20年的唱作生涯,克里斯里亞淡然迷醉的藍調搖滾風,借著18張專輯吹動2000萬樂迷的心坎,他的歌聲與音符輕柔飛越類型音樂的界限,連位在地中海西部的國際派對之都Ibiza的DJ Jose Padilla(代表專輯計劃「Cafe Del Mar」)早在80年代初就開始以為克里斯里亞的歌曲作混音為榮,另一位王牌DJ Paul Oakenfold 將'85年的暢銷作"Josephine"襯上動感彩衣,更是Ibiza的舞曲國歌之一,克里斯里亞對于這座對音樂、舉止、國籍、性別與年齡都有著兩極化態度的城市,也有一點淵源,在搖滾樂團Pink Floyd與導演羅曼波蘭斯基叱咤風云的70年代,當時仍在為音樂掙扎的克里斯里亞與藝術學院高材生的妻子Joan來到Ibiza比鄰的小島Formentera,島上自成一格的生活方式對里亞的音樂唱作產生深遠的影響,經過'99年專輯「The Road To Hell Part 2」的電子實驗挑戰與為電影「La Passione」制作音樂后,2000年發行的專輯【King Of The Beach】就是他重返傳統Ibiza無拘束自在空間精神的作品,樂界甚至推舉這是他個人近十年的最佳專輯。 萬里無云的蔚藍海岸,克里斯里亞如浪跡天涯的吟唱詩人的歌聲,泛起輕柔的敘事民謠情韻,新專輯【King Of The Beach】體現最自然的忘憂情趣,撩起心海最浪漫的迷戀思緒,一篇篇詩意盎然的美麗歌謠翩然地帶著感傷與喜悅牽絆的心飄蕩到九霄云外,而他那與Eric Clapton、Mark Knofler并駕齊驅的吉他意境自是歌聲詩篇里絕佳的感應,在加勒比海Turks與Caicos群島的創作環境下,藍調、靈魂樂、福音都在精巧玲瓏的編排之中,讓情境益加生動且雀躍,經歷2000年初的胰臟炎手術,克里斯里亞咸認自己已經蛻變成一個虔誠的佛教徒,涌在心頭的情緒多了一份更超然的感覺,從"All Summer Long"、"Still Beautiful"到"Waiting For A Blue Sky",克里斯里亞感性云游的歌聲,乘著樂迷心靈隨想的雙翼,恣意的奔向天際。 British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has enjoyed a run of popularity in Europe during the late '80s and early '90s after almost a decade of previous recording. Rea started out performing with a local group called Magdalene, taking David Coverdale's place; the band won a national talent contest in 1975 as the Beautiful Losers, but still failed to get a record contract. Rea left the band and recorded the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, which alluded to a discarded stage name, which went gold on the strength of the U.S. Top 20 hit "Fool (If You Think It's Over)." Rea was not heard from again in the U.S. for some time, concentrating his efforts on his main fan base of Europe. A compilation of tracks from Rea's '80s albums, New Light Through Old Windows, was released in 1988 and sold well in the U.K. and Europe and charted in the U.S. Rea followed it up with the critically acclaimed The Road to Hell, which many regarded as his best album. It and its follow-up, Auberge, went to the top of the U.K. album charts, but did not prove as successful in the U.S., where he has failed to chart with his subsequent releases. He released his most ambitious project in 2005, an eleven-album, 130-track box set of all new material inspired by the blues and his own paintings called Blue Guitars. The fun The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes appeared in 2008.