Hofner Blue Notes is the nineteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2003 by his own record label, Jazzee Blue.[1] The album was part of series of largely instrumental blues and jazz albums released by his label Jazzee Blue and mostly fronted by his band members,[2] of which this album was preceded by Rea's eighteenth studio and instrumental album Blue Street (Five Guitars) in 2003.[3]

Hofner Blue Notes
Studio album by
Released28 July 2003
GenreBlues
Length50:29
LabelJazzee Blue
ProducerKiadan Quinn
Chris Rea chronology
Dancing Down the Stony Road
(2002)
Hofner Blue Notes
(2003)
The Blue Jukebox
(2004)

The album was part of Hofner Blue Notes, a project about Höfner guitar because Rea's first electric guitar was a 1961 Höfner V3 bought from a second-hand shop while he was working in his father's ice cream factory in early 1970s, and continued with The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes in 2008.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Spy" – 5:05
  2. "Expectations" – 3:59
  3. "Hofner Blue Notes" – 2:52
  4. "Paris in Minneapolis" – 5:05
  5. "São Paulo Blue" – 4:58
  6. "What Became" – 4:44
  7. "Detroit" – 3:54
  8. "Goodnight Joe" – 4:15
  9. "Take the Mingus Train" – 4:24
  10. "Alone" – 3:39
  11. "Saudi Blue" – 4:06
  12. "Kestrel Avenue" – 3:28

Personnel

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  • Chris Rea – all instruments, paintings
  • Kiadan Quinn – producer
  • Stuart Epps – engineer
  • Stewart Eales – engineer
  • Mainartery – album design
  • John Knowles – management
  • Recorded at Sol Mill Studios (Berkshire, England)
  • Mastered at The Soundmasters (London, UK)

References

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  1. ^ "Chris Rea - Hofner Blue Notes". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ Mark Edwards (27 July 2003). "Chris Rea: Blue Street". The Times. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Blue Street (Five Guitars)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Middlesbrough superstar Chris Rea speaks exclusively about recovering from illness and his return to touring". Ne4me.dev.visualsoft.co.uk. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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