Chris Rea - Wired to the Moon (1984) 1st Germany PressEAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 277 Mb (incl 5%) | Mp3 (CBR320/Stereo) ~ 108 Mb (incl 5%) | Scans included
Genre: Rock, Soft Rock, Blues Rock | Label: Magnet Records Ltd. | # 821 832-2 | Time: 00:42:05 With thesuccess of the band Incantation and ethnic South American music in1982-1983, Chris Rea introduced his sixth album, Wired to the Moon, withthe track Bombollini, which was over six minutes of jungle-soundingdrums and the haunting sound of pan pipes. The ethnic flavor continuedon the second track, TouchA© dAmour, which was reggae in the unashamedstyle of lovers rock. However, Rea wasnt going to disappoint his fansaltogether, small in number though they were in the U.K., having built acareer over several albums of soft rock tracks and midtempo balladswith Dire Straits-style guitar breaks, and the rest of the tracks onWired to the Moon fell easily into this category, especially Shine,Shine, Shine and Holding Out, which were lovely emotive ballads.Meanwhile, Ace of Hearts, the title track, and the final song,Winning, were soft rock numbers -- almost MOR -- crying out fordaytime radio play or a top-selling commercial artist to cover them (butneither of these came about). Yet again, the record company releasedjust one single from a Rea album. The one they chose from Wired to theMoon was the uptempo Elton John-style track I Dont Know What It Is ButI Love It. You cant argue with their tenacity, as the song yet againflopped badly, only just scraping into the Top 75 for two weeks, as thealbum floundered at a high of just number 35. Even this, however, was aconsiderable improvement for a Chris Rea album, and one had to applaudMagnet Records for having faith in an artist who obviously pleased somepeople with his music, even if a lot of people didnt buy it.
Review by Sharon Mawer, Allmusic.com