''Chris Rea'' is the fourth studio album by the British singer-songwriter of the same name, released in 1981. It charted on the

UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...

, peaking at number fifty-two. The single " Loving You" peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart, and charted on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 88, remaining on that chart for three weeks. Rea would later re-use a verse from "When You Know Your Love Has Died" for his single "Que Sera" taken from his 1987 album '' Dancing with Strangers''.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Rea # " Loving You" – 3:47 # "If You Choose to Go" – 4:11 # "Guitar Street" – 3:58 # "Do You Still Dream?" – 4:00 # " Every Beat of My Heart" – 3:18 # "Goodbye Little Columbus" – 4:15 # "One Sweet Tender Touch" – 3:50 # "Do It for Your Love" – 3:45 # "Just Want to Be with You" – 4:00 # "Runaway" – 3:32 # "When You Know Your Love Has Died" – 4:10

Singles

* "Loving You" b/w "Let Me Be the One" * "Every Beat of My Heart" b/w "One Sweet Tender Touch"

Personnel

Musicians

* Chris Rea – vocals, acoustic piano (1),

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(1, 8),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

(1–4, 10, 11), guitars (2–11),

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(3, 11), keyboards (6),

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(6),

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(9),

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(9) *

Max Middleton David Maxwell Middleton (born 4 August 1946) is an English composer and keyboardist. Trained as a classical pianist, Middleton also had a strong affinity for jazz. He is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Minimoog sy ...

– keyboards (4), acoustic piano (8) *

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

– keyboards (6), organ (11) * Mike Moran – acoustic piano (7) * David Skinner – acoustic piano (10, 11), backing vocals (10) *

Jim Mullen Jim Mullen (born 26 November 1945) is a Scottish, Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum. Biography Jim Mullen was guitarist with Pete Brown & Piblo ...

– guitars (1) * Alan Murphy – lead guitar (4), rhythm guitars (9, 10) * Martin Kershaw – guitars (5) * Simon Nicol – rhythm guitars (9), acoustic guitars (10) * Bruce Lynch – bass guitar (1) *

David Paton David Paton (; born 29 October 1949) is a Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer. He first achieved success in the mid-1970s as lead vocalist and bassist of Pilot, who scored hits with " Magic", "January", "Just a Smile" and "Call Me Round" b ...

– bass guitar (2–4, 6, 8–11), backing vocals (10) * Steve Lawrence – string bass (5) *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer, best known for his work with British folk rock band Fairport Convention. Fairport Convention He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road ac ...

– drums (1–4, 7, 8) * Stuart Elliott – drums (3, 9–11) *

Ray Cooper Raymond Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician who has worked as a session and road-tour percussionist. During his career, Cooper has worked and toured with numerous musically diverse bands and artists including Elton John (as ...

– percussion (2), tambourine (9) *

Skaila Kanga Skaila Kanga (born in India) is a harpist and Professor Emerita of Harp at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After winning a Junior Exhibition to the Royal Academy of Music for piano, she switched to harp studies at age 17. She studied wi ...

–

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(5) * David Snell – harp (5) * Ron Asprey – saxophone (6, 9) * The Montmazoomi Sisters – saxophones (9) *

Andrew Powell Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is a British musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He moved to Wales in 2003. Early life Powell was born in Surrey, England. He began piano lessons at the age of four and later atte ...

– string arrangements and conductor (5, 9), bass guitar (7) *

Carol Kenyon Carol Kenyon (sometimes spelt Karol; born 1959) is a British singer. She is best known for her vocals on the Heaven 17 hit song "Temptation", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1983. When the song was re-released as a remix by ...

– backing vocals (1, 8, 11) *

Katie Kissoon Mac and Katie Kissoon are a pop soul duo, consisting of brother and sister Mac Kissoon (born Gerald Farthing, November 11, 1943, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) and Katie Kissoon (born Katherine Farthing, March 11, 1951, Port of Spain). Ea ...

– backing vocals (1, 8, 11) * Linda Taylor – backing vocals (1, 8, 11) *

Burleigh Drummond Burleigh Drummond (born September 25, 1951) is an American drummer, percussionist, producer, songwriter, and singer. He is a founding member and the only drummer/percussionist for the five-time Grammy Award nominated band Ambrosia. He performs o ...

– backing vocals (7) *

David Pack David Robert Pack (born July 15, 1952) is an American singer and musician best known as co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Ambrosia (band), Ambrosia in the 1970s and 80s. Pack wrote and sang most of Ambrosia’s biggest h ...

– backing vocals (7) *

Joe Puerta Joe Puerta (born July 2, 1951) is the bassist/vocalist and founder of the American rock group Ambrosia. He co-wrote one of the band's early hits, "Holdin' On To Yesterday" (1975). Puerta was a touring member (bass/vocals) of the bands for Chi C ...

– backing vocals (7)

Production

* Chris Rea – producer * Jon Kelly – producer, engineer * Renate Blauel – assistant engineer * Tony Richards – assistant engineer * Brian Palmer – artwork * Masaru Kawahara – cover design * Andrew Douglas – photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control Chris Rea albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Jon Kelly Magnet Records albums