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This Way Up
Pop · 1994 · 8 tracks

This Way Up

Chris de Burgh

Polished mid-90s pop-rock centered on themes of memory, mortality, and quiet devotion. A lush, sentimental collection of narratives and winter-tinged ballads.

June 25, 1994 · A&M Records

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A gentle, comforting exploration of memory and the spiritual ties that bind us across time.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
This Silent World
4:07
05
Oh My Brave Hearts
6:52
06
Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans
3:26
07
The Son and the Father
2:49
08
Up Here in Heaven
5:56
09
You Are the Reason
4:01
10
Love’s Got a Hold on Me
3:45
11
The Snows of New York
3:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the somber, cemetery-set verses to the soaring, communal perspective of the chorus in Up Here in Heaven.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does This Way Up sound next to the rest of Chris de Burgh's catalogue?

Sunrise+4.0σ

Sunrise saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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