This Way Up (album)

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This Way Up
Chris de Burgh This Way Up album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Chris de Burgh
Released19 May 1994
Genre Rock
Length45:14
Label A&M
Producer Peter Smith
Chris de Burgh chronology
Power of Ten
(1992)		This Way Up
(1994)		 Beautiful Dreams
(1995)

This Way Up is the eleventh studio album by British-Irish singer Chris de Burgh, released in 1994 on A&M Records. Two singles from the album charted in the United Kingdom: "Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans" (No. 51) and "The Snows of New York" (No. 60). [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris de Burgh, except where noted.

  1. "This Silent World" – 4:07
  2. "This Is Love" – 3:47
  3. "This Weight on Me" – 4:04
  4. "Here Is Your Paradise" (de Burgh, Steve Duberry) – 3:28
  5. "Oh My Brave Hearts" (de Burgh, Duberry) – 6:51
  6. "Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans" – 3:25
  7. "The Son and the Father" – 2:49
  8. "Up Here in Heaven" – 5:56
  9. "You Are the Reason" – 4:00
  10. "Love's Got a Hold on Me" (de Burgh, Albert Hammond) – 3:44
  11. "The Snows of New York" (de Burgh, Hammond) – 3:03

Personnel

Production

Charts and certifications

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References

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  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Chris De Burgh – This Way Up" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Chris De Burgh – This Way Up" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  5. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Chris De Burgh – This Way Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Chris De Burgh; 'This Way Up')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "British album certifications – Chris De Burgh – This Way Up". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 9 December 2019.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type This Way Up in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.


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