The Road To Hell
by Chris Rea
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The Road To Hell is ranked as the best album by Chris Rea.
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The Road To Hell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Road To Hell rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/29 | 5 |
| 2026 | Musicbuff123 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 24/50 | 11 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1989 | 52/90 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1989 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 82/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 296 | |||
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The Road To Hell ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 09:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,905 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 12:21 | Imseti | 14 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 09:51 |  djrodo | 1,034 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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The Road To Hell forum mentions
neilgee 12/24/2025 07:34 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
albummaster 12/22/2025 19:53 in In Remembrance Of Those Who Are GoneThe Road To Hell comments
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/29/2010 23:36 | #11169 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the first CD I ever owned. I'd worked all summer and spent every cent on a hi-fi system that included that new invention, the CD player. It was delivered on Christmas Eve and my brother bought me this album by an artist I'd never heard of. It was played over and over at that point, and has likely retained a bit of a sentimental value, but it is a pretty strong adult soft rock album and includes the excellent title track.
Eastwood 02/04/2015 18:55 | #133960 | TOP COMMENT
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Good album. Best 10 songs average is 82,2/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Best song is "The road to hell (part II)" 90/100, followed by "That's what they always say" 85/100. All other songs in the region of 75-80/100.
Genre: Blues Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Nice album from someone with a nice voice. What I like is that all songs are good, my prefs go to "road to hell", "daytona" and certainly "you must be evil".
Squonk007 04/07/2025 06:51 | #308378 | TOP COMMENT
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A good album, love to put this on when, yes ok when I'm driving. Good guitar work, great lyrics and concept. (Edited)
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