King of the Beach" is the sixteenth studio album by Chris Rea, released in 2000.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 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.Personnel:Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, Hammond organ, drum programming, producerMax Middleton - RhodesPete Wingfield - Hammond organMartin Ditcham - drums, percussionJulie Isaac - backing vocalsDebbie Longworth - backing vocalsNeil Amor - engineerArun Chakraverty - masteringTommy Willis - coordinationJohn Knowles - managementPeacock - design, illustrationsJohn Miller - cover paintingLyrics:Let your fighting scars heal in the sunof a bright windy dayLet your cold blades sleep in the sandtill it's rusted awayWashed each night in the waveswhile you sleep away each memoryAnd you wake to find yourselfa new king to beAway from the darkmoving into the lightKing of the shadowsgives up on the fightHe kicks of them shoesthrows them awayThere's nobody here nowexcept this salty blue dayOut of sightOut of reachHe's king of the beachWhatever I waswell I'm not that nowI tell you becauseit may help you somehowSo kick off them shoesand throw them awayCause there's nobody here nowexcept this salty blue day...This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music !http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chris-Rea/e/B...