Chris Rea discography

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Chris Rea discography

Releases
↙Studio albums	25
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	11
↙Singles	72
↙Soundtracks	1

The discography of British pop rock singer Chris Rea consists of 25 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	—	35	—	10	44	27	—	—	—

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: Label: Magnet / EastWest	69	—	5	—	60	—	16	—	—	—		Gold
2005	Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits Released: Label: Warner Strategic Marketing	24	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	54	—		Silver
2006	The Platinum Collection Released: Label: Rhino / Warner Platinum	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	The Ultimate Collection 1978-2000 Released: Label: Crimson	186	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	The Works Released: Label: Rhino	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	—	—

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
• "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

Videography

Video albums

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

Music videos

References

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