Jump to content

New Light Through Old Windows

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Crovata (talk | contribs) at 00:27, 27 March 2015. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

New Light Through Old Windows is the first compilation album by Chris Rea, released in 1988. The album consists primarily of re-recordings of songs released on earlier Rea albums, as well as two new songs, "Working on It" (which gave him a rare U.S. chart single, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, and giving him his only #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart) and "Driving Home for Christmas.", also the re-recording of "On the Beach" gave him another rare US hit, it peaked #9 on the US AC chart in 1988 and #12 in the UK chart.

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

  1. "Let's Dance" - 4:14
  2. "Working on It" - 4:24
  3. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
  4. "Josephine" - 4:33
  5. "Candles" - 4:44
  6. "On the Beach" - 6:51
  7. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - 4:03
  8. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:23
  9. "Shamrock Diaries" - 4:12
  10. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:06
  11. "Windy Town" - 4:05
  12. "Driving Home for Christmas" - 3:58
  13. "Steel River" - 6:48

The tracks on the CD (Geffen Records, copyright 1989) are:

  1. "Let's Dance" - 4:16
  2. "Working On It" - 4:25
  3. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:24
  4. "Windy Town" - 4:06
  5. "On the Beach" - 6:53
  6. "Steel River" - 6:48
  7. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:08
  8. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
  9. "Josephine" - 4:17
  10. "Candles" - 4:42

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[2] Gold 25,000*
France (SNEP)[3] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[4] Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[5] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] 3× Platinum 900,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

  • Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, produce
  • Robert Ahwai - guitar
  • Eoghan O'Neill - bass
  • Max Middleton - keyboards
  • Martin Ditcham - drums

Notes

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r16249
  2. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Chris Rea – New Light - Best Of" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  3. ^ http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php
  4. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Chris Rea; 'New Light Through Old Windows')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  5. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('New Light Best Of')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  6. ^ "British album certifications – Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type New Light Through Old Windows in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Light_Through_Old_Windows&oldid=653681865"