Flying Colours (1988)

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Oct 2, 2025

Title: Flying Colours
Artist: Chris de Burgh
Genre: No Genre Specified
Released: 1988

Tracks:
1 - Sailing Away - 5:01 -

2 - Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart) - 4:28
3 - Tender Hands - 4:30
4 - A Night on the River - 3:51
5 - Leather on My Shoes - 4:37
6 - Suddenly Love - 3:16
7 - Simple Truth (A Child Is Born) - 4:29
8 - Missing You - 4:11
9 - I'm Not Scared Anymore - 4:44
10 - Don't Look Back - 2:58
11 - Just a Word Away - 3:19
12 - The Risen Lord - 3:42
13 - The Last Time I Cried - 6:16

Overview:

Flying Colours is singer Chris de Burgh's 9th studio album, released by A&M Records in 1988.

It went straight to number one in the UK on 15 October 1988 and is the only de Burgh album to go to number one on the UK album chart.

The single "Missing You" taken from the album peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 1 in Ireland in Dec 1988.

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