Shamrock Diaries es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1985 por Magnet. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Steel River», «Stainsby Girls», «Chisel Hill» y «Josephine».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Chris Rea presenta con este álbum de 1985 la obra que lo consagró definitivamente como una estrella en el Reino Unido y en toda Europa. 'Shamrock Diaries' es un disco que combina a la perfección su sensibilidad para el pop melódico con su amor por el blues y el rock de raíces. El álbum fue un éxito de ventas masivo, alcanzando el estatus de disco de oro y consolidando su estatus.
El trabajo está repleto de grandes canciones. La ya mencionada "Stainsby Girls", que fue regrabada para este álbum, se convirtió en un gran éxito en las listas británicas. El disco contiene "Josephine", otra de sus composiciones más queridas y perdurables.
Las letras del álbum son a menudo nostálgicas y autobiográficas, con Chris Rea reflexionando sobre sus orígenes y sus experiencias. El disco tiene una autenticidad y una calidez que conectaron profundamente con el público. La producción es elegante y el sonido de su guitarra slide es más protagonista y reconocible que nunca.
'Shamrock Diaries' es una de las obras cumbres de su carrera. Es el álbum que lo estableció como la voz del rock melódico con alma de blues, un trabajo que equilibra a la perfección el éxito comercial con la integridad artística.
Listado de Canciones
- Steel River6:15
Letra
I was born and raised on steel river I see it all like it was yesterday The ships and bridges they were all delivered From Sydney harbour to the Cisco bay And I met my love down on steel river We served our dreams and spent our childhood days In rainy streets we'd kiss away the shivers And hide from fear inside the latest craze Dancing to Motown Making love with Carole King record playing And oh how I loved you Say goodbye steel river Ten thousand bombers hit the steel river And many died to keep her running free And she survived but now she's gone forever Her burning heart is just a memory And I ran away from life on steel river Luck or not I gladly took the break The odds were low the chances nearly zero A chance it was I had to take Say goodbye steel river They say that salmon swim in steel river They say it's good to see them back again I know it hurts to see what really happened I know one salmon ain't no good to them They were born and raised to serve their steel mother It was they taught and all they ever knew And they believed that she would keep their children Even though not a single word was true Say goodbye steel river - Stainsby Girls3:51
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Some girls used to kiss and run Never knew what they had done Some girls always wasted time Keep you hanging on the line Some loved horses and always stayed at home But the Stainsby girls loved the Rolling Stones. Now some had games that you had to play Making rules along the way Strange attractions newly found Pride and passion kicked around Some girls stole your heart Like most girls do But a Stainsby girl could break it in two. And I fell in love, I fell in love I fell in love I fell in love with a Stansby girl. Deepest water Stansby blue Names and faces fade away Memories here to stay And I fell in love, I fell in love I fell in love I fell in love with a Stainsby girl. - Chisel Hill4:04
Letra
Misty eyes on a misty day Come across a place like this along your way You walk straight in to that sweet and tender trap And you know you're lost and found And there ain't no going back Spend the rest of your days playing all the hardest games Just to get back to that place again And memories oh how they stick to you You know there ain't a thing, not a single thing you can do On Chisel hill I've been ten thousand miles from this place and seen it I swear I've woke up happy thinking that I was there It's the place I love, it's where I wanna be And I won't give up until I get to see A little something in there to call my own Pass the time of day and head off home The evening shadows on the dry stone walls The night draws in and the ale house calls And happy I will be When the road goes no further than what I see When past here it's nowhere to go And I ain't gonna give up until I get see Those angel eyes looking up at me The prince of peace and time is standing still On Chisel hill - Josephine4:26
Letra
There's rain on my window, And I'm thinking on you, Tears on my pillow, But I will come through... Josephine, I'll send you all my love, And every single step I'll take I'll take for you. Josephine, I'll send you all my love, Josephine, I'll send you all my love, Now there's a storm on my radar, But I can still fly. You are the reason, The blue in my sky. Josephine, I'll send you all my love, Josephine... A life without meaning, I was walking away. In the coldest of winter, Night becomes day. Josephine, I'll send you all my love, And every single step I'll take I'll take for you. My Josephine, I'll send you all my love, Josephine, I'll send you all my love, I'll send you all my love, Josephine, I'll send you all my love, When I fall away, I'll send you all my love, Josephine... - One Golden Rule4:27
Letra
There's a heart in the middle of somewhere tonight Screaming for reasons or just a way out I put the shirt off my back on a wager that says There's one every night from my old school yard days I hear you say one golden rule One golden rule There's been times I've been stood in the wind and the rain Freezing and busted and tricked out of luck And I cursed my teachers for all of their reading What we needed most can't be found in them books One golden rule Now they teach you to swim but they don't speak of the danger Tell you the truth but they never say why Put you on ice that is thin and tell you it's winter Without one golden rule the truth is a lie One golden rule - All Summer Long4:08
Letra
All summer long we were happy we were one We didn't think of an ending to our play All summer long nights of wine, days of song It couldn't last, our ageing sun had to go I will always remember you Watching the waves in the wind The beach dogs hiding from the rain Suddenly my colours have turned to grey Will I ever see your face again And all winter long I will walk my lonely road Waiting for you and your return I will always remember you - Stone4:20
Letra
Tangled dream and endless highways Bang the drum in a foreign land Sometimes I wonder what I'm chasing When all I need is the touch of your hand I've got no fixed abode out of own Babe it gets so cold Without your love I'm just a stone And we all laugh and the jokes get wilder Staying up, staying out Drinking till you fade away in to the morning And the strangest cold eats deeper still Without you sweet kiss I'm gone forever Without your touch I've no control Without your love I'm just a looser Without your love I'm just a stone - Shamrock Diaries4:54
Letra
In waves of people you can lose your feet You've got to stay hard, to the ground It gets so easy now to lose your way When you're ever outward bound A church bell ringing in the fading light Stops you dead like a cold steel wall The ghost of yesteryears is toughing you And as sure as God you'll fall And I see me and I see you I see it all just like it used to be And all the reasons why it started out Hit you hard with every bell The choir practice in the empty hall Is a sound that you know so well Like something lost inside your overcoat You find it later, by mistake You lost it all a thousand years ago And you pray it's not too late And I see me and I see you I see it all just like it used to be And I see me and I see you I see it all just like a diary Now I remember everything Yea I remember how it used to be With every note that choirboy sings And I see me and I see you I see it all just like it used to be - Love Turns to Lies4:09
Letra
I could have stood to watch you walk away And put it down to your uncertain ways Or maybe baby you've had a change of heart Maybe wanna make a brand new start Crazy though what I say may seem I could have learned to mend these broken dreams You could have pushed I would have gently fell I could have played the graceful one so well What's that you say You were gonna leave me anyway Any fool can see, see what you've done to me When your love turns to lies The actor played the part of sweet desire And tiptoed out upon the highest wire The truth to tell upon a rope too thin And so the fall of treachery begins But oh to see the starlet's smiling face So eagerly awaits to take the place I tried to fall in a clean and graceful way You could have said I would have given way And I see him smile the way that I smiled And I hear him laugh the way that I did But I hear him screaming and I hear him cry And I see him falling When your love turns to lies What's that you say You were gonna leave me anyway Any fool can see, see what you've done to me When your love turns to lies - Hired Gun8:00
Letra
Morning light meet the day Nervous eyes look both ways And it just won't matter, spring or fall There's bread to win and shots to call And there ain't nobody out there Just a wild uncertainty It's in your stride but it ain't no fun Sometimes I feel just like a hired gun I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run And how it started, well you can't recall Did someone push you, did someone stall Whatever the reasons there was lots to learn To get home safely and not get burned And it's all so cold and empty As you watch the setting sun You've picked up every dirty trick Just to keep yourself always on the run And I feel just like a hired gun Always on the run I dream of comfort and friendship long But I can't trust you or anyone The scars still hurt me and I don't let them heal Each one's a lesson, each one's a shield And I may even love you dearly And I loathe what I have to do You see I've picked up every dirty trick In my fear of you 'Cos you make me feel just like a hired gun Always on the run