New Light Through Old Windows is a 1988 album by Chris Rea

Chris Rea

Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...

. 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

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, and giving him his only #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks

Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...

 chart) and "Driving Home for Christmas."

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea

Chris Rea

Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...

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1. "Let's Dance" - 4:14
2. "Working on It" - 4:24
3. "Ace of Hearts" - 4:52
4. "Josephine" - 4:33
5. "Candles" - 4:44
6. "On the Beach" - 6:51
7. "Fool (If You Think It's Over)
   Fool (If You Think It's Over)
   "Fool " is the title of a popular song from 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea also wrote the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?....
   
   " - 4:03
8. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:23
9. "Shamrock Diaries" - 4:12
10. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:06
11. "Windy Town" - 4:05
12. "Driving Home for Christmas" - 3:58
13. "Steel River" - 6:48

Personnel

• Chris Rea
  Chris Rea
  Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...
  
   - vocals, guitar, produce
• Robert Ahwai - guitar
• Eoghan O'Neill - bass
• Max Middleton
  Max Middleton
  David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesiser and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...
  
  - keyboards
• Martin Ditcham - drums