Chris Rea "Auberge (2CD Expanded Edition)"

Auberge (a French word meaning "inn") is the eleventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1991. The album, as well as the title song, is notable for its association with the Caterham Super Seven that Rea owned, which he called the "Blue Seven". The car appears on the album cover, illustrated in oil by renowned motoring artist Alan Fearnley. The album makes several references to the car over several tracks, as well on the video of the title song, and its cover illustration was used for its adverts. In 2005, Rea sold the car in an auction.

Released in February 1991, Auberge topped the UK chart going on to achieve double Platinum sales status.  The title track also gave Rea one of his biggest chart hits, reaching number 16 in the UK. Other songs released as singles were ‘Heaven’, ‘Looking for the Summer’ and ‘Winter Song’.

This 2CD deluxe edition has been newly remastered for the very first time and includes a bonus disc of alternate versions, singles, B-sides and live shows.

TRACK LISTING

CD1

1. Auberge
2. Gone Fishing
3. You’re Not A Number
4. Heaven
5. Set Me Free
6. Red Shoes
7. Sing A Song Of Love to Me
8. Every Second Counts
9. Looking For The Summer
10. And You My Love
11. The Mention Of Your Name

CD2

1. Winter Song
2. Footprints In The Snow
3. Looking For Summer (12" Remix)
4. Teach Me To Dance
5. True To You 
6. Josephine
7. Six Up (B Side)
8. Working On It (Live at NEC Birmingham 1991)
9. The Road To Hell (Live at NEC Birmingham 1991)
10. Theme From The Pantile Journal
11. Footprints In The Snow (Live at Paris, 1991)
12. On The Beach (Live in Paris 1991)
13. Just Passing Through (Live in Paris 1991)
14. Hudson's Dream
15. Auberge (Single Version)

Chris Rea "Dancing With Strangers"

Dancing with Strangers is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1987. It became Rea's first major success in the UK, peaking at #2, behind Michael Jackson's Bad, and spent 46 weeks in the charts, achieving Platinum accreditation. It reached the Top 10 in six other European countries, while in New Zealand it became a number one album.

"Let's Dance" was released as the first single and, like the album, became a major hit for Rea in UK, peaking at #12. In tone with the success of the album, "Let's Dance" became a major hit in New Zealand as well, peaking at #2. The other singles released from this album were "Loving You Again" (UK #47), "Joys of Christmas" (UK #67) and "Que Sera" (UK #73), which shares a verse taken from an earlier song from Chris Rea called "When You Know Your Love Has Died."

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

1. "Joys of Christmas" - 5:15
2. "I Can't Dance to That" - 4:19
3. "Windy Town" - 4:25
4. "Gonna Buy a Hat" - 4:25
5. "Curse of the Traveller" - 6:26
6. "Let's Dance" - 4:07
7. "Que Sera" - 5:23
8. "Josie's Tune" - 2:19
9. "Loving You Again" - 5:40
10. "That Girl of Mine" - 3:41
11. "September Blue" - 3:09
12. "I Don't Care Any More" - 2:10
13. "Donahue's Broken Wheel" - 3:02
14. "Danielle's Breakfast" - 4:33

Tracks 12, 13 and 14 are bonus tracks not available on the initial LP release.

Chris Rea – producer, mixing

Stewart Eales – engineer

Jean Jacques Lemoine – engineer

Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer

Jon Kelly – mixing

Willie Grimston – coordination

Mark Entwistle – cover illustration

Shoot That Tiger! – sleeve design

Jim Beach – management

Paul Lilly – management

Recorded at Mountain Studios (Montreux, Switzerland); Studio Miraval (Le Val, France); Hartmann Digital (Bavaria, Germany).

Mixed at Studio Miraval

Chris Rea "On The Beach (2x 7-inch single (UK limited edition release) & Video)"

"On the Beach" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea that was released in 1986 as the second single from his eighth studio album, On the Beach. It was written by Rea and produced by Rea and David Richards. "On the Beach" reached No. 57 in the United Kingdom in 1986 and also charted in France and the Netherlands.

In 1988, Rea re-recorded "On the Beach" for his album New Light Through Old Windows and released it as a single. Produced by Rea and Jon Kelly, it reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 18 in Ireland. In 1989, it reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

"On the Beach" was inspired by the Spanish island Formentera off the coast of Ibiza. Speaking to Songfacts, Rea said, "That's where me and my wife became me and my wife. That's what it's about. Yeah, I was 'between the eyes of love.' It's a lovely island if ever you're in Europe."

In a retrospective review of the On the Beach album, Rob Caldwell of AllMusic described the song as the "standout track", adding that the original version was "the most evocative, a little slower and more meditative than [the] others." He recommended the song further by selecting it as an AMG Pick Track. Mike DeGagne, in an AllMusic review of New Light Through Old Windows commented that the song, along with "Let's Dance", "represent a lean toward a more commercial sound."

2x 7-inch single (UK limited edition release)

1. "On the Beach (Special Remix)" – 4:20
2. "If Anybody Asks You" – 5:00
3. "Chris Rea Live" – 3:37 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon - London 2 May 1986
4. "Chris Rea Live" – 4:31 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon - London 2 May 1986

Chris Rea "On The Beach (Japanese Edition Remastered)"

On the Beach is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1986, and built on the success of the preceding Shamrock Diaries. It reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart (and also in Sweden), topped the Dutch charts (where it charted for more than nine months), reached number two in West Germany and No. 4 in New Zealand (where is also spent more than nine months in the charts). It reached the Top 10 in Norway and Czechoslovakia. In 2019, a deluxe remastered version of the album was released.

In an interview for the deluxe edition of the album, Rea said of the song Giverny, written after a visit to Monet's celebrated home, "I didn't want to be there. I was only there because she (his wife, Joan) was there... so there's kinda, a funny twist to it".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Rea.

1. "On the Beach" 5:04
2. "Little Blonde Plaits" 4:17
3. "Giverny" 5:39
4. "Lucky Day" 3:57
5. "Just Passing Through" 5:20
6. "It's All Gone" 7:28
7. "Hello Friend" 4:19
8. "Two Roads" 3:44
9. "Light of Hope" 4:34
10. "Auf Immer und Ewig" 4:11
11. "Freeway" 4:12
12. "Bless Them All" 2:30
13. "Crack That Mould" 4:34

Chris Rea – producer

David Richards – producer, mixing

Stewart Eales – recording engineer

Stylorouge – sleeve design

Ekkeheart Gurlitt – photography

Francoise La Port – photography

Jim Beach – management

Paul Lilly – management

Tracks "Freeway", "Bless Them All" & "Crack That Mould" were not on the original 1986 LP but included on the CD release

Recorded at Anderburr Recording Studios (Bray, England).

Mixed at Mountain Studios (Montreux, Switzerland).