| | Best Of Chris Isaak CD Chris Isaak Discography of CDs
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Given that many artists get the "best-of" treatment after only a few albums, it's quite remarkable that the first real Chris Isaak overview didn't appear until 2006, more than 20 years into the nostalgic pop/rock crooner's career. The 18-track non-chronological collection ranges from the twangy early single "Dancin'" to the guitar-rocker "King Without a Castle," one of four previously unreleased tracks. Along the way, the set makes room for Isaak's hits, including the ethereal "Wicked Game," the sinister "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," and his spot-on cover of "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison--one of his most obvious influences. Although some fans may be irked that Isaak's first non-holiday release since '02's ALWAYS GOT TONIGHT is a compilation, it's an exceptional one, and provides an excellent sampler of his charmingly vintage persona and formidable talent.
Includes 4 previously unreleased tracks.
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Jack Joseph Puig; Lee Herschberg; Mark Needham.
Illustrator: Chris Isaak.
Photographers: Mike Zagaris; Saori Miyazaki; Aaron Chang; Danny Clinch. Best Of Chris Isaak Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $8.59) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Rock, Greatest Hits Collections | | Label | Reprise | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7278  | | CD Universe Part number | 7022574 | | Catalog number | 49418 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 09, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Erik Jacobsen; Eric Rosse; Chris Isaak; John Shanks; Erik Jacobsen; Eric Rosse; Chris Isaak; John Shanks |
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All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Ferry's first solo effort since the second breakup of Roxy Music is arguably his best, in part because it continues in the direction the band had been going. It's like AVALON, only more so.
Here, Ferry's lounge lizard affectations are writ large; the lyrical pose is all bruised romantic fatalism (say hello, "Slave to Love"), and ...
| | Laura Branigan Self Control CD (1984)
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Laura Branigan's third album capitalized on the Euro-dance-pop and affecting ballads that made her an international star while allowing her to grow as a vocalist. Her collections, always uneven in terms of material, benefit mostly from her stellar voice, and this is no exception."The Lucky One" and "Heart" start slow and build to a crescendo, perfectly showcasing her range without being obvious. The title track, about finding sex in the seamy side of town, sparked a bit of a controversy, but ended up being her second biggest hit. The song itself works, but Branigan was never a sex bomb, so the fact that she pulls it off is indicative of her power ...
| | Johnny Otis 1945-1947 CD (2002)
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Growing up among Afro-Americans in Berkeley, CA, Greek-American Johnny Otis (born John Veliotes) always identified strongly with people of color. Before he had attained the age of 20 he was gigging with black jazz bands throughout the Southwest, and eventually organized an ensemble deliberately patterned after Count Basie's orchestra. This highly charged ...
| | Alexis Korner Kornerstoned: Anthology 1958-1983 CD (2006) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | Johnny Carroll Rock Baby Rock It CD (1996) (Import) 1955-60; Germany
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| | Paula Horan Centering Meditation CD (1999)
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| | Doc Holiday Pay Back's A Bitch CD (2000)
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| | Trembling Blue Stars Seven Autumn Flowers CD (2004) Bonus Tracks
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The Trembling Blue Stars' fifth album, Seven Autumn Flowers, is no great departure for the group; it is another chapter in the story that began way back in the '80s with the Field Mice. If you've stuck with them this far, you won't find anything here to make you walk away now. The core elements of the group (Bob Wratten's bittersweet vocals, near suicidal lyrics, the minor chords, sweeping synths, gently strummed acoustic guitars, and sweet female backing vocals) are firmly in place. In fact, much of the record falls into the same trap their last couple have, that of being too familiar and predictable. Songs like "All I'm Doing Is Losing," "Last Port of Call," (the admittedly quite good) "Sorrow Has a Way," and "Kensington Garden," while as well-constructed, heartfelt, and melodic as they may be, feel like they could have been written (and played) in Wratten's sleep. What saves the record are the handful of songs that break out of the constraints of even-keeled melancholy and take (small) chances: chances like the gentle reggae pulse of "The Rhythm of Your Breathing," the almost danceable beat of "The Sea Is So Quiet," the lilting near-country feel of "Last Port of Call," and best of all, the Beth Arzy-sung "Helen Reddy," which literally jumps out of the speakers with joy and verve. Perhaps leading off the album with this sparkling gem was a mistake since everything else sounds so gray in comparison. By the time you get to the end of the disc, instead of feeling empathy and kinship with Wratten and the TBS, you just feel kind of weary. Life is wearisome enough without having to deal with it on the stereo. [The U.S. edition of the album adds four bonus tracks (B-sides from U.K. singles) to an already endless feeling album. While "One Wish Granted" is a throwaway instrumental, the other three songs are better than almost everything on the album proper: "Beginning of an End" has a nice New Order meets Northern soul sound, "Open Skies" uses some very cheesy synth percussion, and "Hurry Home Through the Crowds" is a sweet acoustic guitar ballad with some incongruous handclaps and a truly lovely melody. If Bar/None had done some creative editing, scrapping the ...
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| | Los Galapagos Relampagueando Con Luz Propia CD (2009)
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