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New Light Through Old Windows

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Released
  
17 October 1988

Artist
  
Chris Rea

Producer
  
Chris Rea

Genre
  
Album-oriented rock

Length
  
60:13

Release date
  
17 October 1988

Label
  
Geffen Records

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New Light Through Old Windows (1988)
  
The Road to Hell (1989)

Similar
  
Chris Rea albums, Other albums

Chris rea working on it


New Light Through Old Windows is the first compilation album by Chris Rea, released in 1988. The album consists primarily of re-recordings of songs released on earlier Rea albums and the single-only release "Driving Home for Christmas" as well as a new song, "Working on It" (which gave him a rare U.S. chart single, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, and giving him his only #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart). The re-recording of "On the Beach" gave him another rare US hit, it peaked #9 on the US AC chart in 1988 and #12 in the UK chart.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

  1. "Let's Dance" - 4:14
  2. "Working on It" - 4:24
  3. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
  4. "Josephine" - 4:33
  5. "Candles" - 4:44
  6. "On the Beach" - 6:51
  7. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - 4:03
  8. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:23
  9. "Shamrock Diaries" - 4:12
  10. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:06
  11. "Windy Town" - 4:05
  12. "Driving Home for Christmas" - 3:58
  13. "Steel River" - 6:48

The US release featured different cover artwork and an altered tracklisting, shown below :

  1. "Let's Dance" - 4:16
  2. "Working On It" - 4:25
  3. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:24
  4. "Windy Town" - 4:06
  5. "On the Beach" - 6:53
  6. "Steel River" - 6:48
  7. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:08
  8. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
  9. "Josephine" - 4:17 (different version than international release)
  10. "Candles" - 4:42

Personnel

  • Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, producer
  • Robert Ahwai - guitar
  • Eoghan O'Neill - bass
  • Max Middleton - keyboards
  • Martin Ditcham - drums

    • Songs

    1Let's Dance4:16
    2Working on It4:25
    3I Can Hear Your Heartbeat3:24

    References

    New Light Through Old Windows Wikipedia
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