Santo Spirito Blues

Santo Spirito Blues is the twenty-third studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2011 by his independent record label Jazzee Blue and Rhino Entertainment.

Santo Spirito Blues
Studio album by
Chris Rea
Released5 September 2011[1]
StudioMetropolis Studios
GenreBlues, rock
Length60:14
LabelJazzee Blue/Rhino
ProducerChris Rea
Chris Rea chronology
Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea
(2009)		 Santo Spirito Blues
(2011)		 The Journey 1978-2009
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
laut.de[3]

Summary

The album as the Blue Guitars and The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes was another distinguishable project because besides the regular CD edition was released in a deluxe edition that contains 2 DVDs with documentaries Bull Fighting and Santo Spirito and 2 CDs with soundtracks of the documentaries.[4] Rea found inspiration for the album from the Italian church Santo Spirito, Florence (Holy Spirit) while he was visiting his daughter. In regard to the first documentary, he had interest in the topic of bullfighting and matadors like Julián López Escobar, however, when during his trip to Seville went to watch one bullfight he was horrified by the reality and soon went out, stating that "there are two sides to that story because even after the bull is half dead, the bullfighter still has to be really brave".[5][6]

The documentary Bull Fighting (59 minutes) is a raw and brutally honest chronicle on bullfighting, featuring neo-classical and Spanish-themed gypsy music, while the second Santo Spirito (55 minutes) looking like a Russian 1930s black and white film which features following a man on a search for the truth in religion in the city of Florence, a journey he may or may not wish he began.[7][5][6] The documentaries were written and directed by Rea with help of filmmaker Scott McBurney. Rea recalls that he did those films "just so that I could do the music".[5] The second documentary was broadcast in September 2011 on Tagesschau German television service.[8]

Reception

Jon O'Brien in review for AllMusic rated the album 3/5 stars and concluded that the "overall ambitious concept proves that the just-turned-sixty-year-old certainly no longer holds any commercial aspirations".[2] Artur Schulz for laut.de gave it the same score, and noted it has a mixture of both authentic blues and his pop-rock catchy work (particularly "The Chance of Love") from the "Dancing with Strangers" era, "with mostly good results: Chris manages the balancing act between fun and seriousness mostly effortlessly".[9] Luke Turner in BBC review noted that it is a "straightforward homage to blues traditionalism [...] playing is exemplary, his songwriting accomplished, the boxes ticked", but being too focused on guitar playing, besides "The Chance of Love" his "gravelly voice [...] struggles to be heard".[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Rea.

No.TitleLength
1."Dancing My Blues Away"4:13
2."Rock And Roll Tonight"3:42
3."Never Tie Me Down"4:35
4."The Chance Of Love"4:15
5."The Last Open Road"4:20
6."Electric Guitar"4:21
7."Money"6:47
8."The Way She Moves"5:55
9."Dance With Me All Night Long"6:03
10."Think Like A Woman"4:19
11."You Got Lucky"3:55
12."Lose My Heart In You"4:55
13."I Will Go On"3:00
Total length:60:14

All tracks are written by Chris Rea.

Bull Fighting: The Soundtrack
No.TitleLength
1."Girl"7:26
2."Girl And Matador"8:15
3."Here He Comes"8:26
4."Gates"3:07
5."The Work"6:45
6."The Bull"2:58
7."The Fight"10:10
8."Main Tune"4:29
9."Old Matador"3:27
10."Finale"3:01

All tracks are written by Chris Rea.

Santo Spirito: The Soundtrack
No.TitleLength
1."Santo Spirito"4:02
2."The Truth"4:27
3."Florence Streets"3:13
4."Dante's Inferno"4:51
5."Does Love Count For Nothing"3:12
6."Forever"1:28
7."Somewhere Between The Stars"6:39

Personnel
  • Producer, Filmmaker, Cover Painting: Chris Rea
  • Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Paul Casey
  • Mastering Engineer: Tim Young, Jon Kelly
  • Photographer, Filmmaker: Scott McBurney

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 30
Belgium (Ultratip) Flanders[11] 43
Belgium (Ultratip) Wallonia[12] 38
Croatia (TOTS)[13] 13
Denmark (Hitlisten)[14] 39
The Official Finnish Charts[15] 35
Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts)[16] 10
Hungary (MAHASZ)[17] 33
Netherlands (MegaCharts)[18] 44
Norway (VG-lista)[19] 27
Poland (OLiS)[20] 33
Switzerland (Swiss Music Charts)[21] 31
UK Albums Chart[22] 13

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[23] Gold 10,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Turner, Luke (2011). "Chris Rea Santo Spirito Blues Review". BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. O'Brien, Jon. "Santo Spirito Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. Schulz, Artur. "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. Frank van Engelen (4 October 2011). "Recensie: Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Blues Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. Mieka Smiles; Graham Young-BP (5 November 2014). "'I've had five operations but I just keep going and I'm very lucky for that': Chris Rea on his long fight against cancer". Gazette Live. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. Dominic Smith (22 March 2012). "Chris Rea Interview". The Argus. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Chris Rea - Santo Spirito Blues (Deluxe)". Discogs. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. Daniel Koch (13 September 2011). "Chris Rea: Schauen Sie den Film "Santo Spirito" heute zwischen 20 und 22 Uhr bei uns!". Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. Artur Schulz (9 September 2011). "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). LAUT AG. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. "Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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  16. "Chris Rea Long Play Chart Tracking". MusicLine. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  17. "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  18. "Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  19. "Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  20. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart" (in Polish). Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  21. "Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". HitParade.ch. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  22. "Official Charts > Chris Rea". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  23. "Polish album certifications – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
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