Lady in Red: The Very Best of

Chris De Burgh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ark 21
• ASIN: B000044U3Z
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,202 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is more to DeBurgh than a Lady in Red!, May 18, 2000

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Francis DesCoteaux (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lady in Red: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

All of Chris de Burgh's songs really touch my heart and soul. This album shows that there is more to the artist than a Lady in Red! It highlights the story telling and rocker abilities of the artist as well as is talent for writing beautiful love songs. For those who already have most of these songs, it's worthwhile getting just for the track "There's A New Star Up In Heaven Tonight". The song is a wonderful tribute to Lady Diana and is not available on any other CD.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Review From an older fan, August 13, 2001

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Richard Chilton (Eastern Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lady in Red: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

Back in 1975 I stumbled across a record entitled "The Spanish Train and Other Stories" and was hooked. Luckily my parents didn't take exception to the lyrics of "The Spanish Train", "A Spaceman Came Travelling", or "Another Poor Boy". Seaking out his music I was able to track down his early record, and I continued to buy them as they were released.

Luckily I was around when the big record to CD switch over happened - when recording companies released their back catalogs on CDs - and was able to duplicate my collected on CDs. Since then I've picked up all his CDs as they've been released.

What can I say about this? Well, I'd heard almost all the music on it before I bought it. The Princess Di song was new, and worth the price of the CD. Of the songs included, well, I have weakeness for some of his older songs (not here) so these wouldn't be the ones I'd pick for a best of album, but I can't really disagree with the ones picked here. It covers only one of his albums from the 70s, skips much of the 80s, and has some of his more recent work. If you enjoyed "The Lady in Red" you'll like most of the songs heres, and "The Spanish Train" represents the style of the songs not included.

What can I say about either the songs or the artist that hasn't been said? Both are excellence. Chris de Burgh is in a class by himself

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What's Diana got to do with it?, February 6, 2006

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Julie (Warsaw, Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lady in Red: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

I don't listen to Chris' music as much as I used to before but I know all the songs from this album. And I even own a cd with Lady In Red from 1995 and it is a newer recording of the song. Lady Di died in 1997 so Chris De Burgh couldn't have written the song after her death. Instead, it was Elton John who changed the lyrics of "Candle in the wind" (previously written for Marylin Monroe) for Lady Diana and performed the song at her funeral promising to never perform it pubically again.

Back to the review: Chris is an entertainer and yes, you may hate Lady In Red for being played over and over again but is it the artist's fault that he wrote a song that people want to listen to? I enjoy his music! Not everything has to be high-brow, sometimes we need to listen to love songs. Besides, there are some very good and intelligent songs by De Burgh, such as "Patricia The Stripper" or "Spanish Train" from the LP "Spanish Train". Spanish train is also on this album. I must admit that I don't enjoy his newer songs as much as I do the older ones and that's why the album gets 4 instead of 5 stars.