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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2025)

REA Chris
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:

04.03.1951

(Newcastle, GB, as Christopher Anton Rea)

Appearances:

1973	Magdalene
1975-77	The Beautiful Loners
2007-cca 10/07	The Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes

Line-Up (1993):

Chris Rea - voc,g
Robert Ahwai - g
Sylvin Marc - bg
Max Middleton - kb
Martin Ditcham - ds

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Whatever Happend To Benny Santini? produced by: Gus Dudgeon	19.05.1978	Magnet			49
2.	Deltics	2/1979	Magnet		54
3.	Tennis	25.04.1980	Magnet		60
4.	Chris Rea	3/1982	Magnet		52
5.	Water Sign	03.06.1983	Magnet		64
6.	Wired To The Moon	4/1984	Magnet		35
7.	Shamrock Diaries	5/1985	Magnet		15
8.	On The Beach	4/1986	Magnet		11
9.	Dancing With Strangers	9/1987	Magnet		2
10.	New Light Through Old Windows: The Best Of Chris Rea	17.10.1988	WEA		5	92
11.	The Road To Hell	23.10.1989	Magnet/WEA		1	107
12.	Auberge	25.02.1991	east west/WEA		1	176
13.	God's Great Banana Skin	09.11.1992	east west		4
14.	Espresso Logic produced by: Chris Rea	01.11.1993	east west		8
15.	The Best Of Chris Rea	24.10.1994	east west		3
16.	La Passione	04.11.1996	east west		43
17.	The Blue Cafe	19.01.1998	east west		10
18.	The Road To Hell Part II	11/1999	Warner Music		54
19.	King Of The Beach	02.10.2000	east west		26
20.	The Very Best Of Chris Rea	29.10.2001	east west/Warner Music		69
21.	Dancing Down The Stoney Road	9/2002	Jazzee Blue		14
22.	Stony Road	10/2002	edel/Warner Music
23.	The Blue Juke Box	2/2004	edel/Warner Music		27
24.	Very Best of Chris Rea	14.12.2004	WEA
25.	Heartbeats: Greatest Hits	01.08.2005	WEA		24
26.	Blue Guitars	17.10.2005	Jazzee Blue
27.	Platinum Collection	21.03.2006	WEA International
28.	The Road To Hell & Back	16.10.2006	Polydor		34
29.	The Return Of The Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes	12/2007	2LP
30.	Still So Far To Go - The Best Of Chris Rea (2CD)	05.10.2009	Rhino		8
31.	Original Album Series	09.03.2010	Warner Bros
32.	Santo Spirito Blues	9/2011	Rhino/Warner Bros		13
33.	The Journey 1978-2009 (2CD)	04.11.2011	Music Club Deluxe		72
34.	La Passione	11/2015	Jazzee Blue
35.	Road Songs For Lovers	9/2017	BMG		11
36.	The Works	12/2020	Rhino

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	So Much Love / Born To Lose	5/1974	Magnet
2.	Fool (If You Think It's Over) / Midnight Love	31.03.1978	Magnet	30	10
3.	Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? / Three Angels	6/1978	Magnet		71
4.	Diamonds / Cleveland Calling	3/1979	Magnet	44	44
5.	Raincoat And A Rose / No Qualifications	6/1979	Magnet
6.	Tennis / If You Really Love Me	2/1980	Magnet
7.	Dancing Girls / Friends Across The Water	5/1980	Magnet
8.	Loving You / Let Me Be The One	1/1982	Magnet	65	88
9.	Every Beat Of My Heart / Don't Look Back	5/1982	Magnet
10.	Let It Loose / Sierra Sierra 12" + Urban Samurai 7"(2) + Fool (If You Think It's Over) / The Closer You Get / Diamonds / Guitar Street	7/1982	Magnet	85
11.	I Can Hear Your Heartbeat / From Love To Love	4/1983	Magnet	60
12.	Love's Strange Ways / Smile	01.07.1983	Magnet
13.	I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It / Mystery Man	24.02.1984	Magnet	65
14.	Bombollini / True Love 12" + Excerpts From Bombollini	5/1984	Magnet
15.	Touche D'Amour / Touche D'Amour (instrumental) 12" + Let It Loose - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat - I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It (Medley)	6/1984	Magnet	86
16.	Ace Of Hearts / I Can Hear Your Heartbeat 12" + From Love To Love / True Love / Smile	14.09.1984	Magnet	79
17.	Stainsby Girls / And When She Smiles 12" + Sunrise / Dancing Shoes / September Blue 7"(2) + Bittersweet / Auf Immer und Ewig	3/1985	Magnet	19
18.	Josephine (remix) / Dancing Shoes 12" + Every Time It Rains	6/1985	Magnet	67
19.	All Summer Long	9/1985
20.	Ace Of Hearts (remix) / I Can Hear Your Heartbeat (live) 12" + From Love To Love / True Love / Smile	10/1985	Magnet	78
21.	It's All Gone / Bless Them All 12" + Crack That Mould / Look Out For Me / Let's Dance	3/1986	Magnet	69
22.	On The Beach / If Anybody Asks You 7"(2) + One Golden Rule (live) / Midnight Blue (live)	5/1986	Magnet	57
23.	Driving Home For Christmas / Hello Friend 7"(2) + It's All Gone (live) / Steel River (live)	11/1986	Magnet	80
24.	Let's Dance / I Don't Care Anymore 12",CD + Josephine (French version)	5/1987	Magnet	8	81
25.	Loving You Again / Donahue's Broken Wheel	8/1987	Magnet	39
26.	Joys Of Christmas / Driving Home For Christmas 12",CD + Hello Friend (remix) / Yes I Do	11/1987	Magnet	67
27.	Que Sera / Se Sequi (instrumental) 12",CD + One Sweet Tender Touch	1/1988	Magnet	73
28.	On The Beach (Summer '88) / I'm Taking The Day Out 12",CD + It's All Gone (live)	7/1988	WEA	7
29.	I Can Hear Your Heartbeat / Loving You Again (live) 12",CD + Giverny	10/1988	WEA	74
30.	Driving Home For Christmas / Footsteps In The Snow / Joys Of Christmas / Smile	12/1988	WEA	53
31.	I'm Working On It / One Golden Rule 12",CD + Stainsby Girls	1/1989	WEA	53	73
32.	The Road To Hell / He Should Know Better 12",CD + The Road To Hell (pt. 2) / Josephine	9/1989	WEA	5
33.	That's What They Always Say / 1975 CD + Driving Home For Christmas	11/1989	WEA	83
34.	Tell Me There's A Heaven / And When She Smiles 12" + Curse Of The Traveller CD + Little Blonde Plaits	2/1990	WEA	24
35.	Texas / Let's Dance 12" + The Road To Hell (part 1&2) CD + Working On It	4/1990	WEA	69
36.	Auberge / Hudson's Dreams CD + Let's Dance / On The Beach / The Road To Hell (pt. 2)	1/1991	east west	16
37.	Heaven / Theme From The Pantile Journals 12" + Teach Me To Dance CD + Stainsby Girls / Josephine / Tell Me There's A Heaven	4/1991	east west	57
38.	Looking For The Summer / Six Up 12",CD + Urban Samurai / Theme From The Pantile / Teach Me To Dance	6/1991	east west	49
39.	The Winter Song / Footprints In The Snow / Tell Me There's A Heaven CD + True To You	10/1991	east west	27
40.	Nothing To Fear / Strange Dance CD1 + Daytona (live) CD2 + Road To Hell (live) / Working On It (live)	12.10.1992	east west	14
41.	God's Great Banana Skin / I Saw You Coming CD1 + Just Passing Through (live) CD2 + She's Gonna Change Everything / You Must Be Evil	16.11.1992	east west	31
42.	Soft Top Hard Shoulder / Melancholy CD1 + The Van Stomp - Glasgow Horizon CD2 + One Fine Day / One Seet & Tended Touch / Sierra Sierra	1/1993	east west	53
43.	Too Much Pride (new version) / Munich 1993 Improvised Intro (live) CD1 + On The Beach (live) CD2 + Gone Fishing / Nothing To Fear / Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (all live)	7/1993	east west
44.	Julia / I Thought I Was Going To Lose You / Jordan 191	10/1993	east west	18
45.	Espresso Logic / We Don't Have A Problem CD + That's The Way It Goes	12/1993	east west
46.	You Can Go Your Own Way / Espresso Logic (mixes) 12",CD + Ruby Blue / Three Little Green Candles	31.10.1994	east west	28
47.	Tell Me There's A Heaven / And When She Smiles CD + Curse Of The Traveller / Little Blonde Plaits	12/1994	east west	70
48.	Girl In A Sportscar / Disco La Passione & Shirley Bassey	14.10.1996	east west	41
49.	Only To Fly	07.04.1997	east west
50.	Thinking Of You	23.02.1998	east west
51.	Sweet Summer Day	15.06.1998	east west
52.	I'm In My Car	2/2000
53.	All Summer Long & The Sound Of Ibiza	07.08.2000	east west
	All Summer Long / On The Beach / Josephine	25.09.2000	east west
54.	Tell Me There's A Heaven	12/2000
55.	Who Do You Love	2/2001	Warner Music
56.	Your Love Is Setting Me Free & Watermen	15.10.2001	BMG
57.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2002
58.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2007	Atlantic	33
59.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2008	Warner Bros	53
60.	Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go	28.09.2009
61.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2009	Atlantic	40
62.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2010	Atlantic	67
63.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2011	Atlantic	36
64.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2011	Atlantic	43
65.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2015	Atlantic	29
66.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2016	Warner Bros	26
67.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2017	Warner Bros	14
68.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2018	Warner Bros	11
69.	Driving Home For Christmas	12/2019	Warner Bros	24
70.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2020	Warner Bros	11
71.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2021	Warner Bros	10
72.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2022	Warner Bros	16
73.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2023	Rhino	19
74.	Driving Home For Christmas	11/2024	Rhino	19

Videos:

1. The Road To Hell & Back: The Farewell Tour - 16.10.2006, Polydor, live, 160 min

WWW Links:

http://www.chrisrea.com

Various:

since 2007 The Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes

appeared on the LP:

Hank Marvin: Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate (11.11.77, EMI)
Catherine Howe: Truth Of The Matter (1978)
Frida: Shine (8.10.84, Epic)
Elton John: Duets (22.11.93, Rocket)
Tom Robinson: Love Over Rage (5/94, Cooking Vinyl)
John Mayall & Friends: Along For The Ride (26.3.01, Eagle)
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings: Double Bill (23.4.01, Ripple)

Press References:

&musiQ
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2002	11		83	Novinky	album review
2002	12		8	Bezprostředně
2002	12		73	Live	gig review
Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1998	16	23.04.1998	27	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	43	09.12.1999	26	Forum kritikum	album review
2000	5	09.03.2000	39	Singlosy	single review
2000	19	12.10.2000	6	Infokus
2000	19	12.10.2000	36	Forum kritikum	album review
2000	21	09.11.2000	7	Infokus	profile
2001	23	06.12.2001	34	Forum kritikum	album review
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	10		26	Recenze	album review
1993	6		37	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1978	14	08.04.1978	18	Singles	single review
1979	20	26.05.1979	30	Albums	album review
1979	20	26.05.1979	33	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	13	29.03.1980	21	Singles	single review
1984	18	05.05.1984	24	Albums	album review
1993	30	24.07.1993	47	True Stories - Biting Tongues
1996	45	09.11.1996	52	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	18	13.09.1991	28	Recenze	album review
1991	20	11.10.1991	28	Recenze	album review
1992	2	24.01.1992	7	Dopisy	discography
1993	12	24.06.1993	36	Recenze	album review
1994	5	14.03.1994	28	Recenze	album review
1997	3		113	Recenze - Atd	album review
1998	3		105	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	1		106	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	11		107	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2000	12		74		interview
2004	3		77	Recenze	album review
2004	4		32	Interview	interview
2006	2		29	Interview	interview, discography
2006	4		78	Live	gig review
2006	12		65	Recenze	album review
2006	12		69	Recenze DVD
2008	3		72	Replay - Live	gig review
Rock'88
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	2		10	Recenze	album review