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist.
After Queens 1986 Magic Tour, the band members went their separate ways to do various solo work. Taylor decided to form a new band with whom he could tour. He had already written and recorded the album himself before finding a band to play the songs with. He eventually placed an ad for band members in a national newspaper, hinting he was a famous rock musician. The position of keyboard player was duly offered to Spike Edney after two successful Queen tours with him handling the keys. When the auditions were over, the line-up was completed by Peter Noone on Bass, Clayton Moss on Guitar, and Josh Macrae on Drums. Taylor himself would take the responsibility on lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist.
The album, Shove It, was released in 1988. In Europe, Heaven for Everyone (later a Queen song) contained Taylor on lead vocals and Freddie Mercury on backing vocals. However, on the single version and the American album version the roles were reversed (THIS IS THE AMERICAN VERSION).

The band promoted hard in Germany especially, with many TV performances of singles including an appearance at the Montreux Golden Rose festival in 1988. The tour took in dates in the UK and Germany. Three singles were released from the album: “Cowboys and Indians”, “Heaven for Everyone” and “Shove It”.
The second single from Shove It, “Heaven for Everyone”, whose album version featured lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, would be re-released as a Queen single from the 1995 album Made in Heaven with Taylors vocals edited out, and become a chart hit in many countries.

The Cross  Shove It
Label: Virgin Records America, Inc.  7 90857-1
Format: LP, Album still factory sealed…..
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
Tracklist
1 Love Lies Bleeding (She Was A Wicked, Wily Waitress) 4:25  Guitar [Uncredited] Brian May
2 Shove It 3:27
3 Cowboys And Indians 5:54
4 Contact 4:51
5 Heaven For Everyone 5:07  Backing Vocals [Uncredited] Freddie Mercury
6 Feel The Force 3:45
7 Stand Up For Love 4:20
8 Love On A Tightrope (Like An Animal) 4:49
9 Rough Justice 4:14

Mastered At Nimbus
Recorded At Mountain Studios
Recorded At Maison Rouge
Recorded At Mediterranean Studios
Recorded At The Town House
Recorded At Air Studios
Recorded At The Manor
Published By Virgin Songs
Credits:
Bass Peter Noone
Design Gary Wathen
Drums Josh Macrae*
Engineer John ‘Teddy Bear’ Brough*, Kevin Metcalf*
Guitar Roger Taylor
Keyboards Spike Edney
Lead Guitar Clayton J.L. Moss*
Mastered By Kevin Metcalf*
Photography By Sheila Rock
Producer David Richards (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9), John Brough (tracks: 6)
Producer, Vocals, Written-By, Design Roger Taylor
Notes:
Track 5 has Roger Taylor on Lead Vocals unlike the European and Japanese versions which have Freddie Mercury.
Track 6 is exclusive to the US-Version of this album.
Track 9 is longer than the version on European and Japanese releases.
Recorded at Mediterraneo Studios

Music video by Queen performing Heaven For Everyone. (C) 1995

The Cross – Cowboys And Indians

Official music video for Shove It by The Cross, one of the most underrated bands of all time. Released on the album shove It’ in 1988. Written by Roger Taylor.