Footsteps (album)

Footsteps
Studio album by Chris de Burgh
Released 2008
Genre Rock, Adult contemporary
Length 58:14
Label edel Records
Producer Chris de Burgh, Chris Porter
Chris de Burgh chronology
The Storyman
(2006)		 Footsteps
(2008)		 Moonfleet
(2010)

Footsteps is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's seventeenth original album, released in 2008. This album includes two songs penned by de Burgh and cover versions of thirteen other songs.[1] In 2011, De Burgh released a follow-up album, Footsteps 2.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "First Steps" (Chris de Burgh) – 1:09
  2. "Turn, Turn, Turn" (Pete Seeger) – 3:29
  3. "The Long And Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:34
  4. "Africa" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro) – 4:15
  5. "Without You" (Peter Ham, Thomas Evans) – 3:21
  6. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger) – 3:43
  7. "Sealed with a Kiss" (Gary Geld) – 2:36
  8. "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:24
  9. "We Can Work It Out" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:12
  10. "All Along The Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:18
  11. "Corrina Corrina" (Bo Chatmon, J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish) – 2:47
  12. "Rhythm of the Rain/Crying in the Rain" (John Gummoe, Howard Greenfield) – 3:08 (UK version only)
  13. "Polly Von" (Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers) – 3:12
  14. "American Pie" (Don McLean) – 4:22
  15. "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) – 3:27
  16. "The Bells of Christmas" (Chris de Burgh) – 2:52 (Special Edition only)
  17. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:49 (Special Edition only)
  18. "Footsteps" (Chris de Burgh) – 3:01

This album was released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Russia & Ukraine on the November 21, 2008, and in the UK in April 2009.[2]

Charts & Certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Rank
German Albums Chart [3] 38
Country Certifications Sales/Shipments[4]
Germany Platinum [5] 200,000+

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ http://www.cdeb.com/cdebnew/footstepsalbum.html
  2. ^ http://www.cdeb.com
  3. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2009
  4. ^ Certification for every country in the world IFPI. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  5. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Footsteps')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Footsteps&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked.