What I found interesting in the interview was that he was cut after "medically..." (00:14 in the Youtube video). I'm sure he added at least another item on this list. In the interview with the Daily Mail he said something about business things that went utterly wrong ("and some busine...

Very sad, indeed. The upcoming tour might be the last one as it will get harder and harder to keep up with the life on the road and the busy tour schedule. Also interesting to read in this article - and sad, as well - that some business things got messed up. I wonder what this could be? Maybe negoti...

Well, I've just canceled my pre-order of the deluxe version after listening several times to the new snippet :( What's the point in re-releasing a song from the last album which was poor and still will be poor- no matter how you arrange it? Even worse: the new production sounds even worse than the o...

Aaah, "Curse Of The Traveller" - another favourite of mine. Great!

I'd love to hear:

- "Windy Town"
- "Steel River"
- "Ace Of Hearts"

All these songs have been played before - a very long time ago...

"It's All Gone" made an unexpected comeback in 2012 - so there's hoping other rare songs can do as well

New snippet - generous 20s this time! :lol: Again this annoying accordion like in the last two songs, a chord progression we've heard a million times and drums that sound like he used some samples in a home recording environment :( If that song really was recorded with a band in a proper studio then...

I saw the album for sale, already? How is that even possible: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/NEU-CD-Chris-Rea-Road-Songs-for-Lovers-G57254168-/391833351964?roken=HJ1H2Z You can pre-order it already on Amazon etc. so you can buy it on Ebay and the dealer will send it after the release, I guess. I have seen ...

Hi all, remember when the fans were encouraged to ask Chris a question via Facebook and a selection of these were supposed to be answered by Chris in a video? This was some time ago - nothing ever happened. The team (whoever this is) is much more active on FB than it has been in former days - but po...

Thanks, I've sent you a mail.

Hi all, in my opinion Chris' strongest albums - at least soundwise - were all produced by Jon Kelly. He just has the knack of creating a lush production without sounding overproduced - warm and harmonic I would call it. I think Auberge has the best arrangements and production of all albums. The old ...

Hi Andrew,

any chance of uploading the old fanclub stuff from pre-internet times somewhere?
These bits of information are very hard to find nowadays!

Cheers
Tobi

By the way I'm always puzzled why collaborations with other (reknown) artists are so rare. I'd love Chris to invite other musicians to play on his albums! In my opinion this is the way to ensure musical quality and also bring in some freshness and new sounds. There are a very few musicians who can l...

in the end, Chris is just making music the way he wants, just might be that he do not sign record company promotion about being "The old style of Rea", it's just his music done in year 2017 the way he wants. Endless permutations of basically the same three songs can't be what Chris really...

Hi all, some time ago Chris talked about one of his next projects which was about being on the road and the process of traveling. He initially wanted to release it as an "Earbook" again - because according to his belief as an artist you must offer more than a simple CD in order to keep peo...

Maybe the marketing specialists and executives of the record company thought that many fans would love a return to the old days and therefore promoted this back to the roots talk in order to make more money with the new album - and win back old fans that had turned their back because the last albums...