The Best of Chris Rea


The Best of Chris Rea is the second compilation album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1994. The album contains 16 previously released songs, plus one bonus track "Three Little Green Candles". The collection does omit one track, his 1988 Christmas hit "Driving Home for Christmas". One of the tracks is a duet between Chris and Elton John, that originally featured on Elton's Duets album in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Rea except track 8, written by Chris Rea and Elton John.
"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.
  1. "The Road to Hell " - 4:32
  2. "Josephine" - 4:34
  3. "Let's Dance" - 4:17
  4. "Fool " - 4:07
  5. "Auberge" - 4:45
  6. "Julia" - 3:56
  7. "Stainsby Girls" - 4:08
  8. "If You Were Me" - 4:23
  9. "On the Beach" - 6:51
  10. "Looking for the Summer" - 5:02
  11. "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" - 3:26
  12. "You Can Go Your Own Way" - 3:57
  13. "God's Great Banana Skin" - 4:19
  14. "Winter Song" - 4:32
  15. "Gone Fishing" - 4:42
  16. "Tell Me There's a Heaven" - 6:02
  17. "Three Little Green Candles" - 3:42

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