- Audio CD (Aug 6 1991)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Magnet
- ASIN: B000002JOF
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Road To Hell (Part I) |
| 2. The Road To hell (Part II) |
| 3. You Must Be Evil |
| 4. Texas |
| 5. Looking For A Rainbow |
| 6. Your Warm And Tender Love |
| 7. Daytona |
| 8. That's What They Always Say |
| 9. I Just Wanna Be With You |
| 10. Tell Me There's A Heaven |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
This album, with which the singer reached his commercial peak, reflects Chris Rea's love/hate relationship with the car. The title track is famously inspired by Rea's experiences of the M25, but this is not a simple tract on the evils of the automobile--in 1988, he bought himself a racing car. His vision of hell is the traffic jam that stops you from using all that expensive acceleration. In this sense Chris Rea--the epitome of maturity compared to most in his business--shows himself still very much a rock star. The Road To Hell, despite the melancholy piano riff of the song itself and its Leonard Cohen-ish lyrics, is an optimistic album with a warm, embracing sound. This album is graced with some of Rea's finest creations: the spacey "Daytona", the topicality of "You Must Be Evil" and the catchy "That's What They Always Say". "Texas" is another witty commentary on the need for speed, and like many of the tracks on this disc it has the mellow groove that Rea has made his own. On The Road To Hell, Rea successfully marries the philosophy of the family man with the ethos of a rock star, in a way that many other forty-something crooners can only envy. He also marries a measure of self- expression with real commercial success: his first number one album, The Road To Hell went triple-platinum. --James Swift
Un Essentiel amazon.fr
Une voix grave, épaisse, une guitare laid-back et une très grande maîtrise du bottleneck ont assuré à Chris Rea une place de choix dans l'univers du rock des années quatre-vingt, quelque part entre Dire Straits et Bruce Springsteen. S'il s'est fait un nom - tout particulièrement en France - avec le très jazzy "On The Beach" en 1986, trois ans plus tard le songwriter d'origine italo-irlandaise franchissait un nouveau cap, celui de la consécration internationale. L'album de la reconnaissance s'intitule The Road To Hell. En dix titres, Rea cisèle un rock aux intonations souvent bluesy qui sonne d'autant plus juste que le guitariste semble se moquer des nouvelles tendances musicales du moment. Sorte de J.J. Cale européen, il aime à jouer sur le registre de la nostalgie. Ou plus exactement de l'intemporel. Comme dans cette chanson-titre où il évoque la rencontre avec le fantôme de sa mère. L'une des très grandes réussites du rock mainstream des années quatre-vingt. --Philippe Margotin
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tracks 1 and 5 are not messed up, he recorded them like that,
By Neal Selman (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Road to Hell (Audio CD)
A friend recommended this album. I bought it and spent a lot of time wondering if I got a bad copy. Tracks 1 & 5 waste a lot of your time with some sort of "ethereal" silence. Great album, but these blank spaces are a little too artsy-fartsy for me.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Blues Rock Worth The Purchase !,
By Bill Appel (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Road to Hell (Audio CD)
With his Mark Knophler style smoky baritone voice with a cool, mellow delivery, Chris Rea puts together a dark semi-concept album with "The Road To Hell" that flows very smoothly with some of his best material of his career. Hard to believe this is the same artist that did the 1978 hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" as most of his career has taken place in the U.K. with very little exposure here in the U.S. Rea's tight band cooks very well with a bluesy assault throughout "The Road To Hell". Though each song is enjoyable with the usual Rea wistful sentimentality, one song that stands out for all-time for me is the fantastic, smooth "Texas". This classic track starts out with Rea's mellow voice and dialog accompanied with a very enjoyable, keen vibe-keyboard rhythm groove backdrop as he "talks" to his wife to consider moving the family to Texas. The song eventually smoothly energizes with a tight Joe Walsh-like sounding/style bluesy guitar that again flows so smooth and is absolutely awesome. The state of Texas should be proud of "Texas"!!! You will enjoy this album!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid blues-rock,
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This review is from: Road to Hell (Audio CD)
I'm glad someone pointed out that this is a concept album with all the songs integrated as part of the same story. I hadn't really thought about that before. I know this was a darker Chris Rea album, especially after the celebratory Dancing With Strangers. But I enjoyed the difference. There is still a lot of musical diversity on this album, which was to be diminished with later, more heavily blues albums.From the moody intro and brooding blues-rock of the title track, to the gentle appeal for a brighter day (Tell Me There's a Heaven), this is a strong, musically infectious album. In fact, both the opening and closing songs were included on Rea's "Best of," but there were other singles from Road inexplicably left off greatest hits compilations. Both Daytona and That's What They Always Say were released as singles in South Africa with some success.
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