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Blue Guitars

Chris Rea · 2005

614 min · 137 tracks · pop rock · blues rock · soft rock

An expansive journey through blues-inflected rock, layered with soulful instrumentation and introspective lyrics.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic journey with emotional peaks
  • for reflective late nights
  • layered sounds for detail exploration
  • soulful instrumentation for deep listening
  • ideal for long, contemplative sessions

Maybe skip if you want

  • seeking quick, upbeat tracks
  • prefer standalone singles over albums

Where this album fits

Career context
By the time Chris Rea released *Blue Guitars* in 2005, he had established himself as a respected figure in the blues-rock genre, following his commercial peak in the late 1980s with hits like 'Driving Home for Christmas'. This album marked a significant artistic endeavor, showcasing his deepening exploration of blues music while reflecting on themes of home and personal struggles. It was also a follow-up to his previous album, *Dancing with Strangers*, which solidified his style.
Stylistic neighbors
Mark Knopfler· John Hiatt· Joe Cocker

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 West Africa (instrumental) 4:16
  • 2 Cry for Home 4:58
  • 3 The King Who Sold His Own 5:18
  • 4 White Man Coming 4:01
  • 5 Where the Blues Come From 6:19
  • 6 Lord Tell Me It Won’t Be Long 4:58
  • 7 Work Gang 4:33
  • 8 Praise the Lord 4:41
  • 9 Sweet Sunday 5:39
  • 10 Sing Out the Devil 6:08
  • 11 Boss Man Cut My Chains 3:23

Disc 2

  • 1 Walkin’ Country Blues 3:41
  • 2 Man Gone Missing 4:40
  • 3 Can’t Stay Blues 4:58
  • 4 KKK Blues 4:56
  • 5 Too Much Drinkin’ 4:52
  • 6 Catwalk Woman 4:32
  • 7 If You’ve Got a Friend in Jesus 4:24
  • 8 Head Out on the Highway 4:31
  • 9 Wild Pony 4:10
  • 10 Steam Train Blues 3:50
  • 11 Going Up to Memphis 4:20
  • 12 Somewhere Between Highway 61 & 49 6:06
  • 13 Ticket for Chicago 5:16
  • 14 Dance All Night Long 4:33

Disc 3

  • 1 Two Days Missing Down the Viper Room 3:00
  • 2 Who Cares If I Do 4:35
  • 3 What Made Me Love You 3:22
  • 4 You Got Dixie 4:41
  • 5 One Night With You 5:29
  • 6 Talking ’Bout New Orleans 5:27
  • 7 Le Fleur de La Vie (instrumental) 3:15
  • 8 Catfish Girl 3:51
  • 9 Only a Fool Plays by the Rules 4:01
  • 10 Baby Come Home 3:34
  • 11 Dance Avec Moi (instrumental) 3:17
  • 12 L’Ete Eternal (instrumental) 3:33

Disc 4

  • 1 Electric Guitar 4:44
  • 2 Electric Memphis Blues 4:17
  • 3 All Night Long 4:14
  • 4 Born Bad 3:49
  • 5 Let’s Start Again 3:54
  • 6 What I’m Looking For 4:28
  • 7 Rules of Love 3:13
  • 8 What You Done to Me 3:30
  • 9 Hobo Love Blues 3:39
  • 10 Pass Me By 3:08
  • 11 The Soul of My Father’s Shadow 3:55
  • 12 My Blue World Says Hello 4:08

Disc 5

  • 1 Lone Rider 4:46
  • 2 Texas Blue 5:11
  • 3 No Wheels Blues 5:05
  • 4 Lone Star Boogie 5:18
  • 5 Blind Willie 6:49
  • 6 The American Way 4:07
  • 7 Angellina 4:48
  • 8 Truck Stop 4:49
  • 9 Weekend Down Mexico 4:20
  • 10 Texas Line Boogie 4:41
  • 11 Too Big City 5:05
  • 12 Houston Angel 4:01

Disc 6

  • 1 I’m Moving Up 4:33
  • 2 Maxwell Street 4:39
  • 3 Bob Taylor 5:15
  • 4 She’s a Whole Heap of Trouble 2:31
  • 5 Jazzy Blue 3:27
  • 6 Hip‐sway 3:40
  • 7 That’s the Way It Goes 3:33
  • 8 To Get Your Love 5:08
  • 9 Chicago Morning 4:57
  • 10 Catwalk Woman 3:36
  • 11 Since You’ve Been Gone 4:11
  • 12 All Night Long 5:27
  • 13 Here She Comes Now 4:16

Disc 7

  • 1 Last Call 3:33
  • 2 Maybe That’s All I Need to Know 4:22
  • 3 Deep Winter Blues 5:03
  • 4 If I Ever Get Over You 5:00
  • 5 I Love the Rain 4:28
  • 6 My Soul Crying Out for You 3:28
  • 7 If That’s What You Want 4:10
  • 8 There’s No One Looking 5:23
  • 9 What Became of You 4:47
  • 10 My Deep Blue Ways 4:18

Disc 8

  • 1 Sweet Love 4:12
  • 2 Break Another Piece of My Heart 4:19
  • 3 Ball & Chain 4:55
  • 4 Gospel Trail 4:50
  • 5 Shy Boy 3:34
  • 6 Come Change My World 4:03
  • 7 Call on Me 3:58
  • 8 Just in Case You Never Knew 4:06
  • 9 Let Me In 5:36
  • 10 I’ll Be There for You 4:05
  • 11 The Pain of Loving You 3:36
  • 12 Are You Ready 6:07

Disc 9

  • 1 Celtic Blue (instrumental) 7:59
  • 2 Too Far From Home 7:30
  • 3 ’til the Morning Sun Shines on My Love and Me 5:30
  • 4 Lucky Day 5:10
  • 5 What She Really Is 4:57
  • 6 Wishing Well 3:59
  • 7 Irish Blues 3:59
  • 8 No More Sorrow 5:51
  • 9 While I Remain 4:54
  • 10 Last Drink 4:57
  • 11 ’til I Find My True Love’s Name 3:32
  • 12 Big White Door 5:31

Disc 10

  • 1 Hey Gringo 5:49
  • 2 Immigration Blues 5:08
  • 3 Still Trying to Clear My Name 4:09
  • 4 Sun Is Hot 4:13
  • 5 Screw You and Your Deep Blue Sea 4:22
  • 6 Nothing Seems to Matter No More 3:39
  • 7 Sometimes 4:52
  • 8 Lampiou 5:40
  • 9 Keep On Dancing 3:49
  • 10 Lucifer’s Angel 4:49
  • 11 How I Know It’s You 4:00
  • 12 Forever 4:36
  • 13 You Got Soul 5:08
  • 14 Bajan Blue 4:29

Disc 11

  • 1 My Baby Told Me (Blues) 2:42
  • 2 Got to Be Moving 3:46
  • 3 My Baby Told Me (Gospel) 3:04
  • 4 Heartbreaker 2:47
  • 5 Yes I Do (instrumental) 3:16
  • 6 Wasted Love 4:30
  • 7 Cool Cool Blue 3:56
  • 8 Clarkson Blues 4:56
  • 9 Who Killed Love 4:04
  • 10 Never Tie Me Down 4:05
  • 11 Mindless 3:46
  • 12 Ain’t That Just the Prettiest Thing 5:07
  • 13 Nobody but You 3:33
  • 14 Waiting for Love 4:40
  • 15 Blue Morning in the Rain 4:30

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