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(Wicked Game Records) 18 Tracks - Gatefold Cover - Chris Isaak already celebrated a... more

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Chris Isaak: Best Of Chris Isaak (2-LP, 180g Vinyl)

(Wicked Game Records) 18 Tracks - Gatefold Cover -

Chris Isaak already celebrated a meteoric rise as one of the best and most entertaining performers in the mid 80s. His big hits include the unforgettable ''Wicked Game'', ''Forever Blue'' (here in an acoustic version), ''Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing'' (from Eyes Wide Shut) and ''Somebody's Crying''.

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Interpret: Chris Isaak
Album titlle: Best Of Chris Isaak (2-LP, 180g Vinyl)
Genre Pop
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
Artikelart LP
Label Wicked Game Records
EAN: 0698268302877
weight in Kg 0.545

Isaak, Chris - Best Of Chris Isaak (2-LP, 180g Vinyl) LP 1
01	San Francisco Days	Chris Isaak
02	Somebody's Crying	Chris Isaak
03	Wicked Game	Chris Isaak
04	Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing	Chris Isaak
05	Let Me Down Easy	Chris Isaak
06	Two Hearts	Chris Isaak
07	King Without A Castle	Chris Isaak
08	Only The Lonely	Chris Isaak
09	Speak Of The Devil	Chris Isaak
10	Blue Spanish Sky	Chris Isaak

Isaak, Chris - Best Of Chris Isaak (2-LP, 180g Vinyl) LP 2
01	You Owe Me Some Kind Of Love	Chris Isaak
02	Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)	Chris Isaak
03	Let's Have A Party	Chris Isaak
04	Dancin'	Chris Isaak
05	Blue Hotel	Chris Isaak
06	Please	Chris Isaak
07	I Want You To Want Me	Chris Isaak
08	Forever Blue (Acoustic Version)	Chris Isaak

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"Chris Isaak"

Chris Isaak

The son of a fork-lift operator, Chris Isaak har-boured professional boxing ambitions at college as well as musical ones. The legacy of the former was a distinctly squashed nose; of the latter, a rockabilly band in the shape of Kenney Dale Johnson (drums) and James Calvin Wilsey (guitars), both of whom were to play on his first four albums. Long years of gigging followed before a deal was secured with Warner Brothers, and a debut LP, SILVERTONE, followed in 1984. Isaak's influences and preoccupations were clear from the beginning — a countrified R&B sound set to a rocking tempo, and the theme of heartache. His voice harked back to that of the 50s crooner, an impression reinforced by Wilsey's chiming guitar which positively shimmered with vibrato. This was retro-America, a country of cars laden with chrome, of headlights in the rain, and of broken-hearted prom queens. Isaak moved through a moody, sometimes mysterious landscape, from Vegas to the voodoo of New Orleans and back to his home town of Stockton. The tone of CHRIS (SARK (1987) was pure West Coast smoothness; indeed the cover shot, by Bruce Weber, consciously played up Isaak's resemblance to Chet Baker. Like Baker, Isaak is no innovator, and few could claim that his style has really developed since his debut, but this fidelity to his chosen ground has made him inimitable — these acts of homage are where his touch is surest. His voice is most often compared to that of Roy Orbison (whose touchstone was also the pain of memory), and indeed there is a similarity when Isaak slips into the upper register, but he lacks Orbison's sense of drama. A more accurate comparison would be with the Presley of "Mystery Train", at its most obvious on a track like Isaak's "Blue Hotel", which is haunted by his ghost. Even though CHRIS ISAAK failed to establish him, he was now acquiring a reputation for his vibrant live performances, complete with satin suits, at which his relaxed, ironic personality was at its best. His adept put-downs of hecklers — 'I remember my first drink too' — caused one NME reviewer to wail, 'Why isn't this man a star?
HEART SHAPED WORLD (1989) was unrepentantly in the same slick vein, but found him at his brooding
best on the perfectly paced "Wicked Game", which, in 1990, when lifted from the soundtrack of David
Lynch's WIN At Heart, gave him a long-awaited hit and valuable exposure. Its success led to the release
of a repackaged compilation drawn from the three albums. WICKED GAME (1991) leaned heavily
towards his ballads, but amply demonstrated his uniquely moody sound. It is apt that Lynch should have provided him with his breakthrough — he too is a dark romantic and chronicler of small-town disaster. Isaak has also pursued a cameo acting career, appearing in films such as Married To The Mob, Link Buddha and The Silence Of The Lambs, in which he led the SWAT team hunting the escaped Hannibal Lecter. SAN FRANCISCO DAYS (1993) shifted slightly from T-Birds to the surf, and allowed a glimmer of bright-ness in his sound, while its successor, FOREVER BLUE (1995), still found him in melancholic spirits, but veering back towards his rockabilly roots. The stopgap 1996 outing, THE BAJA SESSIONS, showed an even more laid-back side to his music, had few new tunes to offer and had him tackling such ghastly 'stan-dards' as "South Of The Border, (Down Mexico Way)" and Orbison's "Only the Lonely" as well as numbers from his own back catalogue. Similarly, 2002's ALWAYS GOT TONIGHT offered more of the same old sad songs and strums. Though he persists in producing albums that aren't bad, link now seems to do little more than simply mark time.

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