CHRIS REA - 'THE ROAD TO HELL' (Ian Stone's 2023 Remixed & Extended 'M25' Version)

AWESOME ROCK BALLAD TRACK HERE FROM OCTOBER 1989 BY 'CHRISTOPHER ANTON REA' WHO WAS BORN IN THE U.K. CITY OF MIDDLESBROUGH WHICH WAS CALLED 'THE ROAD TO HELL'.THE MASSIVE HIT SINGLE VERSION CAME OFF OF HIS TENTH STUDIO ALBUM AND WAS AN INSTANT WORLDWIDE SUCCESS ALBUM FOR 'CHRIS REA' OF THE SAME NAME AS THE SINGLE RELEASE CALLED 'THE ROAD TO HELL'.MOST OF THE TRACKS ON THAT ALBUM WERE SOCIAL COMMENTARY OF THINGS THAT WERE RELEVANT IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME OF RECORDING IT.THE ORIGINAL SONG HAD A FANTASTIC TWO PARTS TO IT AND DREW THE LISTENER IN TO IT'S TALE OF FRUSTRATION THAT ALMOST EVERY DRIVER HAS EXPERIENCED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER AND INDEED MANY CRITICS SAID THAT THE TUNE WAS A MASTERPIECE OF MODERN TIMES.IT HAD A LOVELY LAID BACK FEEL TO IT AS WELL INCORPORATING SOME SOME GOSPEL VOCALS AND A POWERFUL GUITAR PRESENCE ON THAT 1989 SINGLE THAT WORKED TO GREAT EFFECT.IT CAME ACROSS ON THE L.P. THAT THEIR WERE HIDDEN MESSAGES WITHIN CERTAIN SONGS THAT CONTAINED HIS POLITICAL VIEWS IN PLACES AND ESPECIALLY ON THE SEVENTH RELEASED ALBUM CALLED 'SHAMROCK DIARIES' WHERE 'CHRIS REA' EXPRESSED THAT ENGLISH AND NORTHERN IRISH GOVERNMENT'S SIT AROUND THE TABLE TOGETHER AND AT LEAST TRY TO END THEIR 'TROUBLES' THAT HAD BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1969.SO MOVING ONTO THIS TENTH ALBUM IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT HE WAS SENDING OUT MESSAGES WITHIN HIS SONGS THAT ATTACKED THE STATE OF THE NATION WITH HIS DISLIKE OF MARGARET THATCHER ALONG THE WAY AND HER GOVERNMENT BEING SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH SOCIETY AT LARGE WHICH WAS BOILING OVER EVEN IN THE LATE EIGHTIES WITH RIOTS AND IN SOME CASES APPALLING VIOLENCE THAT WERE OCCURING NOT JUST HERE IN ENGLAND I SUPPOSE BUT ACROSS THE GLOBE AS WELL.INDEED THE TORY GOVERNMENT DID NOT HAVE THEIR FINGERS ON THE PULSE HERE IN GREAT BRITAIN AT ALL.OVERALL THE ARTIST 'CHRIS REA ENDED UP RELEASING A TOTAL OF 26 STUDIO ALBUMS WITH OUT AND OUT ROCK TUNES ALONGSIDE CLASSIC HEARTFELT LOVE BALLADS AS WELL.PLEASE CHECK OUT SOME OF 'CHRISTOPHER ANTON REA' BACK ALBUM RELEASES INCLUDING 'DELTICS', 'WIRED TO THE MOON' AND 'BLUE GUITARS' TO NAME CHECK JUST A COUPLE AND OF COURSE AWESOME WORLWIDE/U.K. SINGLES LIKE 'FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER', 'ON THE BEACH', AND THE GREAT 'JULIA'.RIGHT WELL HERE WE GO THEN 'IAN STONE' HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE ORIGINALLY RELEASED SINGLE 'THE ROAD TO HELL' AND TOTALLY REVAMPED IT RIGHT UPTO TODAY'S FOR 2023 HQ STANDARD BY REMIXING, EXTENDING AND COMPLETELY REMASTERING IT WONDERFULLY FOR NEW LISTENERS TO ENJOY ALONG WITH LONG TERM FANS WORLDWIDE.