Chris Rea es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1981 por Magnet. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Loving You», «If You Choose to Go», «Guitar Street» y «Do You Still Dream?».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Chris Rea presenta con este álbum homónimo de 1981 a un artista que sigue luchando por encontrar un equilibrio entre su integridad artística y las demandas de la industria musical. Este cuarto trabajo de estudio es una colección de canciones que se mueven entre el pop-rock de radiofórmula y un sonido con más influencias del blues y el rock de raíces. Esta dualidad define gran parte de su producción de principios de los 80.
El álbum contiene temas de una gran calidad melódica y con un potencial comercial evidente. La canción "Loving You", por ejemplo, es una balada de soft rock que tuvo un éxito considerable en Estados Unidos. En otras partes del disco, Chris Rea deja entrever el sonido que realmente quería hacer.
Así, podemos escuchar su característica guitarra slide en pasajes que evocan el blues del Delta, aunque a menudo dentro de una producción muy pulida. El álbum es un trabajo competente y profesional, pero que todavía no refleja al cien por cien la verdadera personalidad musical del artista.
Este disco fue el último de una etapa marcada por la frustración y la presión. 'Chris Rea' es el sonido de un músico a punto de romper las cadenas y de tomar las riendas de su propio destino, un preludio del renacimiento creativo que estaba a punto de llegar.
Listado de Canciones
- Loving You3:47
Letra
The night was black with thunder The streets were wet with rain Another day goes under A little bourbon will take the strain And I'm waiting for my take-home French fries She smiled and said 'take me away' We always laughed but I think she means it But I'm dreaming my life away Loving you Loving you the way that I do The weekend cars are leaving In a spray of wind and sound The bar-talk, make believing And the drinks go easy down It's back to the all-night take-away She says 'Here comes the man of my dreams' We always laugh but I think she means it And I'm spending my time Just loving you Loving you the way that I do - If You Choose to Go4:11
Letra
There's a street outside my window There's a light outside my door There's a road straight through this old town There's a boat on every shore There's a promise down that freeway But there is no guarantee There are dreams on every ocean There are storms on every sea If you choose to go Now I've been out upon that ocean Sometimes further that before Sometimes not even past my waistline And I screamed at what I saw Many times along that freeway Returning sometimes beat There are dreams on every ocean There are storms on every sea If you choose to go Plenty of places, plenty of things to see Plenty of faces, plenty of ways to be If you choose to go - Guitar Street3:58
Letra
There's a crazy sense of duty As he licks between his fingers Wipes the ketchup from his face and hands There's a strong determination That his teachers never witnessed Never close enough to understand He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street To some guitars are hot-rods All along the quest for macho To others a would-be ticket out of town For Joe a six-string sten gun In the 'Panto-revolution' And Stevie's all just strictly sound He's like a bull just bred for fighting He don't deliver nothing Outside the only thing that he knows School report just says he's lazy His brother says he's crazy But anyway take a look 'cos there he goes Through the avenues of fashion To the palaces of dreams All the way down Guitar Street - Do You Still Dream?4:00
Letra
Do you still dream of summer nights The endless roads between the distant lights Do you still find yourself On strange and long highways Drifting into unknown phase Do you still dream of summer days The sunlight dancing on white rolling waves The everlasting taste of innocent desire The atom splitting of its fire Do you still dream? Do you see that tunnel showing any sign of light Does fear still wake you in the night Do you still dream? - Every Beat of My Heart3:18
Letra
The daylight breaks, a picture show of endless takes And the music's coming through on the radio And I take my place, reluctantly I join the race It's not my fight, just trying to stay on my feet But oh there's one thing that gets to me It's that little girl she puts me down so easily In total absurd I'm saying these words With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart With every beat of my heart, I will love you With every song, with every breath that you take I'll give you the moon and the sun, you're the only one Pleading love with every beat of my heart Pleading love with every beat of my heart - Goodbye Little Columbus4:15
Letra
The plane is waiting, you must to go 'Goodbye I'm gonna miss you' And all the things you say at a leaving Ah just turn your head and walk away Goodbye little Columbus Goodbye, I'll see you one day Goodbye little Columbus Travelling, just travelling That certain moment, the final call And that desperate search for 'C'est la vie' Oh what you'd give to hear of a slight delay Ah just turn your head and walk away Walk away, just walk away Goodbye little Columbus Goodbye, I'll see you one day Goodbye little Columbus Travelling, just travelling You've made up your mind And you've got to go - One Sweet Tender Touch3:50
Letra
Heartbeat, way down on Cove Street Playing to lady luck, awaiting that tender touch Fantasy is the trick of the dance you see Hiding that need for love and wanting you close to me Oh that one sweet and tender touch That's what I'm missing and need so much One sweet and tender touch Bright light Pretty colours that shine on all through the night I don't need them, not half as much As I'm wanting your tender touch And loneliness makes the strongest heart a wilderness That's wilder than you see, is wanting you close to me For that one sweet and tender touch That's what I'm missing and need so much One sweet and tender touch - Do It for Your Love3:45
Letra
Each single day I get up and make my way And it all comes into view It's like a part in a play You can turn it around in so many different ways But it's still the part you play And so to you I dedicate This role they have handed me And I will do it for your love Down in the street you can win or lose To that crazy beat But you'll never change the tune 'Cos the tune is the song And song is the game of life, we just come and go But we can laugh and we can bend Together though, me and you So I will do it for your love Look around, see that you see There's no sense in being so blue Now I've got to have a reason for seeing this out Other than seeing it through So I will do it for your love - Just Want to Be with You4:00
Letra
Deep inside the burning histories All along this lonesome road The wheels that turn upon what used to be In passioned memories, overload The truckhouse standing on the freeway A neon ambush in the sun The ides of dogma way down in the subway It's so hard to tell who's on the run The hell-hound blizzards of uncertainties Are the only things that are coming through And I just want to be with you There's not a lot I can do Just keep coming through Be with you The smile that burned down those old rusting gates Those eyes that danced into my soul And all along this life-long motorway Bad news upon the radio The nervous fingers on the safety-catch Decide the fates to of you and me Stuck in the middle of this whole shooting match Man this sure ain't no place to be The good guys sent to save The good and free All scratch their heads and looked confused And I just want to be with you - Runaway3:32
Letra
Sitting at the crossways Trying to keep my cool with the traffic lights I've been up and down this line so any times Girl, it's never right Me and this machine keep the crazy urban dream Locked in overflow Sometimes I swear I could spin these old wheels Just let it go Runaway Is it something that you hear Coming through the waves on the radio Or something that you see gently taps your memory And shoots you down Those hometown thoughts, school yard dreams and yesterdays Moving in I just put my head down and drift away And we're moving up and down, in and out of town We're all searching for that piece of higher ground somewhere... Runaway - When You Know Your Love Has Died4:10
Letra
Me, I'm just running wild Can't give you the advice you need this time You say of her, you can't decide And yet you sit and watch her cry Friend you're like the wind that blows Like the sea you come and go I'm not trying to tell you How I think that it should be 'Cos I know deep down inside That you're yearning to be free And you're only gonna think of No 1. So what am I to say No matter what you do you're gonna hurt her anyway When you know that your love has died And you know how you feel inside You've got to face up and show What you're feeling when you know Your parting words will be so untrue Just as long as it don't come down on you And you're scared to lay it on the line Just in case you change your mind I'm not trying to tell you How I think that it should be 'Cos I know deep down inside That you're yearning to be free And you're only gonna think of No 1. So what am I to say No matter what you do you're gonna hurt her anyway When you know that your love has died And you know how you feel inside You've got to face up and show What you're feeling when you know