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Moonfleet & Other Stories
Pop · 2010 · 24 tracks · 1h 11m

Moonfleet & Other Stories

Chris de Burgh

A grand, narrated concept album following an 18th-century smuggling tale. Sweeping orchestral arrangements meet classic, story-driven pop songwriting.

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It's like a classic adventure novel come to life through a full orchestra and 80s-tinged pop vocals.

A grand, cinematic adventure that balances seafaring peril with nostalgic, romantic warmth.

Moonfleet & Other Stories · vs · Chris de Burgh
Ocean+2.9σ

Ocean saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 24 Tracks · 1h 11m
01
The Moonfleet Overture
5:03
02
The Village of Moonfleet… (narration)
1:27
03
The Light on the Bay
1:57
04
Have a Care
2:52
05
For Two Days and Nights… (narration)
1:13
06
Go Where Your Heart Believes
4:11
07
The Escape
4:19
08
And So It Was… (narration)
0:28
09
The Days of Our Age
1:54
10
The Secret of the Locket
3:32
11
With Heavy Heart… (narration)
0:36
12
My Heart’s Surrender
4:10
13
Treasure and Betrayal
3:43
14
Moonfleet Bay
3:05
15
The Storm
3:23
16
Greater Love
3:29
17
In the Years That Followed… (narration)
1:23
18
The Moonfleet Finale
3:00
19
Everywhere I Go
3:37
20
The Nightingale
3:47
21
One Life, One Love
3:42
22
Why Mona Lisa Smiled
3:37
23
Pure Joy
3:05
24
People of the World
3:49
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the spoken narration of the village into the sweeping melodic swell of The Light on the Bay
The dramatic orchestral crash and tension during the peak of The Storm
The way the Moonfleet Finale resolves the narrative with a grand, choral-backed emotional release
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