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Chris Rea: Auberge

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Label: Atco Records
Released: 1991.04.01
Time:
 54:33
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jon Kelly
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.chrisrea.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Auberge (Ch.Rea) - 7:18
[2] Gone Fishing (Ch.Rea) - 4:41
[3] You're Not A Number (Ch.Rea) - 5:00
[4] Heaven (Ch.Rea) - 6:27
[5] Set Me Free (Ch.Rea) - 6:53
[6] Winter Song (Ch.Rea) - 4:35 *
[7] Red Shoes (Ch.Rea) - 3:54
[8] Sing A Song Of Love To Me (Ch.Rea) - 3:34
[9] Every Second Counts (Ch.Rea) - 5:08
[10] Looking For The Summer (Ch.Rea) - 5:03
[11] And You My Love (Ch.Rea) - 5:28
[12] The Mention Of Your Name (Ch.Rea) - 3:17

* - "Winter Song" did not appear on the initial album release; released as a stand-alone single in November 1991, it was included on some subsequent CD issues.

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Chris Rea - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Classical Guitar, Hammond Organ, Harmonica

Anthony Drennan - Guitar, Dobro
Robert Ahwai - Bass
Max Middleton - Piano, String Arrangements
Tim Sanders - Tenor Sax
Simon Clarke - Alto Sax, Baritone Sax
J. Neil Sidwell - Trombone
Rick Taylor - Trombone
Roddy Lorimer - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Paul Spong - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Nick Hitchens - Tuba
Martin Ditcham - Percussion, Drums
Carol Kenyon - Backing Vocals
Linda Taylor - Backing Vocals
Gavyn Wright - Director
The Kick Horns - Horn Arrangements

Jon Kelly - Producer
John Mackswith - Engineer
Justin Shirley-Smith - Engineer
Russell Shaw - Engineer
Willie Grimston - Production Coordination
Alan Fearnley - Paintings

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Chris Rea's voice is like the smoke off a prairie fire or the sparks and flame from a flint and steel. Coupled with his robust, tasteful songwriting, the effect is to pull the listener into a song or album, grabbing at the brain - not just the ears. Auberge is the follow-up to Road to Hell, an ambitious, dark-toned album that found European and critical success. Auberge may not be as dark as its predecessor, but Rea seemingly can't sing a word without sharpening its flinty edges, making it a bit threatening. That said, his latest effort tempers that wariness with a mixture of cavalier spontaneity and sighing recall. It's the thoughts and feelings of a man on a meandering road trip, thinking over the things he's said and done. "Heaven" seems to recall a time when the afterlife was in reach, but it could just as easily be the song of someone who's finally found his way. The reggae-tinged "Every Second Counts" finds Rea adjusting his phrasing perfectly to the song's mellow upbeat, while the rousing title track and its accompanying set piece "Set Me Free" move from searching, tentative guitar noodlings into full-blown epics, sketching the album's story line with bluesy bottom end, blustering horns, backup singers, and Rea's own grainy vocal rumble. Auberge might be a bit tough to break into at first, like a road map that you just can't unfold, but that's because ambitious, rangy songwriting is going to take a few odd turns on its way to the scenic overlook where everything becomes clear. In Rea's case, that moment is summed up over the twisting guitar and swelling strings of "Gone Fishing." "You can waste a whole lifetime trying to be what you think is expected of you," he sings, and offers the simple act of casting a line as cure for life's wrong turns.

Johnny Loftus - All Music Guide



Auberge (a French word meaning "inn") is the eleventh studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1991. The album as well as the title song was mostly notable for the association of the Caterham Super Seven that he owned, in which he called it the "Blue Seven". That car appeared on the album cover, illustrated in oil by renowned motoring artist Alan Fearnley. The album makes several references to the car over several tracks, as well on the video of the title song and its cover illustration was used for its adverts. In 2005, Rea sold his car in an auction. Auberge was a #1 album in the UK in 1991. The title track also gave Rea one of his biggest chart hits, reaching #16 in the UK charts. Other songs released as singles were "Heaven", "Looking For The Summer" and "Winter Song". Another song, "And You My Love", wasn't released as single, however has become a firm favourite among his fans and is regularly performed at live concerts.

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