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British
singer
/
guitarist
, born in
1951
in
Middlesbrough
,
England
. He started out performing with a
band
called
Magdalene
after future
Whitesnake
singer
David Coverdale
quit. After changing their name to the
Beautiful Losers
, the band won a national
talent contest
in
1975
, though they didn't get a
record contract
out of the win.
Rea left the band and recorded an
album
called "
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
", which had a Top 20 hit in the United States with "
Fool (If You Think It's Over)
"--after that, Rea concentrated his efforts in
Europe
, where most of his
fans
were, so no one in the
U.S.
heard from him for a while. A
compilation
of
song
s from his albums from the
1980s
was released in 1988; "
New Light Through Old Windows
" sold well in
Europe
and appeared on the charts in
America
.
Rea's
followup
album was the
critically acclaimed
"
The Road to Hell
", which many consider to be his
best
album. "The Road to Hell" got some
airplay
on American
rock radio
, though his subsequent releases, including "
Auberge
", "
God's Great Banana Skin
", "
Espresso Logic
", "
La Passione
", "
The Blue Cafe
", "
King of the Beach
", and "
Stony Road
", have again been released mostly for European audiences and have received little if any publicity in the U.S.
Rea sounds like he wouldn't be out of place in an American
blues bar
. His
voice
is
deep
and
gravelly
, and his guitar style is heavily
blues
-influenced. His songs are
introspective
and emotional--though
sadness
and
despair
are the most common emotions he sings about, he's also performed very
happy
and even very
angry
songs. I
recommend
him
enthusiastic
ally, especially "The Road to Hell", which is a
masterful
album.
Discography:
1972 -
Se Sequi
1978 -
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
1979 -
Deltics
1980 -
Tennis
1982 -
Chris Rea
1983 -
Water Sign
1984 -
Wired to the Moon
1985 -
Shamrock Diaries
1986 -
On the Beach
1987 -
Dancing with Strangers
1989 -
Road to Hell
1991 -
Auberge
1993 -
God's Great Banana Skin
1994 -
Espresso Logic
1996 -
La Passione
1998 -
The Blue Cafe
1999 -
The Road to Hell: Part 2
2000 -
King of the Beach
2002 -
Dancing Down the Stony Road
2002 -
Stony Road
Research from the All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com)
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