Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈriːə/ REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with his 18th chart entry; The Road to Hell (Part 2)". As of 2009, he has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.
In America he is best known for the 1978 hit song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" that reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979. His other hit songs include, "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "On the Beach" (Adult Contemporary No. 9), "Let's Dance", "Josephine", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge", "Looking for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing To Fear", "Julia", "Working On It" (Mainstream Rock No. 1), and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John.
Chris Rea (rugby union)
Christopher William Wallace Rea (born 22 October 1943) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He was capped 13 times for Scotland, scoring three tries, including the winning try in the 1971 Calcutta Cup.
He toured New Zealand in 1971 with the British and Irish Lions, scoring three tries. At the time played club rugby for Headingley Football Club in Leeds having previously played for West of Scotland F.C..
He became a sports journalist, working for the BBC amongst others, and became Head of Marketing at the MCC and then IRB Communications Manager in 2000. He also hosted the BBC's canoeing contest 'Paddles Up' during the 1980s and early 1990s. He is a former student of the University of St Andrews.
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Chris Rea (album)
Chris Rea is the fourth (self-titled) studio album by the artist of the same name, released in 1982.
Track listing
All songs written by Chris Rea
Personnel
Podcasts:
Chris Rea
ALBUMS
- The Journey 1978 - 2009 released: 2011
- Santo Spirito Blues released: 2011
- The Road to Hell released: 2010
- Original Album Series released: 2009
- Still So Far to Go... The Best of Chris Rea released: 2009
- Fool (If You Think It's Over) released: 2008
- The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes released: 2008
- Greatest Hits released: 2007
- The Ultimate Collection: 1978–2000 released: 2007
- The Works: A 3 CD Retrospective released: 2007
- The Platinum Collection released: 2006
- The Road to Hell and Back released: 2006
- Hofner Blue Notes released: 2006
- Blue Guitars released: 2005
- Heartbeats: Chris Rea Greatest Hits released: 2005
- Greatest Hits released: 2005
- The Blue Jukebox released: 2004
- Blue Street (Five Guitars) released: 2003
- Dancing Down the Stony Road released: 2002
- Forever Gold released: 2001
- The Very Best of Chris Rea released: 2001
- King of the Beach released: 2000
- The Road to Hell, Part 2 released: 1999
- The Best of Chris Rea released: 1998
- The Blue Cafe released: 1998
- La Passione released: 1996
- Espresso Logic released: 1994
- The Best of Chris Rea released: 1994
- Down the Road...! Live at the Ahoy, Rotterdam 8.3.'93 released: 1993
- Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? released: 1993
- God's Great Banana Skin released: 1992
- Auberge released: 1991
- Deltics released: 1991
- Chris Rea released: 1991
- Tennis released: 1988
- The Best of Chris Rea: New Light Through Old Windows released: 1988
- Dancing With Strangers released: 1987
- Herzklopfen released: 1987
- On the Beach released: 1986
- 1986-07-10: Dancing Shoes: Casino, Montreux, Switzerland released: 1986
- Shamrock Diaries released: 1985
- Wired to the Moon released: 1984
- Water Sign released: 1983
- 1988-06-06: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany released:
- 1985-08-17: Rockpalast Open Air Festival, Loreley Rock, St. Goarshausen, Germany released:
- 2006-04-07: Farewell Tour: City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK released:
- 2006-03-22: Farewell Tour: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands released:
- Greatest Hits released:
- Greatest Hits II released:
- Platinum released:
- The Best Of released:
Still So Far to Go... The Best of Chris Rea
Released 2009- Fool (If You Think It's Over)
- On the Beach
- Let's Dance
- Diamonds
- Loving You
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
- I Don't Know What It Is but I Love It
- Stainsby Girls
- Josephine
- It's All Gone
- Loving You Again
- Joys of Christmas
- Driving Home for Christmas
- Working on It
- Tell Me There's a Heaven
- Heaven
- Looking for the Summer
- Come So Far, Yet Still So Far to Go
Greatest Hits
Released 2007- The Road to Hell, Part 2
- Auberge
- The Blue Cafe
- Josephine
- On the Beach
- Looking for the Summer
- Sweet Summer Day
- All Summer Long
- Where Do We Go From Here?
- Driving Home for Christmas
- Fool (If You Think It's Over)
- Still Beautiful
- Stick by You
- I Just Wanna Be With You
- King of the Beach
- Nothing to Fear
- Johnny Needs a Fast Car
The Works: A 3 CD Retrospective
Released 2007- Fool (If You Think It's Over)
- Josephine
- Stainsby Girls
- On the Beach
- Diamonds
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
- I Don't Know What It Is but I Love You
- No Qualifications
- Sweet Kiss
- Runaway
- Every Beat of My Heart
- Love's Strange Ways
- The Things Lovers Should Do
- Nothings Happening by the Sea
- Ace of Hearts
- Touche D'Amour
- Stone
- Love Turns to Lies
- One Golden Rule
The Very Best of Chris Rea
Released 2001- The Road to Hell, Part 2
- Fool (If You Think It's Over)
- Let's Dance
- You Can Go Your Own Way
- Julia
- Stainsby Girls
- Tell Me There's a Heaven
- Josephine
- Steel River
- On the Beach
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
- All Summer Long
- The Blue Cafe
- Auberge
- Driving Home for Christmas
- Nothing to Fear
- Saudade, Parts 1 & 2 (Tribute to Ayrton Senna)
Greatest Hits II
- The Road to Hell
- Sweet Summer Day
- I'm Still Holding You
- As Long as I Have Your Love
- Nothing to Fear
- Winter Song
- I Just Wanna Be With You
- Windy Town
- You Must Follow
- Let's Dance
- On the Beach
- That's What They Always Say
- Thinking of You
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
- You Must Be Evil
- Hello Friend
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by Chris Rea
Auberge
by: Chris ReaOn the hard fast train
On the road to gain
Something gets right through to your telling bone
There's a sudden itch
An electric twitch
Sometimes I swear this body's got a mind of its own
This is the naked truth
This is the light
There's only one place left to go
Auberge
You meet a silent type
On a windy trail
With a shiny cloak and an unseen silver dagger
You can talk till you ache
Give yourself one more break
You can tell by the look on his face that it just doesn't matter
This is the naked truth
This is the light
There's only one place left to go
Auberge
Give me a weekend
Give me a way
Don't like what I'm seeing though I hear what you say
Think with a dagger
And you'll die on your knees
Begging for mercy
Singing please mister please
This is the naked truth
This is the light
There's only one place left to go