Tennis [IMPORT]

Chris Rea

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B000007383
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,090 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tennis

2. Sweet Kiss

3. Since I Don't See You Anymore

4. Dancing Girls

5. No Work Today

6. Every Time I See You Smile

7. For Ever and Ever

8. Good News

9. Friends Across the Water

10. Distant Summers

11. Only With You

12. Stick It

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, not 4, June 27, 2003

By	Kurtiss A. Jacobs (West Coast, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Of course it's not top-40 stuff, so you have to like Chris Rea, but this is a fine album. Best vocals from his early albums, and he was still playing most of the instruments back then--a variety of guitars, pianos, synthesizers, and even accordion. Well-written material, too.

If you only have his newer stuff (Road to Hell through Stony Road), give this one a try.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-produced British pop-rock in the 10cc/David Essex vein., September 11, 1998

By A Customer

TENNIS is easily the most diverse album of Chris Rea's career, combining the urban post- punk paranoia of the early '80s (the title cut) as well as breezy AM-style pop perfect for car cruisiing ("Dancing Girls"). This album was not promoted strongly by CBS when released, msking any copies of it extremely hard to find. Fortunately, its release on CD (long overdue, I must say) means true fans of this terrific artist can discover where the influences of later works (THE ROAD TO HELL, NEW LIGHT THROUGH OLD WINDOWS) came from. This is a must for any collector of British pop- rock.