Baja Sessions

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Baja Sessions
Baja Sessions - Chris Isaak.jpg
Studio album by
Chris Isaak
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
Recorded1995–1996
Genre
Length39:02
Label Reprise
Producer Erik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
Forever Blue
(1995)		Baja Sessions
(1996)		 Speak of the Devil
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly D [5]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Pretty Girls Don't Cry"Chris Isaak Silvertone (1985)3:09
2."Back On Your Side"Chris IsaakSilvertone(1985)3:04
3."Only The Lonely" Joe Melson, Roy Orbison  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" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Norman Luboff  2:29
9."Two Hearts"Chris Isaak San Francisco Days (1993)3:19
10."Return to Me"Danny DiMinno, Carmen Lombardo  2:17
11."Dancin'"Chris IsaakSilvertone(1985)3:57
12."Sweet Leilani" Harry Owens  2:17
13."Think Of Tomorrow"Chris Isaak 2:58

Personnel

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold556,000 [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raggett, Ned. "Baja Sessions Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (1996-11-01). "Chris Issak The Baja Sessions (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Chris Isaak". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
  5. ↑ Mirkin, Steven (1996-10-18). "Baja Sessions". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  6. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (1996-10-25). "Chris Isaak". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  7. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "Chris Isaak: The Baja Sessions". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 2001-08-29.
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – Chris Isaak – Baja sessions". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ↑ "Answers to readers' questions about Chris Isaak, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2021.


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