On The Beach
by Chris Rea
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Chris Rea bestography
On The Beach is ranked 2nd best out of 26 albums by Chris Rea on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Chris Rea is The Road To Hell which is ranked number 4720 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 301.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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On The Beach track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
On The Beach rankings
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On The Beach ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/05/2026 14:26 | Leginlists | 3,708 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 11:03 | duelek | 2,041 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 10:39 | zsolti | 691 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 13:07 | RemainInLight | 3,568 | 35/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2024 12:44 |  uncaria | 478 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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This is a superb album by Chris Rea. The title track is one of my all time 'summer feel' songs and immediately takes me to all those wonderful summer sights, sounds and aromas, in fact it sits high in my summer music playlist. Great vocals and musicianship throughout with a really good track to track flow. 'Two Roads' and 'Light of Hope' are other personal favourite, the latter is a beautiful ballad with harp like guitar and subtle electric piano.
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