Chris Isaak 5 CD Lot - Silvertone, San Fran Days & More

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ALL 5 DISCS ARE USED IN VERY GOOD CONDITIONFROM CHRIS ISAAK -"SILVERTONE" :1. Dancin' 2. Talk to Me 3. Livin' for Your Lover 4. Back on Your Side 5. Voodoo 6. Funeral in the Rain 7. The Lonely Ones 8. Unhappiness 9. Tears 10. Gone Ridin' 11. Pretty Girls Don't Cry 12. Western Stars 13. Another Idea Chris Isaak 's debut album, Silvertone , named after his three-piece backup group, sets the pattern for his subsequent albums in its meticulously constructed retro sound. Isaak enters a time machine and emerges around 1960, when Roy Orbison is ruling the charts with his melodramatic ballads and Elvis Presley has just returned from the Army. Of course, what passed for a style 25 years before is in Isaak 's hands stylization, and when he wails in an Orbison falsetto of romantic desperation, then does a flat, Presley -like recitation in the album-closing "Western Stars," it all seems over the top. But he is just about sincere enough to pull it off, and James Calvin Wilsey is a strong enough guitarist to keep the arrangements on track. So, to the extent that you can resist the "Is this guy kidding?" impression, the music is appealing. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide"SAN FRANCISCO DAYS" :1. San Francisco Days 2. Beautiful Homes 3. Round 'N' Round 4. Two Hearts 5. Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me) 6. Except the New Girl 7. Waiting 8. Move Along 9. I Want Your Love 10. 5:15 11. Lonely With a Broken Heart 12. Solitary ManHaving found himself with a fluke hit single thanks to "Wicked Game," Isaak 's next move was interesting enough -- namely, for a long while, nothing. Heart Shaped World 's follow-up came four years later, after Nirvana and Dr. Dre rewrote the musical rules for what turned out to be the rest of the '90s. As a result, San Francisco Days more than any of Isaak 's earlier albums seemed more timeless, more enjoyably out of place, than before, an effect heightened by the intentionally '60s-styled cover art and design, right down to the listing of the song titles on the front. But while the emphasis on the surface was traditionalism and continuity, in fact, San Francisco Days was the most quietly experimental collection Isaak had yet recorded, wedding his clean and classic approach, backed by his ever-reliable trio and as always produced by Erik Jacobsen , with a variety of newer musical touches and quirkier arrangements. Thus the barrelhouse piano toward the end of the swooning title track or the quietly sassy female backing vocals on "Can't Do a Thing to Stop This" and "Move Along," not to mention the dark rumble of feedback mixed with fuzzy rhythm box (!) that provides the core of "Round N' Round," the vocal growl at the end a surprising touch. The work of guest Jimmy Pugh on Hammond organ on various tracks is also noteworthy, adding some quietly funky smoke to the proceedings. This certainly doesn't describe the whole album, and those won over by "Wicked Game" and its crystalline vision of smoldering appeal and emotional sucker punch will find much to love with the deceptively gentle lope of "Two Hearts" and the slow, stripped-down "Waiting." T are also plenty of good-time numbers well suited to Isaak and company's sly style, like "Beautiful Homes," while a concluding cover of Neil Diamond 's "Solitary Man" wraps things up on a fine high note. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide"FOREVER BLUE" :1. Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing 2. Somebody's Crying 3. Graduation Day 4. Go Walking Down T 5. Don't Leave Me on My Own 6. Things Go Wrong 7. Forever Blue 8. T She Goes 9. Goin' Now 10. Changed Your Mind 11. Shadows in a Mirror 12. I Believe 13. The End of EverythingWithout identifying who it was, Isaak made his mood clear with Forever Blue by including a farewell letter in the liner notes to the lover who had dumped him. Kicking things off with the snaky, almost guttural "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," later made a theme song for Stanley Kubrick 's Eyes Wide Shut , Isaak lives up to the confused, fractured message in that letter, turnin... read more

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