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Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits
''Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits'' is a 2005 compilation album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. It reached #24 position in UK Albums Chart, and was certified Silver by BPI in 2006. Track listing # " On the Beach" (Edit) - 3:43 # "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - 4:03 # " Auberge" - 4:41 # "Let's Dance" - 4:14 # "Stainsby Girls" - 4:05 # " Nothing to Fear" (Edit) - 4:27 # " Tell Me There's a Heaven" - 6:01 # "Josephine" (Edit) - 4:29 # "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:21 # "The Road to Hell (Part 2)" - 4:26 # " Winter Song" - 4:29 # "God's Great Banana Skin" - 4:14 # "You Can Go Your Own Way" - 3:54 # " Julia" - 3:54 # "Looking for the Summer "Looking for the Summer" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1991 as the third single from his eleventh studio album '' Auberge''. It was written by Rea and produced by Jon Kelly. "Looking for the Summer" reached No. 49 in ..." - 4:57 # "Gone Fishing" - 4:41 Certifications References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea ( ; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ... singer and guitarist from Middlesbrough. A "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart" known for his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five solo albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart. Described as "rock's ultimate survivor", given his recovery from several bouts of serious illness, Rea was "a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10" with his single "The Road to Hell (song), The Road to Hell (Part 2)". The album, ''The Road to Hell'' (1989), topped the album chart, as did its successor, ''Auberge (album), Auberge'' (1991). His many hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine (Chris Rea song), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing To Fear (Chris Rea Song)
"Nothing to Fear" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in October 1992 as the lead single from his twelfth studio album, ''God's Great Banana Skin''. It was written and produced by Rea. "Nothing to Fear" reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 75 for four weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single, directed by Andy Morahan. Background "Nothing to Fear" was written in response to Islamophobia after Rea heard a Muslim man speaking on the radio. Rea told John Pidgeon in 1992: " t'sa song about a European guy welcoming Muslims, and the gist of the story is that if you show us we have nothing to fear, there's gonna be no problem. And it's asking them to show a sign of peace. Once we all had to be frightened of the Russians, then we had to be frightened of the Chinese, and at the moment, for the last year, it's been this coming of the Muslims thing." Rea also said the lyrics are intended to have a double meaning to "apply to man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Greatest Hits Albums
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Looking For The Summer
"Looking for the Summer" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1991 as the third single from his eleventh studio album '' Auberge''. It was written by Rea and produced by Jon Kelly. "Looking for the Summer" reached No. 49 in the UK and remained in the charts for three weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. It also featured in a diner scene in the 1992 Hollywood blockbuster '' Basic Instinct''. Background In a 1991 interview with Dennis Elsas, Rea described the song's lyrical message: "The idea is fundamentally a guy is looking at his daughter, who is now just about in her teenage years and he sees her turn away. She's looking to her summer, she's spring looking for the summer, and he, then in autumn, looks back and remembers what it was like when he also looked for his summer. The third verse reminds his wife how they hurt each other's growing pains, while they both looked for their summers, and in many ways he still looks for his summer." Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia (Chris Rea Song)
"Julia" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in October 1993 as the lead single from his 13th studio album, '' Espresso Logic''. The song, written and produced by Rea, was dedicated to Rea's daughter Julia Christina, who was four years old at the time of its release. The song reached No. 18 in the UK and remained on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks. Critical reception On its release, '' Music & Media'' noted the song's "hard hammering drums" and felt the song was the "first sensation of the 'Espresso Logic''album's fine aroma". In a review of ''Espresso Logic'', Allen Howie of ''The Courier-Journal'' commented, "Rea's most potent songs are personal, rather than political. When he's content with his lot in life, as in the sunny 'Julia', there's no keeping the smile from your face." Rob Caldwell of AllMusic described the song as a "bright rhythm driven song". In a review of the 1994 compilation ''The Best of Chris Rea'', Katherine Monk of ''The Vancouver Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Great Banana Skin (song)
"God's Great Banana Skin" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in November 1992 as the second single from his 12th studio album ''God's Great Banana Skin'' (1992). The song was written and produced by Rea. "God's Great Banana Skin" reached 31 in the UK Singles Chart and remained on the chart for three weeks. Background Rea was inspired to write the song after he noticed his daughter was tempted to laugh at "somebody who'd been giving her a hard time". Rea told John Pidgeon in 1992: "I told her 'don't laugh when people go down even if they've been awful to you because you're tempting God to throw you a banana skin'. It's half moral and half superstition. Anybody who's done me a disservice in life, and I see them go down, you get tempted to laugh. I don't know whether it's superstition or not, or I daren't laugh just in case God throws me a banana skin as well." Critical reception Upon release, Robert Tilli of ''Music & Media'' wrote: "The tag line of the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Song (Chris Rea Song)
"Winter Song" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in October 1991 as an extended play and as a track on the European edition of his eleventh studio album '' Auberge''. "Winter Song" was written by Rea and produced by Jon Kelly. The EP, which was released to coincide with Rea's current tour of Britain, reached 27 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 30 in the Irish Singles Chart. Critical reception Upon its release, ''Music & Media'' wrote, "Rea has a good sense of the seasons. His last single was called 'Looking for the Summer', and now he reclaims his spot around the fireplace with this pleasant Dire Straits-like folk song." Gavin Martin of ''NME'' selected it as one of the "singles of the week" and commented, "The languorous pace and parched throaty rasp that worked wonders on the eerie evocation of 'Texas' basks in its full glory here. This is a gorgeous homily to fit the shortening days and the yearning heart. Rea takes his time and doesn't crowd out the mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Hell (song)
"The Road to Hell" is a two-part song written by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea and released on the album of the same name. It was released as a single, with only part 2 on the A-side of the 7-inch. The single is Rea's biggest success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was inspired by the frustrations of M25 and M4 motorway The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is a motorway in the United Kingdom running from west London to southwest Wales. The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructed between 1961 and 1971; the Welsh element was largely ... rush-hour traffic. Track listings 7-inch single Magnet YZ431 12-inch single Magnet YZ431T CD single Magnet YZ431CD (3-inch) and YZ431CDP (5-inch) CD single (US promo) Geffen PRO-CD-3874 Cassette single Magnet YZ431C Charts References 1989 songs 1989 singles Chris Rea songs M25 motorway Magnet Records singles Songs written by Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
"I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1983 as the second single from his fifth studio album ''Water Sign''. It was written by Rea, and produced by Rea and David Richards. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" reached No. 60 in the UK and No. 14 in Ireland. Later in 1988, Rea re-recorded "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" for his album ''New Light Through Old Windows'', with the new version being released as a single. Produced by Rea and Jon Kelly, it reached No. 74 in the UK and No. 26 in Ireland. Critical reception In a retrospective review of ''Water Sign'', Sharon Mawer of AllMusic commented on the song's "driving rock beat" and recommended the track by labelling it an AMG Pick Track. In a review of ''New Light Through Old Windows'', Mike DeGagne of AllMusic said: "Rea's soothing voice is indeed attractive, and the songs that are included on this set are wisely chosen examples of his smooth style. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" and "Stainsby Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Me There's A Heaven
"Tell Me There's a Heaven" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1990 as the third single from his tenth studio album ''The Road to Hell'' (1989). It was written by Rea and produced by Rea and Jon Kelly. "Tell Me There's a Heaven" reached No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for six weeks. In 1994, the single was re-issued from Rea's compilation album ''The Best of Chris Rea''. It re-charted at No. 70 in the UK in December 1994. Another re-issue in 2000 saw the song peak at No. 11 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart. Background Rea was inspired to write "Tell Me There's a Heaven" after his daughter Josie saw footage of a riot in South Africa on the news, which showed "this horrible thing of throwing lighted tyres over people" and "one guy burning to death". Rea recalled to Peter Doggett in 2019: "Joan's ea's wifedad was saying he didn't know what to say to Josie about what she'd seen, so he just said, 'That man has gone to heaven'. And tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stainsby Girls
"Stainsby Girls" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1985 as the lead single from his seventh studio album ''Shamrock Diaries''. It was written by Rea, and produced by Rea and Dave Richards. "Stainsby Girls" reached No. 26 in the UK and remained in the charts for twelve weeks. "Stainsby Girls" was written by Rea as a tribute for his wife Joan, a former student of the Stainsby Secondary Modern School. The single's B-side, "And When She Smiles", is listed on the back sleeve as having been "recorded on eight track on a yacht in Ibiza harbour". Rea later re-recorded "Stainsby Girls" for his 1988 album ''New Light Through Old Windows''. Critical reception In a retrospective review of ''Shamrock Diaries'', Sharon Mawer of AllMusic described the song as "easily the most like Bruce Springsteen that Rea had ever sounded". Colin Larkin, in his book ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', noted the song was a "slice of nostalgia for the northern England of Rea's ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album-oriented Rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the 1970s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. Album-oriented radio was originally established by U.S. radio stations dedicated to playing album tracks by rock artists from the hard rock to progressive rock genres. In the mid-1970s, AOR was characterized by a layered, mellifluous sound and sophisticated production with considerable dependence on melodic hooks. Using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal, the AOR format achieved tremendous popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From the early 1980s onward, the "album-oriented radio" term became normally used as the abbreviation of "album-oriented rock," meaning radio stations specialized in classic rock recorded during the late 1960s and 1970s. The term is also commonly conflated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
