The Very Best of Chris Rea

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The Very Best of Chris Rea
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Greatest hits album by
Chris Rea
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] This album 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
Chart performance for The Very Best of Chris Rea
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 40

Certifications

Certifications for The Very Best of Chris Rea
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold100,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [10] 3× Platinum3,000,000*

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

References

  1. ↑ The Very Best of Chris Rea at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 Alexander Cordas (19 November 2001). "Barockes Gitarrengeklimper mit unverwechselbarer Stimme". laut.de (in German). LAUT AG. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Chris Rea". The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "British album certifications – Chris Rea – The Very Best of Chris Rea". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Chris Rea – The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Chris Rea: Very Best" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Chris Rea – The Very Best Of" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris Rea – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Chris Rea – The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2014". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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