In the previous volumes in this series, I've been describing how Rea's popularity was slowly growing. That peaked around this time, thanks to his 1989 album "The Road to Hell." It went all the way to Number One in the British album chart, and it ended up going Platinum six times over in Britain. (By contrast, he still has very little success in the U.S., due in large part to him not wanting to tour much there.)
This concert contained the song "The Road to Hell," which reached the Top Ten in Britain. This concert contains that song, as well as his other really big hit up until this point in his career, "Let's Dance."
Unfortunately, as with most of his BBC concerts, the BBC cut the broadcast down to an hour or less. Three of the songs here (1, 6, and 7) were released as bonus tracks on a 2019 deluxe edition of "The Road to Hell." The rest remains unreleased.
This album is 50 minutes long.
01 The Road to Hell I and II (Chris Rea)
02 You Must Be Evil (Chris Rea)
03 Texas - Josie's Tune (Chris Rea)
04 On the Beach (Chris Rea)
05 Stainsby Girls (Chris Rea)
06 Working on It (Chris Rea)
07 Let's Dance (Chris Rea)
08 Tell Me There's a Heaven (Chris Rea)
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All I know about the cover image is it was taken at some point in 1990.
Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all these Chris Rea albums.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you have his 1993 concert at Aberdeen's Exhibition and Conference Center? The BBC put it out in audio form recently. I have it as a one hour long mp3 at 320 mbs if you are interested.
I've got it already, but thanks. It's coming up next in this series.
DeleteI was at this show. I wasn't a fan at the time but my partner was. I quickly became a big fan.
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