Very Best of [Import]

Chris Rea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 26, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B00005RTFE
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,377 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Road To Hell Pt.2

2. Fool If You Think It's Over

3. Let's Dance

4. You Can Go Your Own Way

5. Julia

6. Stainsby Girls

7. Tell Me There's A Heaven

8. Josephine

9. Steel River

10. On The Beach (2001 Version)

11. I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

12. All Summer Long

13. Blue Cafe

14. Auberge

15. Bones Of Angels

16. Diving Home For Christmas

17. Nothing To Fear

18. Saudade Pt.1 & 2

Editorial Reviews

Digitally Remastered and Updated Collection of Rea's Best Recordings for the Magnet Label, Including a 2001 Version of 'on the Beach'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like the title says..., September 4, 2005

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Chris Rea is a UK singer/songwriter/guitarist with a beautiful gravelly, nasal, emotion laden voice. This is a wonderful collection of his hits dating from 1978 (the beautiful midtempo `Fool if you think it's over' a US #12 hit) to 2001.

His style is more like a blues/folk/rock hybrid, much like Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. Very calm with subtle Caribbean, and even jazz influences.

Contained here are songs like the gorgeous summery `On the beach' (which became a huge UK hit when re-released in 1986), the sweeping epic ballad `Tell me there's a Heaven' (a touching tale of reassurance to his kids), `All summer long', `The blue Café', the stunning `Driving home for Christmas' (suitable for play all year round), the blues tinged ballad `Nothing to fear' with a beautiful weeping guitar lick, the classical tinged `Saudade Part 1 & 2, and the upbeat rock of `The road to hell (Part 2), a UK top 10 hit about the sorry state of the world, and featuring some great slide guitar.

All lyrics to the songs are contained in the CD booklet, something rare in a greatest hits/best of collection. In my opinion, there are lots of great songs that didn't make this CD; `Looking for the summer', `I just wanna be with you', `You must be evil' to name a few. Still, a stellar collection.

This is a great introduction to the music and soothing voice of Chris Rea. I also recommend the masterpiece `The road to hell'.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking For The Original Version of "Fool If You Think It's Over"?, October 18, 2007

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Horacio Villablanca (Massachusetts, MA USA / CHILE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

If you expect to find the original version of "Fool If You Think It's Over" on this CD, you will not get it... You will find it on "Hard To Find 45s on CD Volume 8 Seventies Pop Classics"...

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Best of Chris Rea, May 26, 2006

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William J. Mcguire "Sleepingdawg" (Bryan, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I was introduced to Chris Rea by a friend with "The Road to Hell" cassette (no cds back then)..probably around 1995..loved "Texas" and couldn't figure out why others hadn't discovered Mr. Rea. I forgot about that music over the years, but the other night while watching the intro to a new tv series, I could've sworn the song had Chris Rea singing. Afterwards, I watched the credits to no avail, went onto the Amazon site and did some searching around; ordered "Road to Hell" cd. When i received the cd, i listened to it intently and decided i needed more of his music. I ordered the Very Best of Chris Rea from Amazon...and I've had it about 2 weeks. I fall more in love with it the more I listen to it. Do yourself a favor and buy it for yourself. Heck, buy it for any of your relatives or friends who you owe a present to. This is music for the ages and you shouldn't pass it by. Nothing gives me more pleasure than to be able to recommend a superior cd or movie to someone. Enjoy!