Santo Spirito Blues

Santo Spirito Blues
Santo Spirito Blues
Studio album by Chris Rea
Released	5 September 2011[1]
Studio	Metropolis Studios
Genre	Blues, rock
Length	60:14
Label	Jazzee Blue/Rhino
Producer	Chris Rea
Chris Rea chronology

Santo Spirito Blues is the twenty-third studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2011 by his independent record label Jazzee Blue and Rhino Entertainment.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
laut.de	[3]

Summary

The album as the Blue Guitars and The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes was another distinguishable project because besides the regular CD edition was released in a deluxe edition that contains 2 DVDs with documentaries Bull Fighting and Santo Spirito and 2 CDs with soundtracks of the documentaries.[4] Rea found inspiration for the album from the Italian church Santo Spirito, Florence (Holy Spirit) while he was visiting his daughter. In regard to the first documentary, he had interest in the topic of bullfighting and matadors like Julián López Escobar, however, when during his trip to Seville went to watch one bullfight he was horrified by the reality and soon went out, stating that "there are two sides to that story because even after the bull is half dead, the bullfighter still has to be really brave".[5][6]

The documentary Bull Fighting (59 minutes) is a raw and brutally honest chronicle on bullfighting, featuring neo-classical and Spanish-themed gypsy music, while the second Santo Spirito (55 minutes) looking like a Russian 1930s black and white film which features following a man on a search for the truth in religion in the city of Florence, a journey he may or may not wish he began.[7][5][6] The documentaries were written and directed by Rea with help of filmmaker Scott McBurney. Rea recalls that he did those films "just so that I could do the music".[5] The second documentary was broadcast in September 2011 on Tagesschau German television service.[8]

Reception

Jon O'Brien in review for AllMusic rated the album 3/5 stars and concluded that the "overall ambitious concept proves that the just-turned-sixty-year-old certainly no longer holds any commercial aspirations".[2] Artur Schulz for laut.de gave it the same score, and noted it has a mixture of both authentic blues and his pop-rock catchy work (particularly "The Chance of Love") from the "Dancing with Strangers" era, "with mostly good results: Chris manages the balancing act between fun and seriousness mostly effortlessly".[9] Luke Turner in BBC review noted that it is a "straightforward homage to blues traditionalism [...] playing is exemplary, his songwriting accomplished, the boxes ticked", but being too focused on guitar playing, besides "The Chance of Love" his "gravelly voice [...] struggles to be heard".[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Rea

*Santo Spirito Blues* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing My Blues Away"	4:13
2.	"Rock and Roll Tonight"	3:42
3.	"Never Tie Me Down"	4:35
4.	"The Chance of Love"	4:15
5.	"The Last Open Road"	4:20
6.	"Electric Guitar"	4:21
7.	"Money"	6:47
8.	"The Way She Moves"	5:55
9.	"Dance with Me All Night Long"	6:03
10.	"Think Like a Woman"	4:19
11.	"You Got Lucky"	3:55
12.	"Lose My Heart in You"	4:55
13.	"I Will Go On"	3:00
Total length:		60:14

All tracks are written by Chris Rea

*Bull Fighting: The Soundtrack*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Girl"	7:26
2.	"Girl and Matador"	8:15
3.	"Here He Comes"	8:26
4.	"Gates"	3:07
5.	"The Work"	6:45
6.	"The Bull"	2:58
7.	"The Fight"	10:10
8.	"Main Tune"	4:29
9.	"Old Matador"	3:27
10.	"Finale"	3:01

All tracks are written by Chris Rea

*Santo Spirito: The Soundtrack*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Santo Spirito"	4:02
2.	"The Truth"	4:27
3.	"Florence Streets"	3:13
4.	"Dante's Inferno"	4:51
5.	"Does Love Count for Nothing"	3:12
6.	"Forever"	1:28
7.	"Somewhere Between the Stars"	6:39

Personnel

Producer, Filmmaker, Cover Painting: Chris Rea
Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Paul Casey
Mastering Engineer: Tim Young, Jon Kelly
Photographer, Filmmaker: Scott McBurney

Charts

Chart performance for *Santo Spirito Blues*
Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	38
Croatian Albums (TOTS)[13]	13
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	44
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16]	35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17]	10
Hungarian Albums (Mahasz)[18]	33
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19]	27
Polish Albums (OLiS)[20]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	31
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	13

Certifications

Certifications for *Santo Spirito Blues*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[23]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

Turner, Luke (2011). "Chris Rea Santo Spirito Blues Review". BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
O'Brien, Jon. "Santo Spirito Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
Schulz, Artur. "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
Frank van Engelen (4 October 2011). "Recensie: Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Blues Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
Mieka Smiles; Graham Young-BP (5 November 2014). "'I've had five operations but I just keep going and I'm very lucky for that': Chris Rea on his long fight against cancer". Gazette Live. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
Dominic Smith (22 March 2012). "Chris Rea Interview". The Argus. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
"Chris Rea - Santo Spirito Blues (Deluxe)". Discogs. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
Daniel Koch (13 September 2011). "Chris Rea: Schauen Sie den Film "Santo Spirito" heute zwischen 20 und 22 Uhr bei uns!". Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
Artur Schulz (9 September 2011). "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). LAUT AG. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
"Austriancharts.at – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Ultratop.be – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Ultratop.be – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". HDU Toplista. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
"Danishcharts.dk – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Chris Rea: Santo Spirito Blues" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
"Norwegiancharts.com – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart" (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2011.
"Swisscharts.com – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
"Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.

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[BBC-1] Turner, Luke (2011). "Chris Rea Santo Spirito Blues Review". BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[AM-2] O'Brien, Jon. "Santo Spirito Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[3] Schulz, Artur. "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[4] Frank van Engelen (4 October 2011). "Recensie: Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Blues Magazine. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[Gazette-5] Mieka Smiles; Graham Young-BP (5 November 2014). "'I've had five operations but I just keep going and I'm very lucky for that': Chris Rea on his long fight against cancer". Gazette Live. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[Argus-6] Dominic Smith (22 March 2012). "Chris Rea Interview". The Argus. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[7] "Chris Rea - Santo Spirito Blues (Deluxe)". Discogs. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[8] Daniel Koch (13 September 2011). "Chris Rea: Schauen Sie den Film "Santo Spirito" heute zwischen 20 und 22 Uhr bei uns!". Rolling Stone (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[Laut-9] Artur Schulz (9 September 2011). "Blues und Pop als saubere Mixtur". laut.de (in German). LAUT AG. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[ac_Austria_Chris_Rea-10] "Austriancharts.at – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_Flanders_Chris_Rea-11] "Ultratop.be – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_Wallonia_Chris_Rea-12] "Ultratop.be – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[13] "Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". HDU Toplista. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[ac_Denmark_Chris_Rea-14] "Danishcharts.dk – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_Netherlands_Chris_Rea-15] "Dutchcharts.nl – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_Finland_Chris_Rea-16] "Chris Rea: Santo Spirito Blues" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_Germany4_Chris_Rea-17] "Offiziellecharts.de – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[18] "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[ac_Norway_Chris_Rea-19] "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[20] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart" (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2011.

[ac_Switzerland_Chris_Rea-21] "Swisscharts.com – Chris Rea – Santo Spirito Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[ac_UK2_-22] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[PolandChris_ReaSanto_Spirito_BluesalbumCertRef-23] "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2011 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.

Chris Rea
Studio releases	Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? Deltics Tennis Chris Rea Water Sign Wired to the Moon Shamrock Diaries On the Beach Dancing with Strangers The Road to Hell Auberge God's Great Banana Skin Espresso Logic The Blue Cafe The Road to Hell: Part 2 King of the Beach Dancing Down the Stony Road / Stony Road Hofner Blue Notes The Blue Jukebox Blue Guitars The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes Santo Spirito Blues Road Songs for Lovers One Fine Day
Compilation releases	New Light Through Old Windows The Best of Chris Rea The Very Best of Chris Rea Heartbeats The Ultimate Collection Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea The Journey 1978–2009
Singles	"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" "Loving You" "Let It Loose" "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" "Bombollini" "Ace of Hearts" "Stainsby Girls" "Josephine" "It's All Gone" "On the Beach" "Hello Friend" "Let's Dance" "Loving You Again" "Joys of Christmas" "Driving Home for Christmas" "Working on It" "The Road to Hell" "That's What They Always Say" "Tell Me There's a Heaven" "Texas" "Auberge" "Heaven" "Looking for the Summer" "Winter Song" "Nothing to Fear" "God's Great Banana Skin" "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" "Julia" "'Disco' La Passione"
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