Wired to the Moon

Wired to the Moon
Studio album by Chris Rea
Released	1984
Genre	Album-oriented rock
Label	Magnet
Producer	Chris Rea
Chris Rea chronology
Water Sign (1983)Water Sign1983 Wired to the Moon (1984) Shamrock Diaries (1985)Shamrock Diaries1985
Music video
"I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It (1984)" on YouTube

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Wired to the Moon is the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1984. The album reached #35 position on the UK album charts. The single "I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It" peaked at #65 on the UK singles chart, while following "Touché d'Amour" at #86 and "Ace of Hearts" at #79. The latter was again released in 1985 and reached #78.^[2]

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" (only on German LP) 3:22
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 (on Cassette the extended version 5:25)
8. "Ace of Hearts" 4:29
9. "Holding Out" 4:26
10. "Winning" 6:33

Personnel

• Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, accordion, marimba, producer
• Robert Ahwai - guitar
• Jerry Stevenson - guitar
• Kevin Powell - bass
• Kevin Leach - keyboards
• Max Middleton - keyboards
• Dave Richards - synthesizer
• Dave Mattacks - drums
• Adrian Rea - drums
• Jeff Seopardie - drums, percussion
• Martin Ditcham - percussion
• Jo Mirowski - art direction, design

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