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== Reception == According to [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]], the album was "a huge hit and widely acclaimed, at least among industry professionals (critics didn't give it a second listen), leading to [[Music recording sales certifications|multi-platinum]] success and Grammys." In his retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], Erlewine says that while its success as a [[soft rock]] album has little cachet with most listeners, it "remains one of the best mainstream albums of its time" because of consistent song quality and Cross's skillful musicianship: "Yes, he does favor sentimentality and can be very sweet on the ballads, but his melodicism is rich and construction tight, so there's a sturdy foundation for the classy professional gloss provided by his studio pros and friends, including indelible backing vocals by [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]]."<ref name="AM"/> In retrospective appraisals, ''Christopher Cross'' is regarded as a key release of [[yacht rock]] music. For ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' in 2009, [[Chuck Eddy]] lists it among the genre's eight essential albums.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|date=January 1, 2009|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/yacht-rock/|title=8 Essential Yacht Rock Albums|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> ''Vinyl Me, Please'' magazine's Timothy Malcolm includes it in his 2017 list of the 10 best yacht rock albums, explaining that, "Itβs actually a sonic outlier for the yacht rock genre, heavy on acoustic guitar and strings. But its message fits the genre (a fool searching for inner peace), and yeah, itβs still undeniably smooth."<ref name="Malcolm">{{cite magazine|last=Malcolm|first=Timothy|date=February 20, 2017|url=https://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/10-best-yacht-rock-albums-own-vinyl/|title=The 10 Best Yacht Rock Albums To Own On Vinyl|magazine=Vinyl Me, Please|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> For The Vinyl District's online publication in 2018, Michael H. Little calls it the genre's best album as well as one of its smoothest, crediting it for making Cross "the face of soft rock".<ref>{{cite web|last=Little|first=Michael H.|date=July 11, 2018|url=http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2018/07/graded-on-a-curve-christopher-cross-christopher-cross/|title=Graded on a Curve: Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross|website=The Vinyl District|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
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