Chris Rea

Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 27, 2024
Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 415 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 161 Mb
Full Scans ~ 110 Mb | 01:06:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock, Blues, Jazz | Victor #VICP-62638

2004 album from the acclaimed British singer/guitarist, the follow up to his hugely successful Dancing Down the Stoney Road (2002), Although Rea scored a top 20 hit in the U.S. with 'Fool (If You Think It's Over)' in 1978 and has recorded many critically successful albums, much of his best material remains deleted or unreleased in the U.S. Like many artists of his caliber, he's held in great esteem and remains a top selling artist all over Europe. Because of his huge fan base, he has continued to concentrate on that region instead of trying to break the American market. Fortunately, there are still plenty of American fans who are devoted to the man and his music. Blue Jukebox, released on Rea's own label, features 13 tracks and includes a full color 20 page booklet of song lyrics and artwork.

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 20, 2024
Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 231 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 98 Mb | Scans ~ 30 Mb
Genre: Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Magnet | # 242 371-2 | Time: 00:42:45

Though Chris Rea has been around for nearly 25 years now, it's good to go back to his beginnings as a songwriter and guitarist who carved out a niche for himself with a late-night brand of very British formalist rock & roll that owes as much to J.J. Cale as it does to Dire Straits. But it's the late-night sound that is his trademark and it was in evidence on this, his very first outing. He has help from drummer Dave Mattacks, keyboardist Pete Wingfield, percussionist Ray Cooper, bassist Dave Paton, and a host of other dignitaries.

Chris Rea - Water Sign (1983) [Non-Remastered]  Music

Posted by Designol at March 17, 2024
Chris Rea - Water Sign (1983) [Non-Remastered]

Chris Rea - Water Sign (1983)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 238 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 93 Mb | Scans ~ 27 Mb
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Magnet | # 242 372-2 | Time: 00:40:30

Chris Rea remained one of the best-kept secrets in the music industry, releasing five albums between 1979 and 1983, none of them reaching even the Top 50 in the charts. All were very well received by both the critics and the public who knew the secret. His secret was a brand of late-night rock that had an element of class, not dissimilar at this stage of his career to the early-'80s Dire Straits albums, but totally out of step, and proudly so, with the music of the time – new romantic, power and synth pop. He opened the album Water Sign with the song "Nothing's Happening by the Sea," which was so far laid back it was almost horizontal, with a harmonica instrumental break, and the album closed with a nod to synth pop on the track "Out of the Darkness." "Love's Strange Ways" was a similarly slow-moving Dire Straits-style number with an acoustic guitar picking out some notes throughout the song. "Let It Loose" had a driving rock beat, as did "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat," the only single taken from Water Sign.

Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) Reissue 1991  Music

Posted by Designol at March 22, 2024
Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) Reissue 1991

Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) Reissue 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 257 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 96 Mb | Scans ~ 73 Mb
Soft Rock, Blues Rock | Label: EastWest | # 2292-42373-2 | Time: 00:42:05

With the success of the band Incantation and ethnic South American music in 1982-1983, Chris Rea introduced his sixth album, Wired to the Moon, with the track "Bombollini," which was over six minutes of jungle-sounding drums and the haunting sound of pan pipes. The ethnic flavor continued on the second track, "Touché d'Amour," which was reggae in the unashamed style of lovers rock. However, Rea wasn't going to disappoint his fans altogether, small in number though they were in the U.K., having built a career over several albums of soft rock tracks and midtempo ballads with Dire Straits-style guitar breaks, and the rest of the tracks on Wired to the Moon fell easily into this category, especially "Shine, Shine, Shine" and "Holding Out," which were lovely emotive ballads. Meanwhile, "Ace of Hearts," the title track, and the final song, "Winning," were soft rock numbers – almost MOR – crying out for daytime radio play or a top-selling commercial artist to cover them (but neither of these came about). Yet again, the record company released just one single from a Rea album.

Chris Rea - The Works (2007)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 20, 2023
Chris Rea - The Works (2007)

Chris Rea - The Works (2007)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 3:54:03 | 533 Mb / 1,43 Gb
Genre: Blues Rock / Label: Rhino

British singer and guitarist Chris Rea enjoyed a run of popularity in Europe during the late '80s and early '90s after almost a decade of recording. Rea started out performing with a local group called Magdalene, taking David Coverdale's place; the band won a national talent contest in 1975 as the Beautiful Losers, but still failed to get a record contract. Rea left the band and recorded the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? (an allusion to a discarded stage name), which went gold on the strength of the U.S. Top 20 hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)."

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981) {1987, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at May 7, 2023
Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981) {1987, Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - Chris Rea (1981) {1987, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 268 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 107 Mb
Scans Included | 00:43:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soft Rock, Pop Rock | Magnet / Victor Musical Industries #VDP-1234

Though Chris Rea has been around for nearly 25 years now, it's good to go back to his beginnings as a songwriter and guitarist who carved out a niche for himself with a late-night brand of very British formalist rock & roll that owes as much to J.J. Cale as it does to Dire Straits. But it's the late-night sound that is his trademark and it was in evidence on this, his very first outing. He has help from drummer Dave Mattacks, keyboardist Pete Wingfield, percussionist Ray Cooper, bassist Dave Paton, and a host of other dignitaries. What separates Rea, and did from the very beginning, is his belief in having his songs finished by the time they were pressed and out the door.

Chris Rea - Blue Guitars (2005) 11CD + DVD9 Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at May 14, 2023
Chris Rea - Blue Guitars (2005) 11CD + DVD9 Box Set

Chris Rea - Blue Guitars (2005) 11CD + DVD9
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 3.63 Gb | Time: 10:11:29
DVD9 | PAL | 16:9 (720x576) VBR | AC3 5.1 @ 448 kbps/2.0 @ 192 kbps/DTS 5.1 | 01:11:27 | 6.1 Gb
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock | Label: EarBooks/Jazzee Blue/Edel | Scans ~ 256 Mb

130-track CD/DVD set comprising of 11 CD albums each with it's own distinct musical style which showcases his passion for the guitar, plus a DVD for the 'Stony Road' album. Having created the cover of Stony Road and interpreted the cover of The Blue Juke Box the close relationship between Chris Rea's music and his painting was defined. This relationship was clearly leading in one direction, a ground-breaking idea to link the two driving forces in his life. The idea of Blue Guitars was born. Eleven albums from Chris Rea in one book pack, 130 brand new Chris Rea songs inspired by the blues ranging globally across all his own interpretations of this musical form, songs that Chris believes are some of his best to date.

Chris Rea - Tennis (1980) {1986, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 25, 2023
Chris Rea - Tennis (1980) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - Tennis (1980) {1986, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 304 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 124 Mb
Covers Included | 00:49:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Magnet / Victor Musical Industries #VDP-1145

Success continued to elude Chris Rea on his third album, Tennis, on which he began to experiment with slightly longer songs and more free-form jamming, the songs "Every Time I See You Smile," "Stick It," and the title track all being over five minutes long. For Tennis, he enlisted the assistance of Raphael Ravenscroft on saxophone fresh from his crowning moment on the Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street" single and Pete Wingfield on keyboards, among many other musicians to contribute to this album, but Chris Rea himself stamped his personal mark on the album, writing all the songs, providing vocals, guitar, and keyboards, and he even dispensed with the need for an outside producer.

Chris Rea - Deltics (1979) {1987, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at May 10, 2023
Chris Rea - Deltics (1979) {1987, Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - Deltics (1979) {1987, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 293 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 114 Mb
Scans Included | 00:45:51 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Magnet / Victor Musical Industries #VDP-1233

Indeed, whatever happened to Benny Santini? The name that Magnet Records were considering using for their new solo signing but instead he went with his real name of Chris Rea, and Deltics was his second album after Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? and his first to reach the charts, althoug it didn't make much of an impact, only peaking at number 54 in the spring of 1979 – not the best time for an introspective singer/songwriter to crash the charts. Named after the British Rail class 55 of diesel locomotive trains that were built in the early '60s and were just about to be withdrawn from service, Rea showed his interest in various forms of transport that would continue throughout his recording career.

Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) {1986, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at May 13, 2023
Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - Wired To The Moon (1984) {1986, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 261 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 103 Mb
Scans Included | 00:42:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soft Rock | Magnet / Victor Musical Industries #VDP-1146

With the success of the band Incantation and ethnic South American music in 1982-1983, Chris Rea introduced his sixth album, Wired to the Moon, with the track "Bombollini," which was over six minutes of jungle-sounding drums and the haunting sound of pan pipes. The ethnic flavor continued on the second track, "Touché d'Amour," which was reggae in the unashamed style of lovers rock. However, Rea wasn't going to disappoint his fans altogether, small in number though they were in the U.K., having built a career over several albums of soft rock tracks and midtempo ballads with Dire Straits-style guitar breaks, and the rest of the tracks on Wired to the Moon fell easily into this category, especially "Shine, Shine, Shine" and "Holding Out," which were lovely emotive ballads.