Eastern Wind

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title: "Eastern Wind" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chris-de-burgh-albums", "1980-albums", "albums-produced-by-david-anderle", "a&m-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Wind" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Eastern Wind
type	Album
artist	Chris de Burgh
cover	Eastern_Wind_(Chris_de_Burgh_album)_front_cover.jpg
released	July 1980
genre	Rock
length	38:36
label	A&M
producer	David Anderle
prev_title	Crusader
prev_year	1979
next_title	Best Moves
next_year	1981
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| name = Eastern Wind | type = Album | artist = Chris de Burgh | cover = Eastern_Wind_(Chris_de_Burgh_album)_front_cover.jpg | alt = | released = July 1980 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 38:36 | label = A&M | producer = David Anderle | prev_title = Crusader | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Best Moves | next_year = 1981 Eastern Wind is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's fifth studio album, released in 1980. It did not make the UK Albums Chart or Billboard 200, but reached No. 1 in Norway in May 1981, and was at the time the second best-selling album in Norway after Abbey Road by the Beatles.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris de Burgh

1. "The Traveller" – 4:11
2. "The Record Company Bash" – 3:54
3. "Tonight" – 3:28
4. "Wall of Silence" – 3:48
5. "Flying Home" – 3:59
6. "Shadows and Lights" – 3:11
7. "Sailor" – 4:15
8. "Some Things Never Change" – 3:14
9. "Tourist Attraction" – 3:09
10. "Eastern Wind" – 5:17

Personnel

• Chris de Burgh – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
• Glenn Morrow – keyboards, synthesizers
• Erik Robertson – acoustic piano (3, 7), organ (3, 7)
• Tim Wynveen – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, harmony vocals
• Al Marnie – bass, harmony vocals
• Jeff Phillips – drums, percussion
• Dick Heckstall-Smith – percussion (6, 8, 9)
• John Helliwell – saxophone
• Lisa Dal Bello – backing vocals (2, 5, 8)
• Colina Phillips – backing vocals (2, 5)
• Sharon Lee Williams – backing vocals (2, 5)

Production

• Producer – David Anderle
• Assistant Producer – Kenny Thomson
• Engineer – Hayward Parrott
• Assistant Engineer – David Taylor
• Recorded at Manta Sound Studios, Toronto.
• Art Direction and Photography – Michael Ross
• Illustration – Allan Manham

References

References

1. ''The Q Rock Stars Encyclopedia'' by Dafydd Rees and Luke Crampton, Dorling-Kindersley 1999, page 277

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