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- Best Of Chris Isaak
- Released 2006
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- Heart Shaped World
- Released 1989
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- Forever Blue
- Released 1995
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- Baja Sessions
- Released 1996
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biography
Songwriter Chris Isaak clearly loves the reverb-laden rockabilly and country of Sun Studios. In particular, he transfers the sweeping melancholy of Roy Orbison's classic Monument singles ("Crying," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "In Dreams") to the more stripped-down, rootsy sound of Sun, resulting in a stylized take on '50s and '60s rock & roll that made him into a star in the early '90s, propelled to a great degree by the hit single "Wicked Game."
Isaak began performing after he graduated from college, forming the rockabilly band Silvertone. The group, which featured guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, bassist Rowland Salley, and drummer Kenney Dale Johnson, would become the singer/guitarist's permanent supporting band. Isaak released his first album, Silvertone, on Warner Bros. in 1985. It was critically well received yet failed to sell well. Two years later, he released the self-titled Chris Isaak, which managed to scrape into the Top 200 album charts. After its release, the singer began an acting career with a bit part in Jonathan Demme's 1988 film Married to the Mob; he would later have parts in Wild at Heart, The Silence of the Lambs, and A Dirty Shame, as well as starring in his own situation comedy series for the Showtime cable network.
Released in 1989, Heart Shaped World initially sold more than Chris Isaak, yet it didn't manage to break big until late 1990, when the single "Wicked Game" was featured in David Lynch's Wild at Heart. Soon, the single became a Top Ten hit; the album also made it into the Top Ten and sold over a million copies. Both 1993's San Francisco Days and 1995's Forever Blue mined essentially the same vein as Heart Shaped World, yet both went gold and spawned a handful of hits. In 1996, Isaak released The Baja Sessions; Speak of the Devil followed two years later. Isaak's busy touring schedule and growing visibility as an actor kept him out of the recording studio until 2002, when he released Always Got Tonight, though in 2004 he did find time to cut his first seasonal album, Chris Isaak Christmas, which featured five new Yuletide tunes along with a batch of holiday favorites. The musician once again flexed his TV muscles in 2009 with The Chris Isaak Hour, whose debut on The Biography Channel was promoted in part by Mr. Lucky, his first album of original material in seven years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Isaak began performing after he graduated from college, forming the rockabilly band Silvertone. The group, which featured guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, bassist Rowland Salley, and drummer Kenney Dale Johnson, would become the singer/guitarist's permanent supporting band. Isaak released his first album, Silvertone, on Warner Bros. in 1985. It was critically well received yet failed to sell well. Two years later, he released the self-titled Chris Isaak, which managed to scrape into the Top 200 album charts. After its release, the singer began an acting career with a bit part in Jonathan Demme's 1988 film Married to the Mob; he would later have parts in Wild at Heart, The Silence of the Lambs, and A Dirty Shame, as well as starring in his own situation comedy series for the Showtime cable network.
Released in 1989, Heart Shaped World initially sold more than Chris Isaak, yet it didn't manage to break big until late 1990, when the single "Wicked Game" was featured in David Lynch's Wild at Heart. Soon, the single became a Top Ten hit; the album also made it into the Top Ten and sold over a million copies. Both 1993's San Francisco Days and 1995's Forever Blue mined essentially the same vein as Heart Shaped World, yet both went gold and spawned a handful of hits. In 1996, Isaak released The Baja Sessions; Speak of the Devil followed two years later. Isaak's busy touring schedule and growing visibility as an actor kept him out of the recording studio until 2002, when he released Always Got Tonight, though in 2004 he did find time to cut his first seasonal album, Chris Isaak Christmas, which featured five new Yuletide tunes along with a batch of holiday favorites. The musician once again flexed his TV muscles in 2009 with The Chris Isaak Hour, whose debut on The Biography Channel was promoted in part by Mr. Lucky, his first album of original material in seven years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Chris on The Wendy Williams Show!
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- 8/3/2009
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- 7:08 PM
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- Chris Isaak will appear and perform on The Wendy Williams Show this Thursday, August 6th. In New York, it airs at 10am EDT on channel WNYW FOX 5. In…
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Best Buy Musical Instruments Store Performance & Signing
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- 7/16/2009
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- On July 21 at 6pm at the Rivergate store, Chris Isaak will appear at the Best Buy Musical Instruments Store in Nashville. There will be an acoustic …
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Check out the latest video from the "Mr. Lucky" album streaming exclusively on Yahoo Music!
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- 6/16/2009
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- http://new.music.yahoo.com/chris-isaak/videos/view/you-dont-cry-like-i-d...
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Chris on the 2009 MTV Movie Awards!
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- 6/1/2009
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- 3:50 AM
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- Chris will make a special appearance & performance on the 2009 MTV Movie Awards airing Sunday, May 31. Check local listings for re-airings.
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Chris on Chelsea Lately June 2nd
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- 5/27/2009
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- 9:33 PM
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- Chris Isaak will appear on Chelsea Lately on E! Entertainment airing Tuesday at 11 pm, June 2nd. Check local listings.
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Wish I could See him live
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- By db8coach
- 1/15/2009 22:10:29
- Chris Isaak is one of the only artists that I would love to see live...preferably at a small club somewhere as I hear his music as better in smaller venues.
I would also love it if his tv show found his way to dvd. - Be the first person to rate this comment!
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