Espresso Logic is aptly titled, as the majority of the music would fit well in a late-night coffee house.
It's a jazzier-bluesier album than most of Rea's, featuring some fine slide guitar, particularly on the title track.
The atmospheric "Miles Is a Cigarette" is a smoky evocation of longing and remembrance.
This hushed mood carries over into "She Closed Her Eyes," which is a poem spoken over a soothing, wistful backing.
It's not all moody atmospherics, though.
Like "Josephine" on his earlier Shamrock Diaries, the bright rhythm driven song "Julia" is about one of his daughters.
Unfortunately, the weakest track is the duet with Elton John.
The pairing could have been more interesting if they'd picked a different song, but "If You Were Me" is quite bland.
This album was released in two different versions, the U.S.
version, with the gold sand on the cover, also included some songs from God's Great Banana Skin, which wasn't released in the U.S.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Espresso LogicChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 06:54 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 2 | JuliaChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Soup of the DayChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | Johnny Needs a Fast CarChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 06:36 | 15 MB | 44 MB |
| 5 | Summer LoveChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 6 | RedChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 7 | She Closed Her EyesChris Rea | Chris Rea | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | Between The Devil And The Blue Sea | Chris Rea | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | New Way | Chris Rea | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Stop | Chris Rea | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 48 mins | 110 MB | |||||
| 48 mins | 296 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Ahwai | Guitar |
| 2 | Neil Amor | Engineer |
| 3 | Pete Beachill | Trombone |
| 4 | Val Chalmers | Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Martin Ditcham | Drums, Percussion |
| 6 | Stuart Epps | Engineer |
| 7 | Willie Grimston | Coordination |
| 8 | Elton John | Composer, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Sylvain Marc | Bass |
| 10 | Max Middleton | Keyboards, Piano |
| 11 | Paul Mortimer | Engineer |
| 12 | Chris Rea | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Organ, Primary Artist, Producer, Slide Guitar, Vocals |
| 13 | Davy Spillane | Uillean Pipes |
| 14 | David Stewart | Trombone |
| 15 | Linda Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Simon Wall | Assistant Engineer |
| 17 | Emma Whittle | Vocals (Background) |
| 18 | Tommy Willis | Guitar Technician |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |