Best Of: New Light Through Old Windows

Chris Rea | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (August 6, 1991)
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002JOE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #829,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Dance

2. Working on It

3. Ace of Hearts

4. Josephine

5. Candles

6. On the Beach

7. Fool (If You Think It's Over)

8. I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

9. Shamrock Diaries

10. Stainsby Girls

11. Windy Town

12. Driving Home for Christmas

13. Steel River

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars WHY .... WHY .... WHY, November 12, 2001

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William (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: New Light Through Old Windows (Audio CD)

Can someone tell me why an artist re-records their own songs when there was NOTHING wrong with the originals. Like most 80's albums, this one suffers from the 'let's do a remix' thing. Chris Rea has redone most of the songs on this set including a single which had only been released the year before. I refer to 'Let's dance' which was redone to a disappointing outcome. The difference is annoying. The most notable reworking is 'Fool if you think it's Over' which I cannot understand. The original was just beautiful ... why destroy it? The original is difficult to locate on CD, so thanks for being inconsiderate record company! 'On the Beach' is also redone. Once again, WHY?
Note that the Australian hit 'Diamonds' is missing, and one wonders why that was never released overseas as clearly it is better than several tracks on this set. This compilation could have been so much more if they had left the originals intact. Please release a Greatest Original Hits!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great if little known musician., November 2, 1999

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Bete Noire (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: New Light Through Old Windows (Audio CD)

Living in the shadow of Clapton and Mark Knopfler seems to have been the unjust fate of this amazing guitar player-songwriter when he can easily equal them in any of those arias.This is the best introduction to his exceptional and diverse work;the first thing that should be immediately obvious to the new listener is the great class and fine taste of this musician-Chris Rea is indeed a poet of great elegance and refinement.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start your Rea addiction & affliction here!!, December 8, 2006

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J-Dogg (WI/IL, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: New Light Through Old Windows (Audio CD)

It was this compilation that orginally got me hooked on Chris Rea. Sadly and typically I had only heard "Road to hell" and "Fool (if you think it's over)" before. This compilation opened up my eyes and ears to the world of Chris Rea. I would highly recommend you purchase this album to begin exploring the world of all things Rea. Yes the songs are remixed/redone from the original versions, but I love these too!
I'll put it this way. 6 months ago I had nothing from Chris Rea. Now I have 14 cd's. This compilation just scratches the surface, but it such an engrossing musical retrospective.