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Chris Rea: Espresso Logic

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Label: East West Records
Released: 1993.11.03
Time:
53:21
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Chris Rea
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] Espresso Logic (Ch.Rea) - 6:54
[2] Red (Ch.Rea) - 5:26
[3] Soup of the Day (Ch.Rea) - 3:45
[4] Johnny Needs a Fast Car (Ch.Rea) - 6:35
[5] Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Ch.Rea) - 4:50
[6] Julia (Ch.Rea) - 3:55
[7] Summer Love (Ch.Rea) - 4:07
[8] New Way (Ch.Rea) - 3:30
[9] Stop (Ch.Rea) - 5:10
[10] She Closed Her Eyes (Ch.Rea) - 3:55

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Chris Rea - Vocals, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar, Organ, Composer, Producer

Robert Ahwai - Guitar
Sylvin Marc - Bass
Max Middleton - Piano, Keyboards
Davy Spillane - Uilleann Pipes
Pete Beachill - Trombone
Dave Stewart - Trombone
Martin Ditcham - Drums, Percussion
Elton John - Vocals
Val Chalmers - Backing Vocals
Linda Taylor - Backing Vocals
Emma Whittle - Backing Vocals

Neil Amor - Engineer
Stuart Epps - Engineer
Paul Mortimer - Engineer
Simon Wall - Assistant Engineer
Willie Grimston - Coordination
Tommy Willis - Guitar Technician

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Espresso Logic is aptly titled, as the majority of the music would fit well in a late-night coffee house. It's a jazzier-bluesier album than most of Rea's, featuring some fine slide guitar, particularly on the title track. The atmospheric "Miles Is a Cigarette" is a smoky evocation of longing and remembrance. This hushed mood carries over into "She Closed Her Eyes," which is a poem spoken over a soothing, wistful backing. It's not all moody atmospherics, though. Like "Josephine" on his earlier Shamrock Diaries, the bright rhythm driven song "Julia" is about one of his daughters. Unfortunately, the weakest track is the duet with Elton John. The pairing could have been more interesting if they'd picked a different song, but "If You Were Me" is quite bland. This album was released in two different versions, the U.S. version, with the gold sand on the cover, also included some songs from God's Great Banana Skin, which wasn't released in the U.S.

Rob Caldwell -  All Music Guide



Espresso Logic is the thirteenth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 1993. The US edition of the album has a significantly different track listing than other editions, as it also features songs from Rea's previous album, God's Great Banana Skin (not released in the US), along with "If You Were Me", a track recorded with Elton John for his 1993 Duets release. The cover art of the US edition is the same as the UK single "Espresso Logic". The song "Julia" was dedicated to his daughter Julia Christina, 4 years old at the time of the release of the album.

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Der Berufsromantiker Chris Rea sieht wieder Land. Nach dem Flop von "God's Great Banana Skin" erinnert sich der Mann mit dem sonoren Organ für "Espresso Logic" an frühere filigrane Folkrock-Qualitäten - und für "Johnny Needs A Fast Car" auch an das einprägsame Riff von "Auberge". Mit "Julia" könnte es mal wieder zu einem Singlehit reichen, doch auch die übrigen neun Kompositionen stehen auf passablem Niveau. ** Interpret.: 06-07

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Gerade ein Jahr ist Chris Reas letzte Scheibe God's Great Banana Skin alt. Kein Wunder, daß der Meister der endlosen Intros wenig Aufregendes zu bieten hat. Magere Themen walzt er bis zur Unkenntlichkeit aus, plaudert in unverbindlichen Tönen - und in der Intrumentierung tut sich sowieso nix Neues. Mag sein, daß Rea-Fans diesen Aufguß gerade noch ertragen. Alle anderen spüren, daß jene Spannung, die der Brite einst zu zaubern wußte, längst erschreckender Langeweile gewichen ist: Reas Espresso hat einen mehr als schalen Nachgeschmack!

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