Eastern Wind
1980 studio album by Chris de Burgh
Eastern Wind | ||||
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Studio album by Chris de Burgh | ||||
Released | 11 November 1980 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:36 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | David Anderle | |||
Chris de Burgh chronology | ||||
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Eastern Wind is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's fifth studio album, released in 1980. It did not make the UK Albums Chart or Billboard 200, but was at the time the second best-selling album in Norway after Abbey Road by the Beatles.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Chris de Burgh
- "The Traveller" – 4:11
- "The Record Company Bash" – 3:54
- "Tonight" – 3:28
- "Wall of Silence" – 3:48
- "Flying Home" – 3:59
- "Shadows and Lights" – 3:11
- "Sailor" – 4:15
- "Some Things Never Change" – 3:14
- "Tourist Attraction" – 3:09
- "Eastern Wind" – 5:17
Personnel
- Chris de Burgh – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
- Glenn Morrow – keyboards, synthesizers
- Erik Robertson – acoustic piano (3, 7), organ (3, 7)
- Tim Wynveen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, harmony vocals
- Al Marnie – bass, harmony vocals
- Jeff Phillips – drums, percussion
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – percussion (6, 8, 9)
- John Helliwell – saxophone
- Lisa Dal Bello – backing vocals (2, 5, 8)
- Colina Phillips – backing vocals (2, 5)
- Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (2, 5)
Production
- Producer – David Anderle
- Assistant Producer – Kenny Thomson
- Engineer – Hayward Parrott
- Assistant Engineer – David Taylor
- Recorded at Manta Sound Studios, Toronto.
- Art Direction and Photography – Michael Ross
- Illustration – Allan Manham
- Management – Mismanagement, Inc.
References
- ^ The Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling-Kindersley 1999, page 277
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- Far Beyond These Castle Walls (1974)
- Spanish Train and Other Stories (1975)
- At the End of a Perfect Day (1977)
- Crusader (1979)
- Eastern Wind (1980)
- The Getaway (1982)
- Man on the Line (1984)
- Into the Light (1986)
- Flying Colours (1988)
- Power of Ten (1992)
- This Way Up (1994)
- Beautiful Dreams (1995)
- Quiet Revolution (1999)
- Timing Is Everything (2002)
- The Road to Freedom (2004)
- The Storyman (2006)
- Footsteps (2008)
- Moonfleet & Other Stories (2010)
- Footsteps 2 (2011)
- Home (2012)
- The Hands of Man (2014)
- A Better World (2016)
- Best Moves (1981)
- The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1984)
- Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1989)
- The Love Songs (1997)
- Notes from Planet Earth – The Ultimate Collection (2001)
- Now and Then (2008)
- "A Spaceman Came Travelling"
- "Don't Pay the Ferryman"
- "The Lady in Red"
- "Missing You"
- "You'll Never Walk Alone"