Water Sign (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Water Sign
Studio album by Chris Rea
Released	1983
Recorded	???
Genre	Album-Oriented Rock
Length	???
Label	Magnet
Producer	Chris Rea
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chris Rea chronology
Chris Rea (1982) Water Sign (1983) Wired To The Moon (1984)

Water Sign is an album by Chris Rea, released in 1983. It forms one of the cornerstones of the career of Chris Rea, since it was almost never released. The record company showed so little interest in doing anything with Chris Rea at all, that they would not even pay the money to record the album professionally. What was actually released was the DEMO album that Rea recorded by himself, as a demo for the record company, with a few overdubs. Hence the extensive use of electronic drum machines. The irony is, the album was well received, and most people thought the new electronic sound of Chris Rea was rather good. Little did they know that tracks such as I Can Hear Your Heartbeat would probably have been recorded in a completely different way, had Rea had the freedom to let his creative juices flow.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

1. "Nothing's Happening By The Sea"
2. "Deep Water"
3. "Candles"
4. "Love's Strange Ways"
5. "Texas"
6. "Let It Loose"
7. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat"
8. "Midnight Blue"
9. "Hey You"
10. "Out Of The Darkness"