Footsteps (album)

{{About|the Chris de Burgh album|the Buckethead album|Buckethead discography#Pike Series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Footsteps | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Chris de Burgh]] | cover = Chris_de_burgh_-_Footsteps_-_album.jpg | alt = | released = 2008 | recorded = | venue = | studio = * [[British Grove Studios]] and Stanley House Studios (London, UK) | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 58:14 | label = [[Edel Records|Edel]] | producer = * Chris de Burgh * [[Chris Porter (producer)|Chris Porter]] | prev_title = [[Now and Then (Chris de Burgh album)|Now and Then]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[Moonfleet & Other Stories]] | next_year = 2010 }}

'''''Footsteps''''' is singer-songwriter [[Chris de Burgh]]'s seventeenth album, released in 2008. This album includes two songs penned by de Burgh and [[cover version]]s of thirteen other songs that inspired and influenced him throughout his career.<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|title = Footsteps – Chris de Burgh|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/footsteps-mw0000819477|website = AllMusic|accessdate = 25 December 2015}}</ref> The cover versions include well-known songs by bands and artists like [[the Beatles]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]] and [[Pete Seeger]].<ref name="allmusic"/> In 2011, de Burgh released a follow-up album, ''[[Footsteps 2]]''.

The album was released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Russia and Ukraine on 21 November 2008, and in the UK in April 2009.{{fact|date=April 2026}}

==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Original artist | title1 = First Steps | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Chris de Burgh]]}} | length1 = 1:09 | title2 = [[Turn! Turn! Turn!|Turn, Turn, Turn]] | writer2 = {{hlist|[[Pete Seeger]]}} | extra2 = Pete Seeger | length2 = 3:29 | title3 = [[The Long and Winding Road]] | extra3 = [[The Beatles]] | writer3 = {{hlist|[[John Lennon]]|[[Paul McCartney]]}} | length3 = 3:34 | title4 = [[Africa (song)|Africa]] | extra4 = [[Toto (band)|Toto]] | writer4 = {{hlist|[[David Paich]]|[[Jeff Porcaro]]}} | length4 = 4:15 | title5 = [[Without You (Badfinger song)|Without You]] | extra5 = [[Badfinger]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Pete Ham|Peter Ham]]|[[Tom Evans (musician)|Thomas Evans]]}} | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = [[Where Have All the Flowers Gone?]] | extra6 = Pete Seeger | writer6 = {{hlist|Pete Seeger}} | length6 = 3:43 | title7 = [[Sealed with a Kiss]] | writer7 = {{hlist|Gary Geld}} | extra7 = [[The Four Voices]] | length7 = 2:36 | title8 = [[Blackbird (Beatles song)|Blackbird]] | writer8 = {{hlist|Lennon|McCartney}} | extra8 = The Beatles | length8 = 2:24 | title9 = [[We Can Work It Out]] | writer9 = {{hlist|Lennon|McCartney}} | length9 = 2:12 | title10 = [[All Along the Watchtower]] | extra10 = Bob Dylan | writer10 = {{hlist|[[Bob Dylan]]}} | length10 = 3:18 | title11 = [[Corrine, Corrina|Corrina Corrina]] | extra11 = [[Papa Charlie McCoy|Charlie McCoy]] and [[Bo Carter|Bo Chatman]] | writer11 = {{hlist| [[Bo Chatmon]], [[J. Mayo Williams]], [[Mitchell Parish]]}} | length11 = 2:47 | title12 = [[Rhythm of the Rain]]/[[Crying in the Rain]] | extra12 = [[The Cascades (band)|The Cascades]]/[[The Everly Brothers]] | writer12 = {{hlist|[[John Gummoe]]|[[Carole King]]|[[Howard Greenfield]]}} | length12 = 3:08 | note12 = UK version only | title13 = [[Polly Vaughn|Polly Von]] | writer13 = {{hlist|Traditional}} | extra13 = [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] | length13 = 3:12 | title14 = [[American Pie (song)|American Pie]] | writer14 = {{hlist|[[Don McLean]]}} | extra14 = Don McLean | length14 = 4:22 | title15 = [[The Last Thing on My Mind]] | writer15 = {{hlist|[[Tom Paxton]]}} | extra15 = Tom Paxton | length15 = 3:27 | title16 = The Bells of Christmas | writer16 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | note16 = Special Edition only | length16 = 2:52 | title17 = [[You'll Never Walk Alone (song)|You'll Never Walk Alone]] | writer17 = {{hlist|[[Richard Rodgers]]|[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]}} | note17 = Special Edition only | length17 = 2:49 | title18 = Footsteps | writer18 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | length18 = 3:01 }}

== Charts and certifications == ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2009) ! Rank |- |[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2009 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212123802/http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2009 |archivedate=12 February 2010 | title=Album Jahrescharts 2009 | date=29 December 2009 | publisher=MTV | location=Germany | accessdate=6 April 2026 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|38 |}

{|class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Country !align="left"|Certifications !align="left"|Sales/Shipments<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf | title=Certification for every country in the world | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190545/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2016 | publisher=[[IFPI]] | accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref> |- |align="left"|Germany | style="text-align:center;"|Platinum <ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=Footsteps }}</ref> |align="left"|200,000+ |}

== Personnel == * Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars * [[Peter Gordeno (musician)|Peter Gordeno]] – keyboards, backing vocals * Chris Cameron – acoustic piano, orchestra arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 6, 18) * Nigel Hopkins – keyboards (16) * [[Phil Palmer]] – guitars * [[Neil Taylor (guitarist)|Neil Taylor]] – guitars * Hubie Davison – additional guitars (8) * Jerry Meehan – bass guitar * [[Geoff Dugmore]] – drums, percussion * [[The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] – orchestra (3, 5, 6, 18) * [[Geoffrey Richardson (musician)|Geoffrey Richardson]] – string quartet (13, 16, 17) * [[Jakko Jakszyk]] – backing vocals * Reclaim the Kop Choir – choir (17)

'''Production''' * Chris de Burgh – producer, sleeve design, sleeve notes * Chris Porter – producer, engineer, mixing * Joe Kearns – additional engineer * Alex Hutchinson – art direction * SJ Johnson – sleeve design * Kenny Thomson – sleeve design, management * David Morley – photography * Russell Kord – front cover photography

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Chris de Burgh albums]] [[Category:2008 albums]] [[Category:2000s covers albums]] [[Category:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra albums]]