Track Listing

1. Tennis
2. Sweet Kiss
3. Since I Don't See You Anymore
4. Dancing Girls
5. No Work Today
6. Every Time I See You Smile
7. For Ever And Ever
8. Good News
9. Friends Across The Water
10. Distant Summers
11. Only With You
12. Stick It

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32266 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

The joker in Rea's pack- but still a classic.
If you buy this C.D and have heard a lot of Rea's later works such as "Road to Hell,". Be prepared for a shock. "Tennis" is extremely far removed from his later works. That isn't a bad thing though. On the title track, he plays a punkish guitar and delivers some un-Rea like vocals. "Sweet Kiss," continues the onslaught and several other songs sound more like 10CC than Chris Rea. There are even some soul ballads here too such as "Every time I see you smile," and the agressive "Stick it,". Chris also shows he is equal to bands such as Cream in the jamming stakes on "Friends across the water," and "No work today," which had an unfortunate title considering that two years later he nearly quitted the music business! However, this is a fine album with a good range of styles- nice job Chris.

Great music!
This is one of Reas earliest albums and reached no.60 in the UK. however it is one of his finest achievements. The title track is a strange song- not so much musically but lyrically, linking the verses to the chorus of 'Do you like tennis'

There are some pure songs here that are just real classics. Dancing girls and Everytime i see you smile have to be the catchiest, as well as For ever, my personal favourtite. Stick it is a powerful statement to the unemployed, it seems. There are two instrumentals the first being the best-No work today.

There are moving songs on here too. Distant summers is a short song, but fantastic with its piano themes and moving lyrics.

You don't often see this album on cd so don't hesitate to buy it!