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1980 studio album by Chris de Burgh
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.
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Track listing
All songs written by Chris de Burgh
- "The Traveller" – 4:11
- "The Record Company Bash" – 3:54
- "Tonight" – 3:28
- "Wall of Silence" – 3:48
- "Flying Home" – 3:59
- "Shadows and Lights" – 3:11
- "Sailor" – 4:15
- "Some Things Never Change" – 3:14
- "Tourist Attraction" – 3:09
- "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
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Dick Heckstall-Smith – percussion (6, 8, 9)
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John Anthony Helliwell – saxophone
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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
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^ The Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling-Kindersley 1999, page 277