God's Great Banana Skin es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1992. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Nothing to Fear», «Miles Is a Cigarette», «God's Great Banana Skin» y «90's Blues».
Sobre el álbum
Con God's Great Banana Skin, de 1992, Chris Rea entrega uno de sus álbumes más introspectivos y con un sonido más crudo y orientado al blues. El disco se aleja de la producción más pulida de sus trabajos anteriores para buscar una atmósfera más directa y, a veces, más sombría. De hecho, el título ("La gran piel de plátano de Dios") ya sugiere una visión irónica y fatalista de la vida.
La guitarra slide y el blues son los protagonistas absolutos del álbum. Canciones como "Nothing to Fear" o la propia "God's Great Banana Skin" son ejemplos de este sonido, con un "groove" pesado y una atmósfera nocturna. La voz de Chris Rea suena particularmente grave y reflexiva.
El álbum también incluye la hermosa y melancólica balada "Too Much Pride". El disco es una obra de una gran coherencia, aunque quizás menos accesible comercialmente que sus predecesores. Para los amantes de su faceta más blusera, es una auténtica joya.
La canción "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" fue incluida en la banda sonora de una película, lo que le dio una cierta visibilidad. 'God's Great Banana Skin' es un trabajo valiente y personal, el sonido de un artista que se siente libre para explorar sus raíces más profundas sin preocuparse por las listas de éxitos.
Listado de Canciones
- Nothing to Fear9:10
Letra
I feel your heat in dusty whispers The wind is cold around your Moon It's getting hard to keep our distance I know your time is coming soon Don't point your dream on my horizon Don't take your rose too far from home Please don't forget we're not each other Each soul has black thorns of his own I see you dancing Your song is clear You've got to show me Got to show me There's nothing to fear Nothing to fear I have my loved ones you have yours So let us gaze upon the feast In God's own name let's eat together In God's own name please come in peace See how our children play together While you and me we stand - alone I know we'll never be each other If I leave you leave me alone I see you dancing Your song is clear You've got to show me Got to show me There's nothing to fear Nothing to fear - Miles Is a Cigarette4:15
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 - God's Great Banana Skin5:15
- 90's Blues5:10
- Too Much Pride4:25
Letra
Say good morning this is your lucky day Most of your problems they're gonna slip away Oh I'm gonna help you, I can show you the way So give me so time my friend and hear what I say You got too much pride, too much pride Drive yourself crazy, you got too much pride Take a look at the downside anyway that you choose Out here on the upside you ain't got nothing to lose Oh I'm gonna help you, I can show you the way So give me some time my friend and hear what I say You got too much pride, too much pride Drive yourself crazy, you got too much pride Too much pride it will drive you wild It will burn your soul, cut you deep inside Drag you down, get in your way So take a look my friend listen what I say You got too much pride, too much pride Drive yourself crazy, you got too much pride - Boom Boom5:10
Letra
Take a look what's be going on behind me I swear to God this ain't no making of my own That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom And I can't win There ain't no us denying So many years of experience Tell me it's so That stupid cupid arrow Lost for years and never found me Now she's dancing on my history And she drives the dagger home 'Cos when I see that angel walking past my window When I see that angel walking past my door I know what this tired old heart's been waiting, waiting for Boom boom Boom boom - I Ain't the Fool4:00
- There She Goes4:35
Letra
There she goes, the one that I love The one I've been waiting for The one I've been dreaming of There she goes, but she'll never be mine Wasted all of my chances Run clean out of time There she goes with the wind in her hair And a smile on her face She doesn't know what I'd give just for one moment To be in his place Anyway Take a look, there she goes Take a look, there she goes There she goes with the wind in her hair And a smile on her face She doesn't know what I'd give just for one moment To be in his place Anyway Take a look, there she goes Take a look, there she goes - I'm Ready4:50
- Black Dog4:10
Letra
Black dog barking in the cold grey light He pulls the chain and he pulls it tight This ain't no lonesome wail that boy ain't faking He bites the steel and he claws the ground He pulls again and he spins around His eyes are raging and his burning lungs are steaming He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I When I see his running I can see me Teeth in the collar and he's tearing it free Spit out the leather and the cold studs that kept you from singing Run till you're bleeding run till you're hot till the memory of all this you've long since forgot Run till forever till the bells of your freedom are ringing He wanna walk in the sun Feel love like anyone No one knows that black dog better than I I said no one knows that black dog better than I - Soft Top, Hard Shoulder4:30
Letra
Soft top, hard shoulder See me running down that line I can't stop too much older now Let it run in overtime Run till it breaks up Overheats and explodes Pick up what's left of me Leave the rest of it way down that road Soft top, hard shoulder Soft top, hard shoulder Step in to the flame Blue centre, so much colder Won't be the same again I'm gonna run till it breaks up Overheats and explodes Pick up what's left of me Leave the rest of it way down that road Soft top, hard shoulder