Chris de Burgh – Lonely Sky And Other Stories (VG/VG+) – LP, ZA 1976

Lonely Sky And Other Stories is an LP by Chris de Burgh from 1976 released on the A&M Records label.

About this album

Spanish Train and Other Stories is the album that established Chris de Burgh as a distinctive narrative songwriter. Released in 1975, it blends art-rock ambition with melodic, story-led songwriting, moving easily between the title track’s dark allegory, the hit A Spaceman Came Travelling and the character-driven Patricia the Stripper. The record helped broaden de Burgh’s audience beyond the folk circuit and set up the more commercial success that followed later in the decade. Its mix of theatrical imagery, gentle balladry and accessible hooks gives the album a lasting place in 1970s British pop-rock.