Water Sign es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 1983 por Magnet. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Nothing's Happening by the Sea», «Deep Water», «Candles» y «Love's Strange Ways».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Water Sign, de 1983, marca un punto de inflexión fundamental en la carrera de Chris Rea. Después de varios discos de escaso éxito y de una creciente frustración con su discográfica el artista grabó este trabajo con total libertad creativa, pensando que sería el último. Decidió hacer exactamente la música que le gustaba, sin preocuparse por las listas de éxitos. Paradójicamente, esta honestidad fue la clave de su renacimiento.
El sonido del álbum es mucho más personal, con una clara influencia del blues y un ambiente más relajado y atmosférico. La producción es más minimalista, y su característica guitarra slide adquiere un protagonismo absoluto, convirtiéndose en el alma de las canciones.
El disco contiene el que sería su primer gran éxito en Europa, la icónica "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat". Esta canción, con su ritmo de inspiración latina y su melodía hipnótica, se convirtió en un éxito masivo, especialmente en Irlanda y el continente. La discográfica, que ya no contaba con él, decidió apoyar el álbum.
Por otro lado, temas como "Let It Loose" o la propia "Water Sign" son ejemplos perfectos de su blues-rock elegante y lleno de "groove". 'Water Sign' es el disco que salvó la carrera de Chris Rea y que sentó las bases del sonido que lo convertiría en una estrella en Europa durante la década de los 80.
Listado de Canciones
- Nothing's Happening by the Sea4:18
- Deep Water4:06
Letra
All change on then merry go line Everybody looking for a sign Jumping up and down when the switch goes on Nobody knows where it's coming from I'm here watching, keeping well away Oh I'm gonna live it in my own way Singing no mister, not me I'm staying here with guys on free In deep water I see a captain on a distant shore He's got a dream, he wants to make it law He's got my number, he's got a plan He try to get you any way he can Wants to own everything he sees While I'm here, well he ain't with me Singing no mister, no way I got my own deep water Deep, deep water - Candles4:40
Letra
Faith for reasons still unknown Like 'Bleak House fog' seems everywhere The truth has frozen into stone And hope lies freezing in the midnight air Though dark our days may seem This is a different dream Their freedom light don't shine at all So I will light a candle for you Keep it burning in the night And pray that you are all right I will light a candle for you Little candle burning bright When school yard heroes disappeared The little girl, she stands alone Oh I believe you if you say A prayer can help to get her home So I will light a candle for you Keep it burning in the night And pray that you are all right I will light a candle for you Little candle burning bright - Love's Strange Ways3:38
- Texas3:58
- Let It Loose3:35
Letra
There's no sense in waiting So lets make a start I got a poisoned finger On a broken heart Don't have time for reasons Or feel inclined to quiz The past is over That's just the way it is Start it up Start it up And let it loose on me Let it loose on me We could sit forever Or we could take all night Of the whys and where fores Of the wrongs and rights Crazy situation, anyhow Turning on frustration So tell me why not now Let it loose on me Start it up Start it up And let it loose on me Let it loose on me - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat3:28
Letra
In the silence of a high street In the wisper in the night From the darkness of the empty hours To the early morning light From the hustle down on the Main Street With all it's lights so bright To the trucker on the highway Pressing through the night Chorus: I can hear your heartbeat I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me And I am sailing on your wind song I can feel the summer breeze You've got me walking on my tiptoes You've got me standing on my knees From the milss way down in Pittsburgh To the cluns of gay Paris No matter where I roam girl You can always get to me Chorus: I can hear your heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat The sound of you is so sweet to me And we got freezing Coca-Cola And we got anything you want And I'm moving on that back beat Girl but it's you that sings the song Because I can hear you heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me I can hear you heartbeat Yeah, I can hear your heartbeat Girl the sound of you is so sweet to me (Repeat to the end) - Midnight Blue4:50
Letra
I got my money I got it here in my hand OK let me tell you This is how we stand I've waited so long Good things, never too late So don't take no chances Leave nothing to faith I wanna walk tall in midnight blue Look good, oh so good Step out in midnight blue Midnight blue I watch the razors with their class and their style Dressed to kill, man Their lives is just one great big smile And oh I wanna be there When they dish that stuff out Cool and collected Man that's what it's all about So gimme, gimme, gimme I want midnight blue I love midnight blue I'm gonna step out in midnight blue So gimme, gimme, gimme midnight blue Midnight blue I walk tall in midnight blue Look good, oh so good In midnight blue - Hey You4:00
Letra
I'm stood out with my brother On a tree lined avenue I see the sweetest little creature Coming into my view And I say to myself, I say man I'm gonna get me some Of that bright little angel That shines like the morning sun Well my brother steps in, faster that light And he sweet talks this angel, clean out of sight I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Well she moves like a river From her head down to her toes It's less a way of walking More a total flow And I say to myself, I wonder I wonder if she knows What she's doing to me and my brother From our heads down to our toes Well he's up there on the corner now He's playing up that Romeo like only he know how I say hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you with that look in your eye Hey you, you that make the stars shine Hey you, you with that look in your eye - Out of the Darkness3:27
Letra
There's an empty street in an empty town There's an old boutique selling ageing gowns Some words on the walls that were written By the light of the moon so bright Can you hear me, can you her me tonight Take me out of this darkness and in to the morning light The rain that falls doesn't make me cry And the wind that blows cannot hurt my eyes But the things that i see when i turn on tv Make me wanna lie down and die Can you hear me, can you her me tonight Take me out of this darkness and in to the morning light Can you hear me Take me out of this darkness and in to the morning light