Chris Rea - King of the Beach

“King of the Beach“ is the sixteenth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 2000. A sequel of sorts to his earlier On the Beach, King of the Beach continues the laid-back mood of the earlier album but is a more mature and unified work. It’s one of his best albums and is a return to form after the film soundtrack La Passione and the more electronic sounds of The Road to Hell Part 2. Written primarily during a vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands, it’s replete with lots of beach and summer imagery in the titles (“King of the Beach,“ “All Summer Long,“ “Sandwriting,“ “Sail Away“) as well as the lyrics, which were originally written as poems. Personnel: Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, Hammond organ, drum programming, producer Max Middleton - Rhodes Pete Wingfield - Hammond organ Martin Ditcham - drums, percussion Julie Isaac - backing vocals Debbie Longworth - backing vocals Neil Amor - engineer Arun Chakraverty - mastering Tommy Willis - coordination John Knowles - management Peacock - design, illustrations John Miller - cover painting Lyrics: Let your fighting scars heal in the sun of a bright windy day Let your cold blades sleep in the sand till it’s rusted away Washed each night in the waves while you sleep away each memory And you wake to find yourself a new king to be Away from the dark moving into the light King of the shadows gives up on the fight He kicks of them shoes throws them away There’s nobody here now except this salty blue day Out of sight Out of reach He’s king of the beach Whatever I was well I’m not that now I tell you because it may help you somehow So kick off them shoes and throw them away Cause there’s nobody here now except this salty blue day... This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea’s music ! =ntt_mus_teaser?