Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?

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Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? cover
Studio album by Chris Rea
Released 1978
Recorded  ???
Genre Album-oriented rock
Length  ???
Label United Artists (U.S.)/
Magnet (rest of world)
Producer(s) Gus Dudgeon
Professional reviews
Chris Rea chronology
Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
(1978)		 Deltics
(1979)


Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? is the debut album by Chris Rea, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).

The first single lifted from the album, "Fool (if You Think It's Over)", is arguably Chris Rea's best known song, and remains his biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number one on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart. "Fool (if You Think It's Over)" was nominated for a "Song of the Year" Grammy, losing out to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are". Unlike most of Chris Rea's other singles, "Fool..." was not a great success on the UK Singles Chart, failing to chart on its first release and only reaching number thirty when re-released in early 1979 to capitalise on its U.S. success.

The title of the album is a reference to a name Rea's UK record label (Magnet) had considered christening him with to make him sound more attractive commercially.

Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? was produced by Gus Dudgeon, who's perhaps most famous for producing most of Elton John's album output in the 1970s. Rea was reportedly dissatisfied with the final mix of the album; he later went some way to rectify this to his satisfaction starting with 1988s greatest hits compilation New Light Through Old Windows, where "Fool..." was presented in a remixed form. Dudgeon went on to produce Rea's next effort, Deltics.

All songs by Chris Rea.

  1. "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?" – 4:22
  2. "The Closer You Get" – 3:31
  3. "Because of You..." – 3:57
  4. "Dancing with Charlie" – 3:52
  5. "Bows and Bangles" – 3:58
  6. "Fool (if You Think It's Over)" – 4:47
  7. "Three Angels" – 3:26
  8. "Just One of Those Days" – 2:40
  9. "Standing in Your Doorway" – 3:53
  10. "Fires of Spring" – 3:54
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