Crossword Puzzle

Crossword Puzzle is the seventh album by The Partridge Family released in June 1973. It was the group's second-to-last album and the final Partridge Family record to make the album charts, peaking at #167 on Billboard 200 and spending just 5 weeks on the charts. 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. This album was released on CD in 2003 on Arista's BMG Heritage label. The album cover features an actual crossword puzzle on the front with the answers included inside on the dust sleeve. Once again after Notebook, there was no group photo on the album cover, only a small black-and-white picture of Shirley Jones to the left and one of David Cassidy to the right.

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

Crossword Puzzle
Studio album by
The Partridge Family
ReleasedJune 1973
RecordedCalifornia
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]

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
  • John Bahler - Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
  • Tom Bahler - Background vocals
  • Stan Farber - Background vocals - uncredited (A6)
  • Jerry Whitman - Background vocals - uncredited (B2)
  • Max Bennett - Bass
  • Hal Blaine - Drums
  • Dennis Budimir - Guitar
  • Larry Carlton - Guitar
  • Terry Cashman - Composer
  • David Cassidy - Vocals
  • Pete Ciccone - Redesign
  • Wes Farrell - Rhythm Arrangements
  • Elliott Federman - Mastering
  • Mike Hartry - Digital Transfers
  • Ron Hicklin - Background vocals
  • Jeremy Holiday - Production Coordination
  • John Hudson - Product Manager
  • Shirley Jones - Vocals
  • Larry Knechtel - Keyboards
  • Bob Kovach - Engineer
  • Mike Melvoin - Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, String Arrangements
  • Joe Osborn - Bass
  • Rob Santos - Reissue Producer
  • Louie Shelton - Guitar
  • Lisa Sutton - Liner Notes
  • Tommy Tedesco - Guitar
  • Jackie Ward - Background vocals
  • Beverly Weinstein - Art Direction
  • Winston Wong - Assistant Engineer

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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