The Very Best of Chris Rea

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The Very Best of Chris Rea
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 2001
Genre Album-oriented rock
Label East West
Producer Chris Rea / various
Chris Rea chronology
King of the Beach
(2000)
The Very Best of Chris Rea
(2001)
Dancing Down the Stony Road
(2002)
Professional ratings
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The Very Best of Chris Rea is the third compilation album by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2001. The last track, "Saudade", was originally written and recorded in 1994 as a tribute to the Formula 1 racing driver Ayrton Senna who died in a crash at Imola on 1 May that year. In Portuguese, the word saudade roughly means the feeling, emotions and euphoria of a certain moment in time. [2] It reached number 69 on the UK Albums Chart, [3] and was certified Gold by the BPI in 2004. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Road to Hell (Part 2)" – 4:32
  2. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" – 4:05
  3. "Let's Dance" – 4:15
  4. "You Can Go Your Own Way" – 3:56
  5. "Julia" – 3:55
  6. "Stainsby Girls" – 4:08
  7. "Tell Me There's a Heaven" – 6:02
  8. "Josephine" – 3:36
  9. "Steel River" – 6:11
  10. "On the Beach" – 6:50
  11. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" – 3:23
  12. "All Summer Long" – 3:33
  13. "The Blue Cafe" – 4:47
  14. "Auberge" – 4:44
  15. "Driving Home for Christmas" – 4:01
  16. "Nothing to Fear" – 4:30
  17. "Saudade, Pt. 1 and 2" – 6:49

Charts

Chart performance for The Very Best of Chris Rea
Chart (2001)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 27
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 60
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [8] 16
UK Albums (OCC) [3] 69

Certifications

Certifications for The Very Best of Chris Rea
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold100,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [9] 3× Platinum3,000,000*

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

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