Footsteps (album)

Footsteps
Footsteps
Studio album by Chris de Burgh
Released	2008
Studio	British Grove Studios and Stanley House Studios (London, UK);
Genre	Rock
Length	58:14
Label	edel Records
Producer	Chris de Burgh; Chris Porter;
Chris de Burgh chronology

Footsteps is singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh's seventeenth album, released in 2008. This album includes two songs penned by de Burgh and cover versions of thirteen other songs that inspired and influenced him throughout his career.^[1] The cover versions include well-known songs by bands and artists like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Toto and Pete Seeger.^[1] In 2011, de Burgh released a follow-up album, Footsteps 2.

The album was released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Russia and Ukraine on November 21, 2008, and in the UK in April 2009.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"First Steps"	Chris de Burgh		1:09
2.	"Turn, Turn, Turn"	Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger	3:29
3.	"The Long and Winding Road"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	The Beatles	3:34
4.	"Africa"	David Paich Jeff Porcaro	Toto	4:15
5.	"Without You"	Peter Ham Thomas Evans	Badfinger	3:21
6.	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"	Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger	3:43
7.	"Sealed with a Kiss"	Gary Geld	The Four Voices	2:36
8.	"Blackbird"	Lennon McCartney	The Beatles	2:24
9.	"We Can Work It Out"	Lennon McCartney		2:12
10.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	3:18
11.	"Corrina Corrina"	Bo Chatmon, J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman	2:47
12.	"Rhythm of the Rain/Crying in the Rain" (UK version only)	John Gummoe Carole King Howard Greenfield	The Cascades/The Everly Brothers	3:08
13.	"Polly Von"	Traditional	Peter, Paul and Mary	3:12
14.	"American Pie"	Don McLean	Don McLean	4:22
15.	"The Last Thing on My Mind"	Tom Paxton	Tom Paxton	3:27
16.	"The Bells of Christmas" (Special Edition only)	de Burgh		2:52
17.	"You'll Never Walk Alone" (Special Edition only)	Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II		2:49
18.	"Footsteps"	de Burgh		3:01

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Rank
German Albums Chart^[2]	38

Country	Certifications	Sales/Shipments^[3]
Germany	Platinum ^[4]	200,000+

Personnel

Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars
Peter Gordeno – keyboards, backing vocals
Chris Cameron – acoustic piano, orchestra arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 6, 18)
Nigel Hopkins – keyboards (16)
Phil Palmer – guitars
Neil Taylor – guitars
Hubie Davison – additional guitars (8)
Jerry Meehan – bass guitar
Geoff Dugmore – drums, percussion
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra (3, 5, 6, 18)
Geoffrey Richardson – string quartet (13, 16, 17)
Jakko Jakszyk – backing vocals
Reclaim The Kop Choir – choir (17)

Production

Chris de Burgh – producer, sleeve design, sleeve notes
Chris Porter – producer, engineer, mixing
Joe Kearns – additional engineer
Alex Hutchinson – art direction
SJ Johnson – sleeve design
Kenny Thomson – sleeve design, management
David Morley – photography
Russell Kord – front cover photography

References

^ ^a ^b "Footsteps – Chris de Burgh". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ [1] Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Certification for every country in the world Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine IFPI. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Footsteps')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[allmusic-1] "Footsteps – Chris de Burgh". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[2] [1] Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Certification for every country in the world Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine IFPI. Retrieved December 29, 2008.

[4] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Footsteps')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

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v t e Chris de Burgh
Studio albums	Far Beyond These Castle Walls (1974) Spanish Train and Other Stories (1975) At the End of a Perfect Day (1977) Crusader (1979) Eastern Wind (1980) The Getaway (1982) Man on the Line (1984) Into the Light (1986) Flying Colours (1988) Power of Ten (1992) This Way Up (1994) Beautiful Dreams (1995) Quiet Revolution (1999) Timing Is Everything (2002) The Road to Freedom (2004) The Storyman (2006) Footsteps (2008) Moonfleet & Other Stories (2010) Footsteps 2 (2011) Home (2012) The Hands of Man (2014) A Better World (2016)
Compilation albums	Best Moves (1981) The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1984) Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh (1989) The Love Songs (1997) Notes from Planet Earth – The Ultimate Collection (2001) Now and Then (2008)
Singles	"A Spaceman Came Travelling" "Don't Pay the Ferryman" "The Lady in Red" "Missing You" "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Related	Discography Rosanna Davison