Cross My Palm is the eleventh studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori. It was released on 25 August 1987, under the Warner Pioneer label. The album includes English cover of single Blonde, written by same writer. It was Nakamori's first album to be released in the English.
Background
Cross My Palm is the second studio album to be recorded in the United States, for first time in 5 years after her debut albumPrologue and the first studio album to be produced by western musicians and writers as David Batteau, Tony Humecke, Roger Daltrey, Julia Downes and Sandy Stewart. Nakamori come up with the inspiration of this album from the movies as Top Gun and Footloose. Modern Woman is the cover song of Femmes d'aujourd'hui by French singer Jeanne Mas and leading track Cross My Palm is cover of same title by British writerChris Morris. Nakamori self-cover her single Blonde by the same writer, Sela under the title The Look That Kills. The single was released two months before this album release. While the melody line resembles to the original, she performs it in the higher key tune than original, arrangement is slightly renewed and is sixteen seconds shorter.
On 21 December 1987, four months after the release of album was released music home video with the same title, Cross My Palm. The music video release is divided into mix leaps of storyline about heroine, starred by Nakamori herself who aims to be pro musician in the following audition with the music videoclips of eight songs based on the studio album. The movie was recorded in the New York and filming was realised between 13 and 24 April 1987. The image of the New York location conscious of the movie 9½ Weeks. No More includes new remixed intro which wasn't recorded in the studio album. It had received an award at the AVA Digital Content Grand Prix in 1987.
Photobook
On 24 December, was released photo-book Nakamori Akina Shashinshuu Visual Book Cross My Palm.
Stage performances
In Fuji TV music television program Yoru no Hit Studio, Nakamori performed Soft Touch broadcast in Paris in 1989. In TV Asahi music television program Music Station, Nakamori performed The Look That Kills in 1987. Some tracks were performed in her live venue as well: in live tour A Hundred Days in 1987 she performed Soft Touch, Political Moves and The Look That Kills; in special live "Yume" in 1991, she performed Cross My Palm, My Position, Soft Touch, The Look That Kills and No More.
Chart performance
The album reached at number 1 on the Oricon Album Weekly Chart and totally sold 347,700 copies. The album remained at number 19 on the Oricon Album Yearly Chart in 1987. The album was released in the United States in 1989 under recording label Atlantic Records, however the album didn't reach the success, debuted at number 90 on chart.
Track listing
Notes:
All tracks are stylised in all uppercase.
"Modern Woman" is titled as "Modern Woman " in the album liner notes.
