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Track Listings
| 1. Steel River |
| 2. Stainsby Girls |
| 3. Chisel Hill |
| 4. Josephine |
| 5. One Golden Rule |
| 6. All Summer Long |
| 7. Stone |
| 8. Shamrock Diaries |
| 9. Love Turns To Lies |
| 10. Hired Gun |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Mitch
Format:Audio CD
This was actually one of the last Chris rea albums i got round to hearing but that doesn't make abit of difference. These songs are excellent. Stainsby girls , josephine and steel river are all on the new compilation of reas music if you're unsure.
Steel river is good- it gets better towards the end, and the piano part towards the jazzy bit at the end, is great!
Stainsby girls is another classic, and being a single from the album of course its good.
Chisel hill bears a certain relationship to Heaven from Auberge.
It grows on you.
Josephine and the title track are good , the opening of the latter sounding vaguely like a bon jovi song. The opening of josephine is fantastic.
All summer long ( nothing like the song of the same name on king of the beach )is particularly moving. Stone is good.
Hired gun is also poignant but at the same time inspiring. One golden rule, with its almost gospel backing vocals is good too.
Which juat leaves my favourite- Love turns to lies. This is one of reas best ever songs the saxophone part being really haunting, and the line ' whats that you say- you were going to
leave me anyway' is so moving.
Yes- buy this album!!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This was the first Chris Rea album that many people heard. Apart from Diamonds in the 70's he had gone unnoticed by many until the Springsteenesque Stainsby Girls entered the charts in the 80s. Shamrock diaries was a real development for Chris Rea, forming the basis of the style and structure which he has developed with such huge success over the past 2 decades. This album is a real forgotten gem, with absolutely no fillers whatsoever. You sense a relaxed nostalgia from the opening bars of Steel River to the powerful trademark guitar crescendo of hired gun. The gravelly voice, perfectly complemented by strong guitar chords are totally involving throughout. Apart from Stainsby Girl, standouts are Josephine, All Summer Long, Stone, and the title track itself. If you like Chris Rea, you will love this album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Pettitt
Format:Audio CD
Superb, each tracks evokes much emotion and heartache about his "old" town and life.
The classic's "Steel River" & "Stainsby girls" are the highlights but the whole album is top notch and even these tracks are best heard as part of whole album.
A quality CD, buy it - You will not be let down.
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One Golden Rule
This was the album that introduced me to the work of Chris Rea and is still one of my all-time favourites. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mister D
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Chris Rea Rocks On!
1985 saw the release of what, for me, is still one of Chris Rea's best ever albums, `Shamrock Diaries'. Read more
Published 3 months ago by rea-list
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A Classic. So good to hear again
This is one of the classic albums from the master of rock from the 80's. Like listening to it for the first time but CD is better quality than the old cassette.
Published 9 months ago by Euan Livingston
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Shamrock Diaries
This album - possibly as much as On The Beach - provides the atmosphere for wandering along the coast from Saltburn to Teesmouth and in to Middlesbrough, Chris's theme for Steel... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Alan Robert Lancaster
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The Best of Chris Rea.
To me, Shamrock Diaries was the pinnacle of Chris Reas career. Many casual listeners will already know Stainsby Girls and Josephine from the multitude of "Best of" collections but... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Snaggletooth
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Shamrock vs Brothers
i always remember this album coming out around the same time as Dire Straits Brothers In Arms and time has not changed my opinion in that Shamrock is a far better albptm than... Read more
Published 22 months ago by S. Corbett
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I love Chris Rea
Have had this title on cassette for years and decided to upgrade to CD to improve my music collection.
Published on 21 Feb 2010 by Eileen Goldstraw
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The only Chris Rea album you should own !
A friend was looking through my C.D's, stopped and laughs because I had a Chris Rea Album ! ... So I challenged him to listen to it !
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Published on 22 Aug 2009 by Fast Eddie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolute classic
Every track is wonderful. This has been one of my favourite albums in the whole wide world for years and, listening to it today for the first time in ages, it still is. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by Bev - LittleSunflowers
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
There's not much to say really. Other than the first two reviews, everyone has said what I think. Every song is brilliant, evocative and musically inspirational. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2004
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