Chris Rea

Christopher Anton Rea (4 March, 1951) is a successful British singer-songwriter, from Middlesbrough. He is best known for his 1989 album The Road to Hell. His father owned an ice-cream parlour just outside Middlesbrough, in Guisborough, but previously had parlours throughout the area. Locally, "going to Rea's" (pronounced "Ree-a's") meant going out for ice-cream.

Discography

Albums

• 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
• 2001 The Very Best of
• 2002 Stony Road
• 2003 Blue Street (Five Guitars)
• 2003 Hofner Blue Notes
• 2004 The Blue Jukebox

Compilations

• 1988 New Light Through Old Windows (an album of re-recordings of his best known tracks)
• 1994 The Best of Chris Rea
• 2001 The Very Best of Chris Rea
• 2005 Blue Guitars (Coming soon) - (130 tracks/set comprising of 11 CDs)