The Road to Hell

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The Road to Hell
Studio album by Chris Rea

Publication
(s)

1989

admission

1989

Label (s) WEA

Genre (s)

Rock music

Title (number)

10

running time

50 min 53 s

occupation

production

Chris Rea & Jon Kelly

Studio (s)

Studio Miraval, Correns

chronology
New Light Through Old Windows
(1988)
The Road to Hell Auberge
(1991)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Road to Hell (Part 2)
  DE 35 11/20/1989 (21 weeks)
  AT 6th December 15, 1989 (15 weeks)
  UK 10 10/14/1989 (9 weeks)
That's What They Always Say
  UK 83 09.12.1989 (4 weeks)
Tell Me There's a Heaven
  AT 11 12/17/2000 (9 weeks)
  UK 24 02/10/1990 (8 weeks)
Texas
  UK 69 05/05/1990 (2 weeks)

The Road to Hell ( English : The road to hell) is one of the studio albums of the English singer Chris Rea from the year 1989 . For the first time Rea reached the top position of the British album charts and was able to repeat this with his following album Auberge . As singles of the main title in an abridged version, and were That's What They Always Say , Tell Me There's a Heaven and Texas decoupled. The title song is his only top ten single hit in England to date (# 10). In the German single charts, Chris Rea was only able to place with the single The Road to Hell (at number 35). Chris Rea continued on this album with the topics of environmental destruction and social cold ( The Road to Hell , Looking for a Rainbow , That's What They Always Say , Texas ), criticism of television ( You Must Be Evil ) and his hobby motorsport ( Daytona ) apart.

Track list

  1. "The Road to Hell (Part 1)"
  2. "The Road to Hell (Part 2)"
  3. "You Must Be Evil"
  4. "Texas"
  5. "Looking for a Rainbow"
  6. "Your Warm and Tender Love"
  7. "Daytona"
  8. "That's What They Always Say"
  9. "I Just Wanna Be with You"
  10. "Tell Me There's a Heaven"

Music video

A music video was shot for the song Texas , which deals with the political changes in Germany . The video is about a family from the GDR who emigrated to Texas after the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaving their old home. In return, a West German family is shown, showing the social differences in Germany East and West.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 3 (38 weeks) 38
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 2 (26 weeks) 26th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 6th (27 weeks) 27
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 1 (79 weeks) 79

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e chart sources (album):
  2. a b Chris Rea in the Official UK Charts (English)
  3. Chris Rea in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
  4. Chris Rea in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
  5. The Road to Hell (Part 2) in the German single charts on OfficialCharts.de