Chris Rea's album Espresso Logic got into the top10 albums when it was released but only the single Julia has had any amount of fame.
The title track with its blues kind of opening is certainly better when it picks up. Red , starts with a great piano theme, the chords used here are very good.
Soup of the day has words we can all relate to. Johnny... is good , one of the riffs similar to the main theme of Auberge.
The devil and the deep blue sea is more laid back, but quite good. Julia is a rock song, and New Way is the same- my personal favourites. Stop is a jazz classic, with piano, strings and some sound effects at the end.
She closed her eyes is not typical Rea. It is mainly spoken ( in the same sort of vain as At the mention of your name on Auberge )
and so is my least favourite track.
Overall this album is probably most like God great banana skin, with the style that Rea adopted a lot in his 90's music.