Chris Rea - The Christmas Album (2025)

Posted By: delpotro
Date: Oct. 16, 2025

Chris Rea - The Christmas Album (2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 233 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 87 Mb | 00:35:31
Soft Rock, Blues Rock, Xmas | Label: Rhino Entertainment

Chris Rea has one of the most distinctive voices in rock, and since the release of ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ in 1988, it has become as synonymous with Christmas as holly, mistletoe and turkey!

The Christmas Album is Rea’s first album for the Christmas season. This eight track compilation album is available as a CD and vinyl and brings together tracks from throughout his catalogue that embrace a Christmas theme. There is also a limited edition white 7” vinyl single of ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ including an instrumental version on the b-side.

‘Driving Home For Christmas’ naturally opens The Christmas Album, but also closes it with the original version many may not be familiar with! The original 1986 version was a b-side of ‘Hello Friend’, but Rea decided to re-record and release it in 1988, alongside some of his other early songs for his album ‘New Light Through Old Windows’. Originally it found modest success, but as time moved on it has become a staple of Christmas radio airwaves, compilation albums, movies and playlist that dominate December and has gone on the chart in the UK Top 40 every year since 2007!
Tracklist:
01 Driving Home for Christmas (2019 Remaster)
02 Footsteps in the Snow (2019 Remaster)
03 Joys of Christmas (2019 Remaster)
04 Smile (2019 Remaster)
05 Winter Song (2019 Remaster)
06 Footprints in the Snow (2019 Remaster)
07 Rudolph's Rotor Arm
08 Driving Home for Christmas (1986 Version; 2019 Remaster)

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