CD: Chris Rea: Blue Guitars [11 CD Box Set] [Box set] (2009)

11 CD + 1 DVD + 1 Book in beautiful Big (29x29x2 cm) Hardback Book Cover / box

11 CD'er med lutter nye numre - bluesen's historie sublimt fortalt og fortolket af Chris Rea. Bonus DVD medfølger.

Det hele pakket i stor hardback bog med tekster og Chris Rea's egne malerier.


NORDJYSKE STIFTSTIDENDE 6/6

”137 sange og ikke én for meget. Oplagt (jule)gave for alle, der er faldet for Chris Reas herligt hæse stemme og bundsolide fornemmelse for den gode melodi”.

JYLLANDS POSTEN 5/6

” (…)For den som kender andet end hans største hits, vil der næppe være tvivl om, at han har lyttet til blues, og på denne ambitiøse udgivelse bliver det tydeligt. Han krænger den bløde og raffinerede overflade af –afdækker den nøgne blues.”

FYENS STIFTSTIDENDE 4/6

” Det er næsten et forskningsprojekt eller i hvert tilfælde en grundig indføring i blueslitteraturens talrige udtryk. Og hver af de 11 cd'er (!) afsøger sin bluesniche.”

HIGH FIDELITY (MAGASIN OM LYD, BILLEDE OG TEKNIK)

”Som koncept er det en udgivelse uden sidestykke i rockhistorien, og det er realiseret på fremragende og uhyre overbevisende vis. Blue Guitars er ern formidabel musikalsk rejse, en kunstnerisk oplevelse af de sjældne” Og samtidig er det 11 nye, fede CD´er med Chris Rea til en billig penge. Vær så god at gå ombord”
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UK only 130-track CD/DVD (PAL/Region 0) set comprising of 11 CD albums each with it's own distinct musical style which showcases his passion for the guitar, plus a DVD for the 'Stony Road' album. Having created the cover of Stony Road and interpreted the cover of The Blue Juke Box the close relationship between Chris Rea's music and his painting was defined. This relationship was clearly leading in one direction, a ground-breaking idea to link the two driving forces in his life. The idea of Blue Guitars was born. Eleven albums from Chris Rea in one book pack, 130 brand new Chris Rea songs inspired by the blues ranging globally across all his own interpretations of this musical form, songs that Chris believes are some of his best to date. He now had a body of work that would in normal circumstances have taken a decade to create; songs that conjured up all his favourite musical influences that had set him off down the road nearly thirty years previously. Instead of releasing all the albums in one go, or over a period of six months or a year, he decided to create something that combines his paintings with his music. Not out of some egocentric notion that his paintings and music would be appreciated in the same way, but simply that they are now inextricably linked.