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Chris Rea discography
Studio albums25
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums1
Compilation albums14
Singles72

The discography of British musician Chris Rea consists of 25 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 1 live album, 1 soundtrack album and 72 singles—including 32 UK top 75 hit singles. He has fourteen UK top 20 albums, nine of them in the Top 10, including two No. 1s.

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5][6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
  • Released: April 1978
  • Label: Magnet
94 49
Deltics
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Magnet
54 27
Tennis
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Magnet
60 60
Chris Rea
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Magnet
52
Water Sign
  • Released: March 1983
  • Label: Magnet
64 60 30 33 7
Wired to the Moon
  • Released: April 1984
  • Label: Magnet
35 17 25 16 13
Shamrock Diaries
  • Released: 17 May 1985
  • Label: Magnet
15 41 12 3 19 18
On the Beach
  • Released: 14 April 1986
  • Label: Magnet
11 37 20 2 1 7 11 10
Dancing with Strangers
  • Released: 14 September 1987
  • Label: Magnet
2 7 13 5 7 6 7 7
The Road to Hell
  • Released: 30 October 1989
  • Label: Magnet / WEA / Geffen
1 35 2 3 43 3 2 6 107
Auberge
  • Released: 25 February 1991
  • Label: EastWest / WEA
1 53 5 1 9 3 5 2 176
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[13]
God's Great Banana Skin
  • Released: 2 November 1992
  • Label: EastWest
4 137 26 16 33 14 18 16
Espresso Logic
  • Released: 1 November 1993
  • Label: EastWest
8 109 16 14 46 29 24
The Blue Cafe
  • Released: 19 January 1998
  • Label: EastWest
10 20 43 7 32 32 43 28
The Road to Hell: Part 2
  • Released: 8 November 1999
  • Label: EastWest
54 16 96
King of the Beach
  • Released: October 2000
  • Label: Magnet / EastWest
26 13 11 29
Dancing Down the Stony Road
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Jazzee Blue / Edel
14 18 115 11 21 29 28
Blue Street (Five Guitars)
  • Released: 28 July 2003
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
179
Hofner Blue Notes
  • Released: 28 July 2003
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
The Blue Jukebox
  • Released: March 2004
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
27 41 133 30 32 49
Blue Guitars
  • Released: October 2005
  • Label: Ear Books / Edel
85 180 29
The Return of the Fabulous
Hofner Bluenotes
  • Released: 10 February 2008
  • Label: Ear Books / Edel
76
Santo Spirito Blues
  • Released: 5 September 2011
  • Label: Rhino
13 30 35 10 44 27 31
Road Songs for Lovers
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Jazzee Blue / BMG
11 22 188 19 52 18
One Fine Day
  • Released: 4 October 2019
  • Label: Warner Music
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
GER
[5][6]
NLD
[7]
The Road to Hell and Back
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: Jazzee Blue / Polydor
34 18 73

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FIN
[15]
GER
[5][6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Herzklopfen (Germany only) 5
New Light Through Old Windows
  • Released: 17 October 1988
  • Label: Magnet / WEA / Geffen
5 14 7 9 59 15 29 24 92
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[13]
The Best of Chris Rea
  • Released: 24 October 1994
  • Label: EastWest
3 73 4 35 7 7 6
The Best Of Chris Rea (1998 album)
  • Released: 15 December 1998
  • Label: EastWest
165
The Very Best of Chris Rea
  • Released: November 2001
  • Label: Magnet / EastWest
69 5 60 16
Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits 24 35 54
The Platinum Collection
The Ultimate Collection 1978–2000
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Crimson
186
The Works
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Rhino
84
Fool (If You Think It's Over)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Edel
98 98
Still So Far to Go – The Best of Chris Rea
  • Released: 5 October 2009
  • Label: Rhino / Jazzee Blue
8 37 10
The Journey 1978–2009 66
The Best
  • Released: 28 September 2018[16]
  • Label: Jazzee Blue
Era 1: 1978–1984
  • Released: 20 November 2020[17]
  • Label: Magnet
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUT
[3]
GER
[5][6]
La Passione
  • Released: 2 April 1996
  • Label: EastWest
43 44 60

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[18]
BEL
(FL)

[19]
FRA GER
[20]
NLD NZ SWI
[21]
US
[22]
1974 "So Much Love" Non-album single
1978 "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" 30 39 30 31 12 Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
"Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?" 71
1979 "Diamonds" 44 13 44 Deltics
"Raincoat and a Rose"
1980 "Tennis" [A] 88 Tennis
"Dancing Girls"
1982 "Loving You" 65 88 Chris Rea
"Every Beat of My Heart" [B] 53 39
1983 "Let It Loose" 85 Water Sign
"I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" 60 42 15 25 46
"Hey You"
"Love's Strange Ways" 123
1984 "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" 65 Wired to the Moon
"Bombollini" 154
"Touche D'Amour" 86 40 46
"Ace of Hearts" 79
1985 "Stainsby Girls" 26 94 33 Shamrock Diaries
"Josephine" 67 79 13 31 8
"All Summer Long" 32 34
"Ace of Hearts" (re-issue) 78 Wired to the Moon
1986 "It's All Gone" 69 32 37 On the Beach
"On the Beach" 57 88 48 34
"Hello Friend" (re-recording) 79
1987 "Let's Dance" 12 9 19 56 2 22 81 Dancing with Strangers
"Josephine (remix)" 4[25] Non-album single
"Loving You Again" 47 75 35 43 33 Dancing with Strangers
"Joys of Christmas" 67
1988 "Que Sera" (re-recording) 73 36 71 36
"On the Beach" (Summer '88) (re-recording) 12 70 New Light Through Old Windows
"I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" (re-recording) 74
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" (re-recording) 90
"Driving Home for Christmas" 10[C] 26
[26]
3 14 3 3 30 10
1989 "Working on It" 53 85 73
"The Road to Hell" 10 78 6 35 30 35 The Road to Hell
"That's What They Always Say" 83 123 35
1990 "Tell Me There's a Heaven" 24
"Texas" 69
1991 "Auberge" 16 101 29 31 46 20 45 Auberge
"Heaven" 57 94
"Looking for the Summer" 49 39 51 37
"Winter Song" 27
1992 "Nothing to Fear" 16 38 God's Great Banana Skin
"God's Great Banana Skin" 31 59
1993 "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" 53 54
"Too Much Pride" (re-recording)
"Julia" 18 40 Espresso Logic
"Espresso Logic"
1994 "Johnny Needs a Fast Car"
"You Can Go Your Own Way" 28 The Best of Chris Rea
"Tell Me There's a Heaven" (re-issue) 70
1996 "'Disco' La Passione" (with Shirley Bassey) 41 39 21 12 La Passione
"Girl in a Sports Car" 77
1997 "Only to Fly"
"Girl in a Sports Car" (re-issue) 89 91
"Let's Dance" (with Middlesbrough FC and Bob Mortimer) 44 Non-album single
"The Blue Café" 53 The Blue Café
1998 "Square Peg, Round Hole" 80
"Sweet Summer Day" 159 71
"Thinking of You" 84
1999 "New Times Square" The Road to Hell: Part 2
2000 "All Summer Long" 78 King of the Beach
"Tell Me There's a Heaven" (re-issue) 11 Non-album single
2001 "Who Do You Love?" 173 King of the Beach
"Your Love Is Setting Me Free" (with Watermen) Non-album single
2009 "Come So Far, Yet Still So Far to Go" Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea
2011 "Dancing My Blues Away" Santo Spirito Blues
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
  1. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 117 on the Record Business Singles Chart.[23]
  2. ^ This single did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but did reach number 129 on the Record Business Bubbling Under Singles Chart.[24]
  3. ^ Originally charted at number 53, but reentered the charts every Christmas since 2007, attaining new peaks of 33 in 2007, 29 in 2015, 26 in 2016, 14 in 2017 and 10 in 2021.

Videography

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Video albums

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  • Stony Road (2002)
  • Dancing Down the Stony Road (2003)
  • The Road to Hell & Back (The Farewell Tour) (2006)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e UK chart peaks:
    • Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts > Chris Rea". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2019. N.B. This site contains 'compressed' chart (exclusion rules applied) peaks between positions 76 and 100.
    • Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: "UK Chart Log 1994-2010 - The Rabble Army – RZA >> Chtis Rea". zobbel.de. Retrieved 24 May 2011. N.B. This site contains 'uncompressed' chart (no exclusions) peaks for positions 76 to 200, for the period between November 1994 and May 2001. Some peaks will therefore be lower than those listed on the Official Charts site.
  2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
  3. ^ a b c "Chris Rea discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Chris Rea discography". French Album charts. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "Chris Rea discography". German charts (in German). Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d "Chris Rea Albums". German charts (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2012.[dead link]
  7. ^ a b c "Chris Rea discography". Austrian charts (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Chris Rea discography". Norwegian charts. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Chris Rea discography". Swedish charts. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  10. ^ a b "Chris Rea discography". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  11. ^ a b "Chris Rea Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  12. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Chris Rea. Retrieved on 15 December 2008.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  14. ^ "CRIA Certifications". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  15. ^ "Chris Rea discography". Finnish Charts. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  16. ^ "The Best". Apple Music. September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  17. ^ "Chris Rea - Era 1 (As, Bs & Rarities 1978 – 1984) (3CD)". Dig!. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Discographie Chris Rea". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Chris Rea – Driving Home for Christmas". Ultratop (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Discographie Chris Rea". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Chris Rea". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Chris Rea Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  23. ^ "The Singles Chart - Ones to Watch". Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 1. 24 March 1980. p. 7.
  24. ^ "Top Singles - Bubbling Under Singles 101-150". Record Business. Vol. 5, no. 9. 7 June 1982. p. 7.
  25. ^ "Classement du 20 septembre 1987".
  26. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.