Between the 1998 BBC concert and this one, Rea's music made a stylistic shift. In 2001, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and nearly died. He had emergency surgery which saved him, but he spent many months recuperating. During that time, he decided to focus on the music he enjoyed performing the most, the blues. He later said, "It's not until you become seriously ill and you nearly die and you're at home for six months, that you suddenly stop, to realize that this isn't the way I intended it to be in the beginning. Everything that you've done falls away and start wondering why you went through all that rock business stuff."
His renewed focus on the blues was first seen in his 2002 album, "Dancing Down the Stony Road." His 2004 album he was touring to support at the time of this concert, "The Blue Jukebox," was in a similar vein. However, blues music just doesn't have the same mass appeal as rock, so while his sales were still good, they were lower than before.
In my opinion, there isn't that big of a change in the sound of this concert compared to his previous ones. Yes, he played some newer blues songs, but his music had had a bluesy element to it for years anyway, so it wasn't that big of a change. Besides, he still played some of his older hits. So if you liked his earlier stuff, you'll probably still like this, even if you're not that into the blues.
This album is 56 minutes long.
01 Long Is the Time, Hard Is the Road (Chris Rea)
02 Stony Road (Chris Rea)
03 Steel River Blues (Chris Rea)
04 Blue Street (Chris Rea)
05 Restless Soul (Chris Rea)
06 What Kind of Love Is This (Chris Rea)
07 On the Beach (Chris Rea)
08 The Road to Hell I and II (Chris Rea)
09 Let's Dance (Chris Rea)
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Between the lighting in the photo and the text, things are looking very orange for Mr. Rea on this cover. The photo is from a concert at the Cigale Theatre in Paris, France, on May 19, 2004.
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