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San Francisco Days (CD)

By: Chris Isaak (Artist)

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Chris Isaak Artist Snapshot:

With his chiseled features and haunting croon, Chris Isaak appeared in the mid-1980s like a roots-rock Chet Baker. His hushed, romantic singing style perfectly complemented his songwriting, which blended the rockabilly/pop styles of Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison with a country twang and touch of West Coast cool. His career took off with the song "Wicked Game," featured in the 1990 David Lynch film, WILD AT HEART. Subsequently, Isaak proved a natural at acting, appearing in numerous films and even landing his own cable series in 2001, THE CHRIS ISAAK SHOW.

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DISC 1 for San Francisco Days (CD) Album By Chris Isaak (Artist)
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 Man
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (5/13/93, p.104) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Features Isaak's loveliest singing--from a low whisper to a full-throated cry, like Roy Orbison strolling down Market Street...a stunning record...These songs are swollen with real characters and real stories..."
Entertainment Weekly (4/16/93, p.52) - "...The music is as well crafted as rich Corinthian leather..." - Rating: B-
Q (5/93, p.96) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...full of irresistable pop songs laced with a curious, almost ironic, melancholy..."
Musician (5/93, p.90) - "...Isaak's ascent may have been fueled by a combination of retro-cool and sleepy-eyed sensuality, but what carries this album is the music, pure and simple..."

Title Note

Personnel: Chris Isaak (vocals, guitar); James Calvin Wilsey, Danny Gatton (guitar); Tom Brumley (steel guitar); Jimmy Pugh (Hammond B-3 organ); Rowland Salley (bass, vocals); Kenney Dale Johnson (drums, vocals); Jim Keltner (drums); Johnny Reno, Prairie Prince, Frank Martin, Jeff Watson, Christine Wall, Cynthia Lloyd, Joni Haastrup, Ron Thompson, Kenny Aronoff, Rick Knoch, Mia Rose Antonelli, Poplar Haines.

On the follow-up to his breakthrough album HEART SHAPED WORLD, Chris Isaak continued with his dusky, Sun Records-influenced sound, while expanding his horizons just a bit. Despite the self-consciously retro album cover (everything down to the typeface suggests that it might have been released in the 1960s), Isaak doesn't merely replicate the feel of romantic ballads from bygone rock & roll eras; rather, he updates them for the '90s with very subtle touches of jazz, funk, and blues boogie.

But none of this is to say Isaak is experimenting wildly. SAN FRANCISCO DAYS still channels Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, updating the smoke-filled sound of twangy country ballads and laid-back, electric guitar-driven tunes from the '60s with pristine, high-end production. The combination is a winner, thanks in large part to Isaak's rich, knee-weakening croon, which is well showcased throughout. With its strong batch of songs, SAN FRANCISCO DAYS is in some ways an even better listen than HEART SHAPED WORLD.

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