Wired to the Moon

Wired to the Moon is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1984. The album reached No. 35 on the UK album charts. Three singles were released. I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It peaked at No. 65 on the UK singles chart, Touché d'Amour reached No. 86, and Ace of Hearts, No. 79. The latter was re-released in 1985 and climbed one position higher, to No. 78.[2]

Wired to the Moon
Studio album by
Released1984
GenreAlbum-oriented rock
LabelMagnet
ProducerChris Rea David Richards
Chris Rea chronology
Water Sign
(1983)
Wired to the Moon
(1984)
Shamrock Diaries
(1985)
Music video
"I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It (1984)" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All songs by Chris Rea

  1. "Bombollini" 6:11
  2. "Touché d'Amour" 3:30
  3. "Shine, Shine, Shine" 4:04
  4. "Mystery Man" 3:22 (this track is only on the German LP)
  5. "Wired to the Moon" 5:20
  6. "Reasons" 3:47
  7. "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" 3:35 (Cassette version includes the extended version 5:25)
  8. "Ace of Hearts" 4:29
  9. "Holding Out" 4:26
  10. "Winning" 6:33

Personnel

  • Chris Rea – vocals (1, 3-9), keyboards (1-9), acoustic piano (1, 9), lead guitar (1-5, 8, 9), guitars (1, 2, 3, 5-9), bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9), marimba (1), accordion (2), fretless bass (7)
  • David Richards – synthesizers (5, 6)
  • Jerry Stevenson – guitars (2, 6, 7), acoustic guitars (7)
  • Kevin Powell – bass guitar (2, 5, 7, 8)
  • Jeff Seopardie – drums (1-9), percussion (1, 2, 3), brushes (7)

Production

  • Chris Rea – producer
  • David Richards – producer, engineer
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Jo Mirowski – art direction, design
  • Paul Lilly – management

Singles

  1. "I don't know what it is (but I love it)" b/w "Mystery man"
  2. "Touché d'amour (Remix)" b/w "Touché d'amour (Instrumental)"
  3. "Bombollini (Edit)" b/w "True love"
  4. "Ace of hearts (Remix)" b/w "I can hear your heartbeat (Live)", "True love", "From love to love", "Smile"
  5. "Wired to the moon" b/w "True love"

References

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