Chris Rea discography

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Chris Rea discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 23
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 11
↙Singles 72
↙Soundtracks 1

The discography of British pop rock singer Chris Rea consists of 23 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, 1 live album, 1 soundtrack album and 72 hit singles.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]		 AUT
[3]		 FIN
[4]		 FRA
[5][6]		 GER
[7][8]		 NLD
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 US
[13]		 CAN
[14]		 UK
[15]		 US
[16]
1978 Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
  • Released: April, 1978
  • Label: Magnet
 — — — — — — — — — 49 Gold
1979 Deltics
  • Released: March, 1979
  • Label: Magnet
 54 — — — — — — — — —
1980 Tennis
  • Released: March, 1980
  • Label: Magnet
 60 — — — — — — — — —
1982 Chris Rea
  • Released: February, 1982
  • Label: Magnet
 52 — — — — — — — — —
1983 Water Sign
  • Released: March, 1983
  • Label: Magnet
 64 — — 26 30 33 — 7 — —
1984 Wired to the Moon
  • Released: Apr, 1984
  • Label: Magnet
 35 — — — 17 25 — 13 — —
1985 Shamrock Diaries
  • Released: April, 1985
  • Label: Magnet
 15 — — — 12 3 16 19 18 — Silver
1986 On the Beach
  • Released: April, 1986
  • Label: Magnet
 11 20 — 29 2 1 7 11 10 — Platinum
1987 Dancing with Strangers
  • Released: September, 1987
  • Label: Magnet
 2 13 — 14 5 7 6 7 7 — Platinum
1989 The Road to Hell
  • Released: October, 1989
  • Label: Magnet / WEA
 1 2 — 6 3 43 3 2 6 107 Gold 6x Platinum
1991 Auberge
  • Released: February, 1991
  • Label: EastWest / WEA
 1 5 — 19 1 9 3 5 2 176 2x Platinum
1992 God's Great Banana Skin
  • Released: October, 1992
  • Label: EastWest
 4 26 — 19 16 33 14 18 16 — Platinum
1993 Espresso Logic
  • Released: November, 1993
  • Label: EastWest
 8 16 — — 14 46 — 29 24 — Silver
1998 The Blue Cafe
  • Released: February, 1998
  • Label: EastWest
 10 20 4 43 7 32 32 43 28 — Silver
1999 The Road to Hell: Part 2
  • Released: November, 1999
  • Label: EastWest
 54 — — — 16 — — — 96 — Silver
2000 King of the Beach
  • Released: October 2, 2000
  • Label: Magnet / EastWest
 26 13 — — 11 — — — 29 —
2002 Dancing Down the Stony Road
  • Released: September, 2002
  • Label: Jazzee Blue / Edel
 14 18 — 115 11 21 — 29 28 — Gold
2003 Blue Street (Five Guitars)
  • Released: July 28, 2003
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
 179 — — — — — — — — —
2003 Hofner Blue Notes
  • Released: July 28, 2003
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
 — — — — — — — — — —
2004 The Blue Jukebox
  • Released: March, 2004
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
 27 41 — 133 30 32 — — 49 —
2005 Blue Guitars
  • Released: October, 2005
  • Label: Ear Books / Edel
 85 — — 180 — 29 — — — —
2008 The Return of the Fabulous
Hofner Bluenotes
  • Released: February 10, 2008
  • Label: Ear Books / Edel
 — — — — — 76 — — — —
2011 Santo Spirito Blues
  • Released: September 5, 2011
  • Label: Rhino
 13 30 35 — 10 44 27 — 31 —

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]		 AUT
[3]		 FIN
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[7][8]		 NLD
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 US
[13]		 CAN
[14]		 UK
[15]		 US
[16]
2006 The Road to Hell and Back
  • Released: October, 2006
  • Label: Jazzee Blue / Polydor
 34 — — — 18 73 — — — —

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]		 AUT
[3]		 FIN
[4]		 FRA
[6]		 GER
[7][8]		 NLD
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 US
[13]		 CAN
[14]		 UK
[15]		 US
[16]
1986 Herzklopfen (Germany only)
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polystar
 — — — — 5 — — — — —
1988 New Light Through Old Windows
  • Released:
  • Label: Magnet / WEA
 5 7 — 11 9 — 15 29 24 92 3x Platinum
1994 The Best of Chris Rea
  • Released:
  • Label: EastWest
 3 — — — 4 35 7 7 6 — Platinum
1998 The Best of Chris Rea
  • Released: December 15, 1998
  • Label: EastWest
 165 — — — — — — — — —
2001 The Very Best of Chris Rea
  • Released: November 2001
  • Label: Magnet / EastWest
 69 — 5 — 60 — 16 — — — Gold
2005 Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits 24 — 35 — — — — — 54 — Silver
2006 The Platinum Collection — — — — — — — — — —
2007 The Ultimate Collection 1978-2000
  • Released:
  • Label: Crimson
 186 — — — — — — — — —
2007 The Works — — — — — — — —
2008 Fool (If You Think It's Over)
  • Released:
  • Label: Edel
 — — — — 98 — — — 98 —
2009 Still So Far To Go – The Best Of Chris Rea
  • Released: 5 Oct. 2009
  • Label: Rhino / Jazzee Blue
 8 — — — 37 — — 10 — —
2011 The Journey 1978-2009 72 — — — — — — — — —

Soundtrack albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2]		 AUT
[3]		 FIN
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[7][8]		 NLD
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 SWE
[11]		 SWI
[12]		 US
[13]		 CAN
[14]		 UK
[15]		 US
[16]
1996 La Passione
  • Released: April 2, 1996
  • Label: EastWest
 43 44 — — 60 — — — — — Silver

Singles

GER http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Rea%2CChris/single?sort=entry http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Chris+Rea/single?sort=entry

  • "So Much Love" (May 1974)
  • "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" (Mar 1978) UK #30, US #12, US Adult Contemporary #1, NL #30
  • "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?" (1978) US #71
  • "Diamonds" (Mar 1979) UK #44, US #44
  • "Raincoat and a Rose" (1979)
  • "Tennis" (Mar 1980)
  • "Dancing Girls" (1980)
  • "Loving You" (Feb 1982) UK #65, US #88
  • "Every Beat of My Heart" (1982) NL #39
  • "Let It Loose" (Feb 1983) UK #85
  • "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" (May 1983) UK #60, IRL #14, NL #25, SWE #7
  • "Hey You" (1983) IRL#12
  • "Love's Strange Ways" (Jul 1983)
  • "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" (Feb 1984) UK #65, IRL #23
  • "Bombollini" (May 1984) IRL #21
  • "Touche D'Amour" (Jul 1984) UK #86, Ger #46
  • "Ace Of Hearts" (1984) UK #79, IRL #26
  • "Stainsby Girls" (Mar 1985) UK #26, IRL #10
  • "Josephine" (Jun 1985) UK #67, IRL #23, Ger #31, NL #8
  • "All Summer Long" (1985) NL #34
  • "Ace of Hearts" (reissue) (1985) UK #78
  • "It's All Gone" (Feb 1986) UK #69, IRL #14, NL #37
  • "On the Beach" (May 1986) UK #57, France #48, NL #34
  • "Hello Friend" (re-recording)(Nov 1986) UK #79
  • "Let's Dance" (May 1987) UK #12, IRL #5, US #81, Ger #19, NL #56, FIN #12, SWI #22
  • "Josephine" (1987) (remix) France #7 (remix version known as "la version française)
  • "Loving You Again" (Aug 1987) UK #47, IRL #25, Ger #43, NL #33
  • "Joys of Christmas" (Dec 1987) UK #67
  • "Que Sera" (re-recording)(Jan 1988) UK #73, Ger #71, NL #36
  • "On the Beach" (Summer '88)(re-recording) (Aug 1988) UK #12, IRL #18, US Adult Contemporary #9 (in 1989)
  • "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" (re-recording) (1988) UK #74, IRL #26
  • "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" ('88 Remix) NL #90
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (Nov 1988) UK #53, IRL #28 (Re-entered UK chart 2007, #33)
  • "Working on It" (Jan 1989) UK #53, US #73, US Mainstream Rock #1
  • "The Road to Hell" (Oct 1989) UK #10, IRL #11, Ger #35, France #30, Austria #6
  • "That's What They Always Say"(Nov 1989) UK #83, France #35
  • "Tell Me There's a Heaven" (Jan 1990) UK #24, IRL #20
  • "Texas" (Apr 1990) UK #69
  • "Auberge" (Feb 1991) UK #16, IRL #8, Ger #20, France #46, Austria #29, NL #45
  • "Heaven" (1991) UK #57, IRL #30, Ger #94
  • "Looking for the Summer" (Jun 1991) UK #49, Ger #51, NL #37
  • "Winter Song" (Oct 1991) UK #27, IRL #30
  • "Nothing To Fear" (Oct 1992) UK #16, SWI #38
  • "God's Great Banana Skin" (Nov 1992) UK #31, Ger #59
  • "Soft Top Hard Shoulder" (Jan 1993) UK #53, Ger #54
  • "Too Much Pride" (re-recording) (Jun 1993)
  • "Julia" (Oct 1993) UK #18, Ger #40
  • "Espresso Logic" (Dec 1993) UK #177
  • "Johnny Needs a Fast Car" (1994) FR#?
  • "You Can Go Your Own Way" (Oct 1994) UK #28
  • "Tell Me There's a Heaven" (re-issue) (Dec 1994) UK #70
  • "'Disco' La Passione" (with Shirley Bassey (Oct 1996) UK #41, NL #21
  • "Girl in a Sports Car" (Dec 1996) UK #81, Ger #91
  • "Only to Fly" (Apr 1997)Ger#?
  • "Girl in a Sports Car" (1997) UK (re-issue) UK #76
  • "Let's Dance" (with Middlesbrough FC and Bob Mortimer) (1997) UK #44
  • "The Blue Café" (Nov 1997) Ger #53
  • "Square Peg, Round Hole" (Feb 1998) UK #82
  • "Sweet Summer Day" (1998) UK #159, Ger #71
  • "Thinking of you" (1998) Ger #84
  • "New Times Square" (Nov 1999)Ger#?
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (1999) FIN #17
  • "All Summer Long" (Sep 2000) UK #80
  • "Tell Me There's a Heaven" (re-issue) (2000) Austria #11
  • "Who Do You Love?" (Jan 2001) UK #173
  • "Your Love Is Setting Me Free" (2001) with Watermen
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (2003) Ger #31
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (2006) NOR #11
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (2007) UK #33, IRL #33, NOR #6, SWE #26 (peak in 2010), SWI #41 (peak in 2008)
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (2008) UK #53, NOR #2, Austria #35, NL #17
  • "Come So Far, Yet Still So Far to Go" (Oct 2009)
  • "Driving Home for Christmas" (2009) UK #40, Austria #41, NL #29
  • "Dancing the blues away" (2011) UK Airplay Chart #46
  • "Driving home for Christmas" (2011 - UK# 36)

Videography

Video albums

  • Dancing Down the Stony Road
  • The Road to Hell & Back - (2006)
  • Parting Shots - (1999)

Music videos

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "UK Albums chart". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "UK Chart Log 1994-2010 - The Rabble Army – RZA >> Chtis Rea". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Chris Rea discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Chris Rea discography". Finnish Charts. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Chris Rea discography". French Album charts. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tout les Titres par Artiste > Chris Rea". InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Chris Rea discography". German charts (in German). Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Chris Rea Albums". German charts (in German). Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Chris Rea discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Chris Rea discography". Norwegian charts. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Chris Rea discography". Swedish charts. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Chris Rea discography". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Chart history - Chris Rea". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "CRIA Certifications". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2008-12-15. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Chris Rea. Retrieved on 2008-12-15.
Chris Rea
Studio releases
Live releases
  • The Road to Hell and Back
  • Farewell Tour Road to Hell
Compilation releases
Soundtrack releases
Video releases
  • Parting Shots
  • Dancing Down The Stony Road
  • The Road To Hell & Back
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