Eastern Wind

Eastern Wind is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's fifth studio album, released in 1980. It did not make the UK Albums Chart or Billboard 200, but was at the time the second best-selling album in Norway after Abbey Road by the Beatles.[1]

Eastern Wind
Studio album by
Chris de Burgh
Released11 November 1980
GenreRock
Length38:36
LabelA&M
ProducerDavid Anderle
Chris de Burgh chronology
Crusader
(1979)		 Eastern Wind
(1980)		 Best Moves
(1981)

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh

  1. "The Traveller" – 4:11
  2. "The Record Company Bash" – 3:54
  3. "Tonight" – 3:28
  4. "Wall of Silence" – 3:48
  5. "Flying Home" – 3:59
  6. "Shadows and Lights" – 3:11
  7. "Sailor" – 4:15
  8. "Some Things Never Change" – 3:14
  9. "Tourist Attraction" – 3:09
  10. "Eastern Wind" – 5:17

Personnel
  • Chris de Burgh – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Tim Wynveen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Al Marnie – bass, harmony vocals
  • Glenn Morrow – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Erik Robertson – acoustic piano (3, 7), organ (3, 7)
  • Jeff Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith – percussion (6, 8, 9)
  • John Anthony Helliwell – saxophone
  • Lisa Dal Bello – backing vocals (2, 5, 8)
  • Colina Phillips – backing vocals (6, 8)
  • Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (6, 8)

Production
  • Producer – David Anderle
  • Assistant Producer – Kenny Thomson
  • Engineer – Hayward Parrott
  • Assistant Engineer – David Taylor
  • Recorded at Manta Sound Studios, Toronto.
  • Art Direction and Photography – Michael Ross
  • Illustration – Allan Manham
  • Management – Mismanagement, Inc.

References
  1. The Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling-Kindersley 1999, page 277
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