The Blue Cafe is the fourteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1998.

The singles released for the album were "The Blue Cafe", "Thinking of You", "Sweet Summer Day" and "Square Peg, Round Hole".

There was also a Japanese version with three bonus tracks, "Kyoto Blue", "Ameno Nakano Kiirono Herumetto" and "On the Beach".

[2] It was Rea's sixth successive album to reach the UK top ten, peaking at No.

The Irish Times noted the "menacing atmosphere" evident on the album, "rooted mostly in Rea's sandpaper voice.