Water Sign (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Water Sign
Type = Album
Artist = Chris Rea


Released = 1983
Recorded = ???
Genre = Album-Oriented Rock
Length = ???
Label = Magnet
Producer = Chris Rea
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hy68mpp39f1o link]
Last album = "Chris Rea" (1982)
This album = "Water Sign" (1983)
Next album = "Wired To The Moon" (1984)

"Water Sign" is an album by Chris Rea, released in 1983. It forms one of the cornerstones of the career of Chris Rea, since it was almost never released. The record company showed so little interest in doing anything with Chris Rea at all, that they would not even pay the money to record the album professionally. What was actually released was the DEMO album that Rea recorded by himself, as a demo for the record company, with a few overdubs. Hence the extensive use of electronic drum machines. The irony is, the album was well received, and most people thought the new electronic sound of Chris Rea was rather good. Little did they know that tracks such as "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" would probably have been recorded in a completely different way, had Rea had the freedom to let his creative juices flow.

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

# "Nothing's Happening by the Sea"
# "Deep Water"
# "Candles"
# "Love's Strange Ways"
# "Texas"
# "Let It Loose"
# "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat"
# "Midnight Blue"
# "Hey You"
# "Out of the Darkness"

Personnel

*Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, producer
*Robert Ahwry - guitar
*Ian Hawkins - guitar, bass
*Eoghan O'Neill - bass
*Kevin Leach - keyboards
*Max Middleton - keyboards
*Dave Mattacks - drums
*Adrian Rea - drums
*Dave Richards - horn, drums, percussion, sequencing, producer
*Martin Ditcham - percussion

ingles

# "Let it Loose" b/w "Sierra Sierra", "Urban Samurai"
# "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" b/w "?"
# "Love's Strange Ways" b/w "Smile"