Crossword Puzzle

This article is about the album. For the type of puzzle, see Crossword.

Crossword Puzzle
Studio album by
The Partridge Family
ReleasedJune 1973
RecordedCalifornia
StudioUnited Western (Hollywood)
GenreRock
Length31:31
LabelBell
ProducerWes Farrell
The Partridge Family chronology
The Partridge Family Notebook
(1972) 		Crossword Puzzle
(1973) 		Bulletin Board
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Crossword Puzzle is the seventh and penultimate studio album by The Partridge Family. Released in June 1973, it was the last Partridge Family album to chart in the US, entering Billboard's Top LP's chart in July and peaking at no. 167 in its second of just five weeks in the Top 200. Bell Records, losing faith in the group after oversaturating the market with product, chose not to release a US single from the album, though "Sunshine" was released as a single in Japan.

The LP cover featured a crossword puzzle, with the answers given inside on one side of the dust sleeve. As with previous release The Partridge Family Notebook, the American album cover of Crossword Puzzle included no group photo, but did feature small black-and-white photos of Shirley Jones (at left) and David Cassidy (at right).

In 2003 the album was released on CD on Arista's BMG Heritage Records label.

Track listing

All tracks, except "It's A Long Way To Heaven", "Now That You Got Me Where You Want Me" and "Let Your Love Go", were featured on the TV show (mainly from Season 3).

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Day at a Time"
3:00
2."Sunshine"
2:43
3."As Long As There's You"Tony Romeo2:57
4."It's a Long Way to Heaven"Mark James2:39
5."Now That You Got Me Where You Want Me"
  • Wes Farrell
  • Danny Janssen
  • Bobby Hart
2:45
6."It Means I'm in Love with You"
  • Tony Romeo
  • Ralph Landis
4:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come On Love"
  • Terry Cashman
  • Tommy West
3:43
2."I Got Your Love All Over Me"
2:39
3."Let Your Love Go"
  • Wes Farrell
  • Danny Janssen
  • Bobby Hart
2:19
4."It Sounds Like You're Saying Hello"
  • Terry Cashman
  • Tommy West
2:54
5."It's You"
2:07

Personnel

Track information and credits adapted from AllMusic[2]

Releases

  • CD Crossword Puzzle Buddha Records 2001
  • CD Crossword Puzzle BMG Heritage 2003
  • CD Crossword Puzzle Sbme Special Mkts. 2008
  • CD Crossword Puzzle BMG Heritage

Recording dates

4 September 1971

  • "As Long As There's You"
  • "Come On Love"

1 May 1972

  • "One Day at a Time"
  • "It Means I'm in Love with You" (see 23 May 1972)
  • "It Sounds Like You're Saying Hello"
  • "It's You"

23 May 1972

  • "It Means I'm In Love With You" (Re-Record, see 1 May 1972)

4 September 1972

  • "Sunshine"
  • "Let Your Love Go"

22 September 1972

  • "It's a Long Way to Heaven"
  • "Now That You've Got Me Where You Want Me"
  • "I've Got Your Love All Over Me"

See recording dates for this and other Partridge Family albums at The Partridge Family Recording Sessions[3]

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 167

References

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Personnel Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ "The Partridge Family Recording Sessions". cmongethappy. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ "The Partridge Family Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.


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