Misplaced Pages

Eastern Wind

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Eastern Wind" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
1980 studio album by Chris de Burgh
Eastern Wind
Studio album by Chris de Burgh
ReleasedJuly 1980
GenreRock
Length38:36
LabelA&M
ProducerDavid Anderle
Chris de Burgh chronology
Crusader
(1979) 		Eastern Wind
(1980) 		Best Moves
(1981)

Eastern Wind is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's fifth studio album, released in 1980. It did not make the UK Albums Chart or Billboard 200, but reached No. 1 in Norway in May 1981, and was at the time the second best-selling album in Norway after Abbey Road by the Beatles.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh

  1. "The Traveller" – 4:11
  2. "The Record Company Bash" – 3:54
  3. "Tonight" – 3:28
  4. "Wall of Silence" – 3:48
  5. "Flying Home" – 3:59
  6. "Shadows and Lights" – 3:11
  7. "Sailor" – 4:15
  8. "Some Things Never Change" – 3:14
  9. "Tourist Attraction" – 3:09
  10. "Eastern Wind" – 5:17

Personnel

  • Chris de Burgh – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Glenn Morrow – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Erik Robertson – acoustic piano (3, 7), organ (3, 7)
  • Tim Wynveen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, harmony vocals
  • Al Marnie – bass, harmony vocals
  • Jeff Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – percussion (6, 8, 9)
  • John Helliwell – saxophone
  • Lisa Dal Bello – backing vocals (2, 5, 8)
  • Colina Phillips – backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (2, 5)

Production

  • Producer – David Anderle
  • Assistant Producer – Kenny Thomson
  • Engineer – Hayward Parrott
  • Assistant Engineer – David Taylor
  • Recorded at Manta Sound Studios, Toronto.
  • Art Direction and Photography – Michael Ross
  • Illustration – Allan Manham
  • Management – Mismanagement, Inc.

References

  1. The Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling-Kindersley 1999, page 277
Chris de Burgh
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Related
Categories: