Chris Rea -Tamatave

"King of the Beach" is the sixteenth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 2000.

Another gem is the penultimate, **'Tamatave', with a part of the song sung in French. It's not exactly a ballad but a very slow song with loads of atmospheric sounds, a very strange and mysterious song.
“Tamatave” has a bluesy feel, with more distinctive slide guitar work as he sings “Sit on the beach and watch the waves run.”

A sequel of sorts to his earlier On the Beach, King of the Beach continues the laid-back mood of the earlier album but is (despite the goofy title) a more mature and unified work.
It's one of his best albums and is a return to form after the film soundtrack La Passione and the more electronic sounds of The Road to Hell Part 2.
Written primarily during a vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands, it's replete with lots of beach and summer imagery in the titles ("King of the Beach," "All Summer Long," "Sandwriting," "Sail Away") as well as the lyrics, which were originally written as poems.
A remix of "All Summer Long" was a big dance hit in Ibiza and other Mediterranean hot spots.
A good album for a summer day, with a soulful mellowness flowing through the tracks.


Personnel:
Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, Hammond organ, drum programming, producer
Max Middleton - Rhodes
Pete Wingfield - Hammond organ
Martin Ditcham - drums, percussion
Julie Isaac - backing vocals
Debbie Longworth - backing vocals
Neil Amor - engineer
Arun Chakraverty - mastering
Tommy Willis - coordination
John Knowles - management
Peacock - design, illustrations
John Miller - cover painting


Je veux sentir le sable
Entre mes doigts de pieds
Tamatave ma petite rouquine
Elle la sait

Long grass dancing in the day
Blue sky palm trees gently sway
I come from a land down in sun
I wanna sit on the beach and watch the waves run

I need the sand between my toes
Tamatave my red hair girl she knows

Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler
Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler
Tommasina I hear you calling me
Tamatave je t'entends m'appeler

I feel so strange on city streets
I got these big shoes on my feet
I come from a land down in sun
Sit on the beach and watch the waves run

Tamatave je ton ton mapelay
Tamatave je ton ton mapelay
Tommasina I hear you calling me
Tamatave je ton ton mapelay...


**Toamasina (commonly known as Tamatave) is Madagascar second city and with the presence of the main regional seaport has a growing potential for economical activities. It is the country’s largest port, and therefore the country’s commercial hub, handling much of the island's foreign trade.
Three stories explain the origin of its name. One theory states that it was derived from the Portuguese name São Tornás (St Thomas), while another attributes it to King Radama I's first visit to the seaside in 1817; it is said that the king knelt to taste the water and said, 'Toa masina' ('It is salty') own, eastern Madagascar.
The town was destroyed by a hurricane in 1927 and rebuilt after that with the modern sector centring on the tree-lined avenue Poincaré.
The city covers comfortably between the Bay Ivondro and the immense beach along the bay and the Indian Ocean.
Its colonial past resurfaces through wide boulevards with ancient colonnaded buildings straight stand side by side.
For travellers, it’s a pleasant place, with long, wide avenues lined with flamboyants and palm trees, a seaside promenade and a good selection of hotels and restaurants.
Toamasina is a popular holiday destination among the Malagasy too and is to Antanarivo what Brighton is to London, or Nice is to Paris..


This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music !

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