On the Beach (Chris Rea album)

On the Beach
Studio album by
Released14 April 1986
Studio
GenreRock, soft rock, adult contemporary
Length59:58 (CD)
48:40 (LP)
LabelMagnet
Producer
Chris Rea chronology
Shamrock Diaries
(1985)
On the Beach
(1986)
Dancing with Strangers
(1987)
Singles from On the Beach
  1. "It's All Gone"
    Released: March 1986
  2. "On the Beach"
    Released: May 1986
  3. "Hello Friend"
    Released: November 1986
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On the Beach is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1986, and built on the success of the preceding Shamrock Diaries. It reached No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart (and also in Sweden), topped the Dutch charts (where it charted for more than nine months), reached number two in West Germany and No. 4 in New Zealand (where is also spent more than nine months in the charts). It also reached the top 10 in Norway. In 2019, a deluxe remastered version of the album was released.