The Best of Chris Rea is the second compilation album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1994. The album contains 15 previously released songs plus two new tracks, "You Can Go Your Own Way" and "Three Little Green Candles" (the former of which was released as a single to promote the album, with the latter as a B-side). The collection notably omits Rea's 1988 Christmas hit "Driving Home for Christmas". The song "If You Were Me" is a duet between Rea and Elton John, originally released on John's Duets album in 1993.
Track listing All tracks written by Chris Rea
"You Can Go Your Own Way" and a re-released "Tell Me There's a Heaven" were released as singles in late 1994 to promote this album.
"Three Little Green Candles" is a bonus track which was released slightly earlier on the "You Can Go Your Own Way" single.
Personnel Chris Rea – producer (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11–13, 16, 17) Jon Kelly – producer (1–5, 7, 9–11, 14–16) Neil Amor – engineer (1, 13, 16) Diane BJ Koné – engineer (1, 16) Justin Shirley-Smith – engineer (2–5, 7–11, 14, 15) Stuart Epps – engineer (6, 8, 12, 17) Robin Aristorenas – engineer (17) Mike Ross – art direction, design Kevin Stapleton – photography Stephen Sandon – photography (of Chris Rea) Jim Beach – management Paul Lilly – management
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for The Best of Chris Rea Chart (1994–1995) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 73European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)7
Year-end charts +1994 year-end chart performance for The Best of Chris Rea Chart (1994) PeakpositionEuropean Albums (European Top 100 Albums)100German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)96UK Albums (OCC)33 +1995 year-end chart performance for The Best of Chris Rea Chart (1995) PeakpositionEuropean Albums (European Top 100 Albums)83German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)79
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