"Driving Home for Xmas" is in the UK top 40 twice. At no. 27 is Stacy Soloman's version and at no. 36 is Chris's.

More impressively, he was no. 13 in the UK album charts, again, the best since the Blue Cafe.

Kyoto Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D62XRYP ... re=related
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As stated on the CD single these tracks were indeed recorded in 1980. This is the original version of "Sierra, Sierra". If you listen to the 1983 version, it has a typically 80s remix production all over it and was no doubt re-hashed for the b-side on Let it Loose. "One Sweet Tender T...

Thanks everyone.

Does anyone here remember Miro's old site that used to keep us all up to date in the late 90s? It had a brilliant (and accurate) discography which was still available for several years on some other site after the original site was discontinued. If it's still available, I'd love to know where. Any c...

Hi Bart You're right, I just couldn't find where it was. No offence meant at all. I was just frustrated as I wanted to undo something I said a few weeks ago and couldn't find the original post. I thought maybe it had been removed. There was an amazing amount of criticism levelled at another poster w...

There was a forum topic here two or three weeks ago in which myself and one or two others expressed negative comments about the new single and the general direction of CR's new music. The topic seems to have been taken off the board so there are now nothing but positive comments. It's a shame that p...

Um...are there any new lyrics of any kind in this song? Or has he just taken a few words like "Highway", "chained", "sunshine" etc and re-ordered them to make the same song under a different name? I've been a fan of Chris Rea for 16 years (despite the "starter Chri...

And here is that info: Aug 2009 Featuring a limited edition plectrum revisit the musical journey of one of the UK's foremost singer / songwriters / guitarist as 'Still So Far To Go' chronicles the incredible career of Middlesbrough's greatest export and finest son. 'Still So Far To Go - The Best Of ...

track listing disc 1 1. Fool (If You Think It's Over) 2. On The Beach 3. Let's Dance 4. Diamonds 5. Loving You 6. I Can Hear Your Heartbeat 7. I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It 8. Stainsby Girls 9. Josephine 10. It's All Gone 11. Loving You Again 12. Joys Of Christmas 13. Driving Home For Christ...

from last.fm website STILL SO FAR TO GO…THE BEST OF CHRIS REA The new Chris Rea album “STILL SO FAR TO GO…THE BEST OF CHRIS REA” will be launched at an exclusive gig at London’s Bush Hall in September. It chronicles 30 years of his recordings with Magnet and Warner Bros., plus tracks from the Jazee ...

some new and better samples of the new album from play.com :

http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download- ... oduct.html

album on play.com (UK) website as downloadable album :

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Here is a very interesting article from the Guardian this week linking Water Sign with the emerging dance music of th 1980s

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic ... 90,00.html