- rock, soft rock, pop rock
- 60 min
- 13 tracks
- EastWest
On the Beach is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in April 1986, and built on the success of the preceding Shamrock Diaries. It reached No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart, topped the Dutch charts, reached number two in West Germany and No. 4 in New Zealand. It also reached the top 10 in Norway. In 2019, a deluxe remastered version of the album was released.
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Character-led, classical in form, grave and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1On the Beach5:05
- 2Little Blonde Plaits4:20
- 3Giverny5:40
- 4Lucky Day3:57
- 5Just Passing Through5:21
- 6It’s All Gone7:28
- 7Hello Friend4:20
- 8Two Roads3:44
- 9Light of Hope4:34
- 10Auf immer und ewig4:12
- 11Freeway4:14
- 12Bless Them All2:30
- 13Crack That Mould4:33
13 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Chris Rea
- Label
- EastWest
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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