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Chris Rea: Deltics

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Label: Magnet Records
Released: 1979
Time:
 45:51
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Gus Dudgeon
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.chrisrea.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Twisted Wheel (Ch.Rea) - 05:15
[2] The Things Lovers Should Do (Ch.Rea) - 03:35
[3] Dance! (Don't Think) (Ch.Rea) - 03:52
[4] Raincoat and a Rose (Ch.Rea) - 04:09
[5] Cenotaph/Letter from Amsterdam (Ch.Rea) - 05:49
[6] Deltics (Ch.Rea) - 05:28
[7] Diamonds (Ch.Rea) - 04:51
[8] She Gave It Away (Ch.Rea) - 04:00
[9] Don't Want Your Best Friend (Ch.Rea) - 03:44
[10] No Qualifications (Ch.Rea) - 02:20
[11] Seabird (Ch.Rea) - 02:52

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Chris Rea - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer

Robert Ahwai- Guitar
Eoghan O'Neill - Bass
Mick Hutchinson - Bass
Kevin Leach - Keyboards
Max Middleton - Keyboards
Graham Watson - Organ
Dave Mattacks - Drums
Adrian Rea - Drums
Norman Nosebait - Drums
Martin Ditcham - Percussion
Steve Gregory - Saxophone
Martin Jenner - Acoustic Guitar
Gus Dudgeon - Percussion, Producer
Vicki Brown - Background Vocals
Liza Strike - Background Vocals
Joy Yates - Background Vocals
Stuart Epps - Engineer, Background Vocals

Gordon Vicary - Mastering
Dino Lappas - Mastering
Jim Dorrell - Mastering
John McCoy - Management
Jim Beach - Management
Jacques Lowe - Photography
Media Visual Arts Ltd. - Sleeve Design

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Deltics is the second studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1979. The title is a reference to the Deltic-class locomotives that were used on the UK East Coast rail network in the 1960s and 1970s.



Indeed, whatever happened to Benny Santini? The name that Magnet Records were considering using for their new solo signing but instead he went with his real name of Chris Rea, and Deltics was his second album after Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? and his first to reach the charts, althoug it didn't make much of an impact, only peaking at number 54 in the spring of 1979 - not the best time for an introspective singer/songwriter to crash the charts. Named after the British Rail class 55 of diesel locomotive trains that were built in the early '60s and were just about to be withdrawn from service, Rea showed his interest in various forms of transport that would continue throughout his recording career. He took a leaf out of the Elton John songbook with the opening track "Twisted Wheel" which has a thumping piano running throughout and a melody not unlike Elton's song "Part Time Love." This style was continued on the song "Dance (Don't Think)" and the one single taken from Deltics, the track "Diamonds," but this was hardly surprising as the album was produced by Gus Dudgeon who had been influential in producing most of Elton John's albums to date. However, there was a variety on the album that showed great promise, from these uptempo numbers to the great atmospheric guitar work by Robert Ahwry on the title track and the ballads "She Gave It Away" and "The Things That Lovers Do." "Raincoat and a Rose" was obviously going to tug at the heartstrings with a string section during the intro and the chorus, and the song did turn out to be about forbidden love while the track "Cenotaph" was an interesting two-minute instrumental that led into the more rock-oriented "Letter from Amsterdam." Because Rea's career has lasted so long, still enjoying hit albums in the 21st century, his early work, which was not as commercially successful, is sometimes overlooked and Deltics is a prime example, a great album, hardly ever mentioned in discussions of Chris Rea's many recordings.

Sharon Mawer - All Music Guide
 

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