New Light Through Old Windows

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{{Infobox album

| name = New Light Through Old Windows

| type = compilation

| artist = Chris Rea

| cover = New Light Through Old Windows.jpg

| alt =

| released = 17 October 1988

| recorded =

| studio =

• Mountain Studios (Montreux, Switzerland)
• Studio Miraval (Provence, France)

| genre = Album-oriented rock

| length = 60:13

| label = Geffen (US)
Magnet (rest of world)

| producer =

• Chris Rea
• Jon Kelly

| prev_title = Dancing with Strangers

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = The Road to Hell

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GvSs46eyZ8U|"Working on it (1989)"}}}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-light-through-old-windows-the-best-of-chris-rea-mw0000203303|title=New Light Through Old Windows: The Best Of Chr... |website=AllMusic|access-date=3 June 2025}}

}}

New Light Through Old Windows is the first compilation album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1988. The album consists primarily of re-recordings of songs from Rea's earlier albums, as well as the new track "Working on It", which peaked at No. 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-rea/chart-history/hsi/|title=Fool If You Think It's Over (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 December 2017}} and was Rea's only No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-rea/chart-history/rtt/|title=Working On It (Mainstream Rock)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 December 2017}} "On the Beach" peaked at No. 9 on the US Adult Contemporary singles chart, and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-rea/chart-history/asi/|title=On The Beach (Adult Contemporary)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cite book|author=James Masterton|title=The Top 40 Annual 1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYrHBwAAQBAJ|date=4 April 2015|publisher=James Masterton}} The album reached number five on the UK Albums Chart, charted for over a year, and was certified 3× Platinum by BPI until 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4536-3605-2|title=Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows|publisher=BPI|access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29468/chris-rea/|title=Official Charts > Chris Rea|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=9 January 2017}} It charted in the Top 10 in New Zealand, Australia and West Germany.