The Road to Hell

Author: Chris Rea

Brand: Rhino

PartNumber: 0022924628528

Release Date: 30-01-1990

Details: Amazon.ca This album, with which the singer reached his commercial peak, reflects Chris Rea's love/hate relationship with the car. The title track is famously inspired by Rea's experiences of the M25, but this is not a simple tract on the evils of the automobile--in 1988, he bought himself a racing car. His vision of hell is the traffic jam that stops you from using all that expensive acceleration. In this sense Chris Rea--the epitome of maturity compared to most in his business--shows himself still very much a rock star. The Road To Hell, despite the melancholy piano riff of the song itself and its Leonard Cohen-ish lyrics, is an optimistic album with a warm, embracing sound. This album is graced with some of Rea's finest creations: the spacey "Daytona", the topicality of "You Must Be Evil" and the catchy "That's What They Always Say". "Texas" is another witty commentary on the need for speed, and like many of the tracks on this disc it has the mellow groove that Rea has made his own. On The Road To Hell, Rea successfully marries the philosophy of the family man with the ethos of a rock star, in a way that many other forty-something crooners can only envy. He also marries a measure of self- expression with real commercial success: his first number one album, The Road To Hell went triple-platinum. --James Swift Product description 1. The Road To Hell2. The Road To Hell3. You Must Be Evil4. Texas5. Looking For A Rainbow6. Your Warm And Tender Love7. Daytona8. That's What They Always Say9. I Just Wanna Be With You10. Tell Me There's A Heaven

UPC: 022924628528

EAN: 0022924628528

Model: 0022924628528

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood