- Audio CD (2 Nov 1992)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: ATLANTIC
- ASIN: B00000737Z
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 55,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Nothing To Fear |
| 2. Miles Is A Cigarette |
| 3. God's Great Banana Skin |
| 4. Nineties Blues |
| 5. Too Much Pride |
| 6. Boom Boom |
| 7. I Ain't The Fool |
| 8. There She Goes |
| 9. I'm Ready |
| 10. Black Dog |
| 11. "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great Chris Rea album with some beautiful bluesy guitar,
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This review is from: God'S Great Banana Skin (Audio CD)
This album will always hold special memories for me. It was one of my late father's favourite records and I remember he used to call it 'the great banana in the sky'! Well just look at that album cover and you'll see why! Allthough as other reviewers have noted it's not his best ever album, but there are some truly great tracks to be found here and if you're in the mood for some laid back jazzy, bluesy smooth rock then this solid piece of Chris Rea magic is for you.
It starts out with the beautiful winding melody of Nothing to Fear which leads into the perfect Miles is a Cigarettte, which I think is a wondeful tribute to the genius who was Miles Davies. The single God's Great Banana Skin is one of those overlooked Rea classics, great hook, clever lyrics and just a good thumpin' tune. All the tracks are great if you ask me, but then again the album does hold very special memories of riding in the car with my dear old Dad blasting this out on the stereo. I can highly reccommend this record if you like your blues laid back and your vocal smokey, a top slice of 90s Chris Rea at his best.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Rea play's it safe.........,
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This review is from: God'S Great Banana Skin (Audio CD)
This is not the greatest of Rea CD's but its also not the worst either. The opening track and lead off single "Nothing to fear" is the real highlight, a smouldering slowbuilder with some fantastic guitar playing and "atmosphere", the lyrics are amazingly insightful and years ahead of there time taking into account the events since nine eleven. Track 2 "Miles is a cigarette" seems to be a forerunner of the more recent "mellow blues" sound that Rea built upon 13 years later with the "Blue Jukebox" Jazzeeblue CD."God's Great Banana Skin" is classic Rea pop with a catchy chorus and melody. The rest is fairly standard fair with some nice melodies and muscianship but nothing above the average. I feel that after the major success of his 80's L.P.s it sounds as if he was running out of idea's, and maybe record company commitment, and it was only until after his serious illness in the early part of the 21st century does Rea seem to get back to doing something that he appears to really care about with his "Stoney Road" project. However, this is a decent enough CD and one you should not be fearful of having in your collection, but it is Rea, apart from 2/3 tracks, in third gear.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Seminal Guitar Play,
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This review is from: God'S Great Banana Skin (Audio CD)
I bought this gem primarily for Nothing To Fear, which is one of the best guitar songs ever.
So moody, raw, delicate, subtle, in-your-face... A real masterpiece. There are some other good songs on it, the title track is very enjoyable, and some less memorable ones. But Nothing To Fear makes the album for me.
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