Espresso Logic es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1993 por EastWest. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Espresso Logic», «Julia», «Soup of the Day» y «If You Were Me».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Chris Rea presenta con este álbum de 1993 una obra que recupera un sonido de pop-rock más optimista y enérgico. 'Espresso Logic' funciona como un contrapunto al tono más oscuro de su predecesor. De hecho, el disco es una colección de canciones variada y llena de vitalidad, que combina el rock, el pop y el blues con la elegancia habitual del artista.
El álbum fue bien recibido y tuvo un buen rendimiento comercial. La canción que da título al disco, "Espresso Logic", es un tema de rock con un ritmo contagioso y una letra ingeniosa. El álbum incluye el sencillo "Julia", una canción dedicada a su segunda hija, que se convirtió en una de las favoritas de sus seguidores.
Por otro lado, Chris Rea sigue demostrando su maestría como guitarrista de slide, pero en un contexto a menudo más luminoso y accesible. El disco es una escucha muy agradable y demuestra la increíble versatilidad de un artista capaz de moverse con soltura entre la melancolía y la celebración.
'Espresso Logic' es un trabajo sólido y lleno de grandes momentos, un testimonio de la continua inspiración de Chris Rea durante la década de los 90.
Listado de Canciones
- Espresso Logic6:53
Letra
If you don't listen what the people say The people gonna have to take their own way You got to give the people what they need And only then will they begin to see There's a world that we don't know There's a world we never see Espresso I don't need this trouble, I don't need the grief I don't need to feel this pressure down on me Every day there's something we don't really need Stop, think, walk away and let it be Stop, think, walk away and let it be Espresso There's a world that we don't know There's a world we never see Espresso - Julia3:54
Letra
Eyes so bright, so big and wide Make you feel so strange Somewhere deep inside It's the face of an angel Soul of the devil may care How I'd love to know What goes on in there She needs your love She needs it every day But speak of love See her laugh and run away Julia, which way will you go Julia, I wanna know Julia, only the moon and stars Julia, know just where you are Julia See the dance that needs no alibi Oh you don't need to dream When you know you can fly She needs your love She needs it every day But speak of love See her laugh and run away Julia, which way will you go Julia, I wanna know Julia, only the moon and stars Julia, know just where you are Julia - Soup of the Day3:46
Letra
Well she thinks she's looking so cool She thinks she's great but she's just a fool What awful lack of class makes this kind behave this way I look and only think of one thing to say Soup, she's just soup Soup of the day She's thin around the waistline Thin around the brain You see this type so many times Time and time again How could they really think They'd be treated in any other way Everybody's looking and everybody say Soup, she's just soup Soup of the day Well you'd think they'd know better That behaving in this way They think they're being clever But I really have to say You'd better think it over You'll regret it one fine day When the circus party's over And you were just soup of the day She's just soup Soup of the day - If You Were Me4:20
Letra
Chris Rea - If you were me If you were me And i was you If you had to play my part out What would you do Two crazy stories, Two different views If you were me And i was you If you were me And i was you What kind of crazy things Would i have to do Who likes to party Who stays at home If you were me And i was you Never like strangers Though never the same Two circus side-shows And laughter in the rain You stay with the full moon You search for the stars Thank god it's heaven Here we both are If you were me And i was you If you had to play my part out What would you do Two crazy stories, Two different views If you were me, if you were me If you were me and i was you CDS - Johnny Needs a Fast Car6:34
Letra
Johnny needs a fast car Johnny needs it bad Johnny always do the best whatever Johnny has Johnny needs a fast one Johnny needs it now You got to give him something to let him show you how Johnny needs a fast car Johnny needs a fast car Johnny needs a break Johnny don't need good luck 'Cos Johnny never fakes He'll always make it look good You'll always see him smile Give Johnny a few inches and he'll give you back a mile Johnny needs a fast car Johnny needs a fast car Tears upon the broken bones of luck that never went his way Bless this one you'll know him by his smile - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea4:49
Letra
Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I turn it's got a hold on me Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everywhere I run it won't let me be Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Between the devil and the deep blue sea Can somebody somebody somebody help me please Between the thunder and the driving rain Could I ever be, be the same again Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Holding on Waiting for some good luck to come Come my way, set me free It's that old boy himself and he always knew Sooner or later If you don't say what's true you'll end in chains And you'll always be Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea - God's Great Banana Skin5:18
- Miles Is a Cigarette4:21
Letra
The weak and hazy shades of winter sun Come shining through Lifting fog from the trees and a gentle warm breeze Send it up in to the blue Blue sky and you come creeping through my soul Goodbye our love's smoking too And the sound of those Italian engines Is much more the sound of you Miles was a cigarette smoky and long Gonna miss what I never had Now that cigarette is gone - Summer Love4:04
Letra
Once there was a summer love Long ago and far away The autumn whispers to the falling leaves Summer love can't stay This was their place, this was where Just for one moment, without cares Two lovers dreaming of how the world should be Please bring back my summer love to me Did you have to go, did I have to stay Did you have to go, away Now it's all gone, but who can forget Summer love, sweet summer love I see your shadow everywhere I feel your smile though you're not there A kiss for every star in the sky way above You'll always be my one and only summer love - Red5:26
Letra
Put your hand in the paintbox and choose Which one says the most about you I would have to pick the deepest shade The saddest shade of blue But red is colour I'd choose Red is colour I'd choose I set my soul long ago and far away Oh it's written down so deep it can never fade away Though so many years have come and gone Through my life one thing has stayed An eternal light that shines clean through the grey Red is colour I'd choose Deepest red on a sky of deepest blue It don't matter now if I should win If I should win or lose 'Cos red is colour I'd choose If I waste my time away waiting just for you I don't care what others say 'Cos baby I just love, love what you do Red is colour I'd choose Deepest red on a sky of deepest blue It don't matter now if I should win If I should win or lose 'Cos red is colour I'd choose - She Closed Her Eyes3:56
Letra
She closed her eyes And let the walls of her prison fall away The walls that ached with a timeless wait They had become her walls of this modern TV life She closed her eyes And let them fall away And in her dreams she is standing by an ocean She is gazing out to sea She can remember with just a fleeting glimpse That she was once free So long ago now, so long it was as if it had never been Was it a holiday She thinks it could have been, ah yes, Italy And he closes his eyes And he is gone far away Gone from all the confusion Gone from all the pain He can easily see what a pointless waste His modern life has become Chasing the gravy grain Chasing the dollar Chasing the clock Chasing his male friends Chasing the boss Chasing as it was everything It was nothing Only the sound of his own breathing was all he had At the end of the day And reasons to wonder, reasons to cry Too late for this selfish sinner who never asked why