Baja Sessions | ||||
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Released | October 8, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995-1996 | |||
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Length | 39:02 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Erik Jacobsen | |||
Chris Isaak chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | D [5] |
Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10 [7] |
Baja Sessions is the sixth studio album by Chris Isaak, released in 1996, featuring largely acoustic arrangements. The album contains a large number of covers, many of which are classic songs (such as the Hawaiian-tinged "Sweet Leilani" and "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)") which refer to, or are styled to suggest, tropical, laid-back settings. Though its title refers to Baja California, the album was recorded at San Francisco's Coast Recorders.
A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" | Chris Isaak | Silvertone (1985) | 3:09 |
2. | "Back On Your Side" | Chris Isaak | Silvertone(1985) | 3:04 |
3. | "Only The Lonely" | Roy Orbison, Joe Melson | 2:53 | |
4. | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr | 3:10 | |
5. | "I Wonder" | Chris Isaak | 2:56 | |
6. | "Wrong To Love You" | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped World (1989) | 3:55 |
7. | "Waiting For My Lucky Day" | Chris Isaak | 2:38 | |
8. | "Yellow Bird" | Norman Luboff, Alan Bergman | 2:29 | |
9. | "Two Hearts" | Chris Isaak | San Francisco Days (1993) | 3:19 |
10. | "Return to Me" | Carmen Lombardo, Danny DiMinno | 2:17 | |
11. | "Dancin'" | Chris Isaak | Silvertone(1985) | 3:57 |
12. | "Sweet Leilani" | Harry Owens | 2:17 | |
13. | "Think Of Tomorrow" | Chris Isaak | 2:58 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [8] | Gold | 556,000 [9] |
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