On the Beach es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1986 por Magnet. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «On the Beach», «Little Blonde Plaits», «Giverny» y «Lucky Day».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum On the Beach, de 1986, es la quintaesencia del sonido que definió a Chris Rea durante la segunda mitad de los 80: un soft rock sofisticado, con influencias del jazz y una atmósfera veraniega y mediterránea. Como su título indica, el disco es la banda sonora perfecta para un atardecer en la playa. Este trabajo fue un éxito rotundo en toda Europa y consolidó su imagen de crooner de voz rasgada.
En consecuencia, la producción del álbum es suave y elegante, con un uso prominente de teclados atmosféricos, bajos sin trastes y guitarras limpias con eco. La canción que da título al disco, "On the Beach", es un clásico inmortal, una pieza de una belleza melancólica que evoca una sensación de paz y nostalgia.
El álbum también incluye el éxito "It's All Gone", que muestra su faceta más rítmica y pop. El disco es increíblemente coherente y de una escucha muy agradable, un trabajo que fluye con una naturalidad asombrosa.
La voz de Chris Rea suena más relajada y cercana que nunca, susurrando las letras con su característico tono grave. 'On the Beach' es una de sus obras más queridas y definitorias, un clásico del pop adulto contemporáneo que ha envejecido con una elegancia exquisita.
Listado de Canciones
- On the Beach5:04
Letra
Between the eyes of love I call your name Behind those guarded walls I used to go Upon a summer wind there's a certain melody Takes me back to the place that I know On the beach, yeah yeah Down on the beach The secrets of the summer I will keep The sands of time will blow a mystery No-one but you and I Underneath that moonlit sky Take me back to the place that I know On the beach, yeah yeah Oh, down on the beach Yeah down on the beach On the beach, yeah yeah Forever in my dreams my heart will be Hanging on to this sweet memory A day of strange desire And a night that burned like fire Take me back to the place that I know On the beach, yeah yeah Oh, down on the beach Yeah down on the beach On the beach, yeah yeah - Little Blonde Plaits4:17
Letra
Sweet September, I remember Eyes of August deepest blue While the lazy town was sleeping Strangest love that I ever knew Feel the wind blow, see the shadows Kiss the breeze of a sudden shore Of my life's loves and fascinations The only one who left me wanting more Little blonde plaits Drink to you love, drink to me love Sun burned feet on a dusty track Evening waves that turned in twilight Caught forever those little blonde plaits - Giverny5:39
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Deep inside these old dusty walls There's a sacred heart, I'd know this garden anywhere She was warm, she was deep summertime She was love itself and she was standing there Standing close, so close to me I closed my eyes and I could see Giverny And in this strange and holy place I looked for love and found it everywhere It was what you saw she came to see Because of you she was standing there Giverny Books may burn and rain may fall But what is here I know will last forever more Colours change, there are no defines She was love itself and I thank you for giving me Giverny - Lucky Day3:57
Letra
A little bit of daylight shine on your pillow Come through your window pane Speak of the morning, hope is eternal Better to look at it this way This could be my lucky day A glass filled with crystals, six million rainbows Gifted to see with children's eyes Always a small chance shooting that rainbow Bless this dawn with sweet surprise This could be my lucky day No inhibitions, naive forever Better looking up than looking down Don't try to beat it, twist and defeat it Leave those kind of complications never to be found This could be my lucky day - Just Passing Through5:20
Letra
Soldiers of fortune lost in the wind No destinations and nothing to win Keep your head above the water, you get dirty and mean Scrubbing forever and you never come clean A life that is easy, a dream that comes true Flowers for someone but they sure ain't for me Your room's filled with soft light, safe and secure Mine is the dark night and nothing's for sure We're just passing trough A life that is easy, a dream to be free Flowers for someone but they sure ain't for you And they sure ain't for me We're just passing trough - It's All Gone7:28
- Hello Friend4:19
Letra
Hello friend, where you been so long? Time goes by, so easy it sleeps away Just like a shadow at the end of the day Hello friend, how are things for you these days? Some guy from way-back-when, he mentioned your name Did he ever get back to you? Ah, you know I told him to Sometimes I turn and I swear I hear you call And I often wonder how we lost what we knew Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by The bridges you burned, long sinced turned into ashes When there were no reasons, now the river runs dry Seems it gone in the wind, washed away in the rain And the years go by and by Where you been so long - Two Roads3:44
Letra
Ain't it funny how you never can tell It always seems to hit you when it's going so well A little knowledge is a dangerous thing Now it's lawyers-at-midnight and the learning begins Let's take a walk outside in the morning sun Here ain't working out no battles to be won Oh darling take a look at you and me We both love our freedom and we'll always be Two roads You can wait a lifetime for the hammer to fall Some folks get lucky they don't see it at all We were bound to drift away from the very first day one Two different journeys and neither was wrong Let's take a walk outside in the morning sun Here ain't working out no battles to be won Oh darling take a look at you and me We both love our freedom and we'll always be Two roads Two different lifetimes we just happened to meet Traded some good times on the corner of the street We were no more than strangers attracted to one And the same sense of freedom but we'll always be on Two roads - Light of Hope4:34
Letra
This is the garden that I know Ten thousand summers wait me here You lead and I will follow Your heart is mine tomorrow Into your womb I fade away And while she laughs Your pride is turning into snow And melting on the face of this light of hope Shine on, light of hope Light of hope And while she laughs Your pride is turning into snow And dancing on the graves of what you thought you used to know And in this garden I will burn my callous robes And forever love my darling Light of hope - Auf Immer und Ewig4:11
Letra
No sunny day, no sky of blue Just a pale moon on the wings of the wind No diamond rings, no pretty dreams Two people caught in chains of each other And there was no other way This was how it was to be The flame will haunt you constantly There'll never be a day Auf immer und ewig? Auf immer und ewig? - Freeway4:12
Letra
She throws her hair into the February breeze She hears it singing through the branches of the trees A song of something you know so well And she's still looking for a freeway She hears the sound of distant planes across the sky She catches fleeting glimpse of fading red tail lights Into tomorrow she gently sleeps And she's still dreaming of a freeway Far away, there's a piece of luck somewhere Shining like a star in the night Dream on lady, till the early morning light Takes your dream to be free away - Bless Them All2:30
- Crack That Mould4:34
Letra
You got to break the back of the mould you were made in Crack the shell, that's how it's got to be Nothing for certain, ain't no way of knowing Only believe in things that you see Flow with the river, run with the tide Mix with your brother, 'cos he's right by your side Crack that mould Little pretty chicken you can't stay in there forever Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather You got to bend, learn, take the rough with the smooth Understand everything Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather Pick up them shoes, go running down that road You know that precondition is such a heavy load You got to live love, put down that written word Crack that mould Now there ain't no such thing as only one kind of weather