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"Driving Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written and composed by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. [1] The first version was originally released as the B-side to his single " Hello Friend " in 1986.
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Driving Home for Christmas is the twelfth studio album (and second Christmas album following The Christmas Album in 1998) released by Australian country musician Lee Kernaghan. The album contains six new songs and festive classics. The album was released in October 2014 and peaked at No. 46 on the ARIA Charts in November 2014. [1]
The single released for the album was "New Times Square". There was also a Japanese edition with the songs "Be My Friend" and "Driving Home for Christmas" included as tracks. [3] It reached number 54 on the UK Albums Chart, [4] and was certified Silver by BPI. [5]
On its release, Chris Eary of the Reading Evening Post wrote: "Double record pack featuring live and studio stuff with the title being a gruff smoocher." [8] In a review of On the Beach, Glenn A. Baker of the Sydney Morning Herald commented: "Rea's atmospheric songs, particularly "Little Blonde Plaits" and "Hello Friend", sound like they should be on the soundtrack of a David Puttnam film."
The Road to Hell is the tenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1989.Coming on the back of several strongly performing releases, it is Rea's most successful studio album, and topped the UK Albums Chart for three weeks.
On its release as a single, Danny Baker of New Musical Express questioned "Joys of Christmas" as an A-side and felt that the "wee low-key gift tucked away on the B-side", "Driving Home for Christmas", was "the real winner". He added, "'Joys of Christmas' isn't even a seasonally recorded deal. It says here that it's from his last LP. How very odd."
Doug Collette, in a review for All About Jazz, gave the album 4/5 stars, concluding that "the sonics of this album, as applied to the tantalizing guitar solo of 'Last Train' and throughout the album, are a reassuring blend of succor and salve for body, mind and soul". [1]