Dancing with Strangers

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Dancing With Strangers
Studio album by Chris Rea
Released	1987
Genre	Album-oriented rock
Length	58:54
Label	Magnet Motown (US)
Producer	Chris Rea
Chris Rea chronology
On the Beach (1986) Dancing With Strangers (1987) New Light Through Old Windows (1988)
Singles from Dancing with Strangers
"Let's Dance" Released: 6 June 1987

Dancing with Strangers is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1987. It became Rea's first major success in UK, peaking at #2, behind Michael Jackson's Bad, and spent 46 weeks in the charts, achieving Platinum accreditation.^[1] It reached the Top 10 in six other European countries, while in New Zealand it became a number one album.^[2]

"Let's Dance" was released as the first single and, like the album, became a major hit for Rea in UK, peaking at #12. In tone with the success of the album, "Let's Dance" became a major hit in New Zealand as well, peaking at #2.^[3] The other singles released from this album were "Loving You Again" (UK #47), "Joys of Christmas" (UK #67) and "Que Sera" (UK #73), which shares a verse taken from an earlier song from Chris Rea called "When You Know Your Love Has Died"

Track listing[]

All songs by Chris Rea.

1. "Joys of Christmas" - 5:15
2. "I Can't Dance to That" - 4:19
3. "Windy Town" - 4:25
4. "Gonna Buy a Hat" - 4:25
5. "Curse of the Traveller" - 6:26
6. "Let's Dance" - 4:07
7. "Que Sera" - 5:23
8. "Josie's Tune" - 2:19
9. "Loving You Again" - 5:40
10. "That Girl of Mine" - 3:41
11. "September Blue" - 3:09
12. "I Don't Care Any More" - 2:10
13. "Donahue's Broken Wheel" - 3:02
14. "Danielle's Breakfast" - 4:33

Tracks 12, 13 and 14 are bonus tracks not available on the initial LP release.

Certifications[]

Personnel[]

• Chris Rea – vocals, guitar (1, 2, 6), accordion (1, 4, 10), harmonica (1, 2, 7), brass (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (3), rhythm guitar (3), banjo (3), slide guitar (4, 10), all other guitars (5, 7), keyboards (6, 7), acoustic piano (7), all other instruments (8), all guitars (9), strings (9), lead guitar (10), all instruments (11-14)
• Jerry Donahue – lead guitar (3, 4, 7), acoustic guitar (3), rhythm guitar (5, 10)
• Kevin Leach – acoustic piano (2, 3, 5, 9, 10), organ (2, 5, 7), Hammond organ (4)
• Eoghan O'Neill – bass (1-7, 9, 10), drums (1), percussion (1)
• Martin Ditcham – drums (2-7, 9, 10), percussion (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Davy Spillane – Uilleann pipes (3, 5, 8, 10), whistle (3, 5, 8, 10)

Production[]

• Chris Rea ��� producer, mixing
• Stewart Eales – engineer
• Jean Jacques Lemoine – engineer
• Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer
• Jon Kelly – mixing
• Willie Grimston – coordination
• Mark Entwistle – cover illustration
• Shoot That Tiger! – sleeve design
• Jim Beach – management
• Paul Lilly – management

Studios

• Recorded at Mountain Studios (Montreux, Switzerland); Studio Miraval (Le Val, France); Hartmann Digital (Bavaria, Germany).
• Mixed at Studio Miraval

References[]