New Light Through Old Windows

Compilation album by Chris Rea

Released

October 17, 1988

Genre

Album-oriented rock

Length

60:13

Label

Geffen (US)
Magnet (Rest of world)

Producer

Chris Rea

Chris Rea chronology

Dancing with Strangers
(1987)

New Light Through Old Windows
(1988)

The Road to Hell
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

New Light Through Old Windows is the first compilation album by Chris Rea, released in 1988. The album consists primarily of re-recordings of songs released on earlier Rea albums, as well as two new songs, "Working on It" (which gave him a rare U.S. chart single, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, and giving him his only #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart) and "Driving Home for Christmas.", also the re-recording of "On the Beach" gave him another rare US hit, it peaked #9 on the US AC chart in 1988 and #12 in the UK chart.

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea.

"Let's Dance" - 4:14
"Working on It" - 4:24
"Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
"Josephine" - 4:33
"Candles" - 4:44
"On the Beach" - 6:51
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" - 4:03
"I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:23
"Shamrock Diaries" - 4:12
"Stainsby Girls" - 4:06
"Windy Town" - 4:05
"Driving Home for Christmas" - 3:58
"Steel River" - 6:48

"Let's Dance" - 4:16
"Working On It" - 4:25
"I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:24
"Windy Town" - 4:06
"On the Beach" - 6:53
"Steel River" - 6:48
"Stainsby Girls" - 4:08
"Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
"Josephine" - 4:17
"Candles" - 4:42

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[2]	Gold	25,000^*
France (SNEP)^[3]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[4]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[5]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[6]	3× Platinum	900,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, producer
Robert Ahwai - guitar
Eoghan O'Neill - bass
Max Middleton - keyboards
Martin Ditcham - drums

Notes

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16249
↑ "Austrian album certifications – Chris Rea – New Light - Best Of" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Chris Rea in the field Interpret. Enter New Light - Best Of in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/CD_Certif.php
↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Chris Rea; 'New Light Through Old Windows')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Chris Rea; 'New Light Best Of')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
↑ "British album certifications – Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows". British Phonographic Industry. Enter New Light Through Old Windows in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search

Chris Rea

Studio releases	Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? Deltics Tennis Chris Rea Water Sign Wired to the Moon Shamrock Diaries On the Beach Dancing with Strangers The Road to Hell Auberge God's Great Banana Skin Espresso Logic The Blue Cafe The Road to Hell: Part 2 King of the Beach Dancing Down the Stony Road / Stony Road Blue Street (Five Guitars) Hofner Blue Notes The Blue Jukebox Blue Guitars The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes Santo Spirito Blues

Compilation releases	New Light Through Old Windows The Best of Chris Rea The Very Best of Chris Rea Heartbeats The Ultimate Collection Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea The Journey 1978-2009

Singles	"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" "Josephine" "Let's Dance" "Driving Home for Christmas" "The Road to Hell"

Related articles	Discography La Passione

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