''King of the Beach'' is the sixteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter

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, released in 2000. The singles released for the album were "All Summer Long" and "Who Do You Love". The album reached number 26 in the UK. There was also a Japanese version with "Mississippi" and "There’s Only You" included as tracks. The album, being a loose sequel to earlier '' On the Beach'', was inspired by Rea's trip to

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. A remix of "All Summer Long" was a dance hit in Ibiza and other Mediterranean places.

Track listing

All songs by

. # "King of the Beach" – 5:00 # "All Summer Long" – 5:14 # "Sail Away" – 4:48 # "Still Beautiful" – 4:10 # "The Bones of Angels" – 4:15 # "Guitar Street" – 4:42 # "Who Do You Love" – 4:52 # "The Memory of a Good Friend" – 3:55 # "Sandwriting" – 5:08 # "Tamatave" – 5:17 # "God Gave Me an Angel" – 2:59 # "Waiting for a Blue Sky" – 5:02 European bonus track #

"Mississippi" – 4:29 Japanese bonus tracks #

"Mississippi" – 4:29 # "There's Only You" – 3:40

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming *

Max Middleton David Maxwell Middleton (born 4 August 1946) is an English composer and keyboardist who was originally a docker on the London docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussiv ...

– acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12),

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(3, 4, 7, 9, 12) *

Pete Wingfield William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist. Career Whilst at Sussex University Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he ...

–

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

(2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12) * Robert Ahwai – guitars * Sylvan Marc – bass *

Martin Ditcham Martin Ditcham is an English drummer, percussionist and songwriter. Ditcham is a prolific session musician, working with artists such as Henry Cow, Status Quo, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey, Sade, Mary Black, Nik Kershaw, Chris ...

– drums (1-9, 12), percussion (1, 4, 6) * Julie Isaac – backing vocals (2, 5) * Debbie Longworth – backing vocals (2, 5)

Production

* Chris Rea – producer * Neil Amor – engineer * Arun Chakraverty – mastering * Tommy Willis – coordination * Peacock – design, illustrations * John Miller – cover painting

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Chris Rea albums East West Records albums