The Road to Hell
Occupation
- Vocals, Lead Guitar, Keyboards: Chris Rea
- Guitar: Robert Ahwai
- E -Bass: Eoghan O'Neill
- Drums, percussion: Martin Ditcham
- Keyboards: Kevin Leach
- Fender Rhodes: Max Middleton
The Road to Hell ( en.: The road to hell ) is one of the most popular studio albums of the English singer Chris Rea from the year 1989 For the first time Rea reached the top position in the UK album charts and was able to repeat Auberge with his next album.. As singles of the same title song in a shortened version, as well as That's What They Always Say, Tell Me There 's a Heaven and Texas were released. Here (# 10 ) of the title song is its so far the only top ten hit single in England. In the German single charts Chris Rea was able to place only with the single The Road to Hell (# 35). Chris Rea sat on this album with the issues of environmental degradation and social indifference ( The Road to Hell, Looking for a Rainbow, That's What They Always Say, Texas), criticism of the TV ( You Must Be Evil ) and his hobby Motorsport ( Daytona ) apart.
Title list
Music Video
To the song "Texas" a music video was shot, which deals with the political changes in Germany. In the video, it's about a family from the GDR who emigrated after the Fall to Texas, thus leaving behind their old home. In return, a West German family is still shown by the social differences in East and West Germany are shown.