Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album)

This article is about the album by Chris Isaak. For other uses, see Forever Blue (disambiguation).

Forever Blue
Studio album by Chris Isaak
Released	May 23, 1995
Studio	Studio D and Dave Wellhausen Recording, San Francisco
Genre	Rockabilly [1]
Length	39:48
Label	Reprise
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
San Francisco Days (1993) Forever Blue (1995) Baja Sessions (1996)
Singles from Forever Blue
"Somebody's Crying" Released: May 15, 1995 [2] "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" Released: September 11, 1995 [3] "Go Walking Down There" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Chicago Tribune	[5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [1]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
NME	7/10 [9]
Orlando Sentinel	[10]

Forever Blue is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll musician Chris Isaak, released on May 23, 1995. The album included three singles: the Grammy-nominated "Somebody's Crying," "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut and "Graduation Day," featured in the 1996 film Beautiful Girls . In 1996, Forever Blue was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, though it lost to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill . ^{[11] [12]}

In 2014, Melissa Hollick ^{[13] [14]} released a cover of "I Believe" for the video game Wolfenstein: The New Order .

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Isaak.

1. "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" – 2:54
2. "Somebody's Crying" – 2:46
3. "Graduation Day" – 3:11
4. "Go Walking Down There" – 2:49
5. "Don't Leave Me on My Own" – 2:14
6. "Things Go Wrong" – 3:00
7. "Forever Blue" – 2:42
8. "There She Goes" – 3:14
9. "Goin' Nowhere" – 2:52
10. "Changed Your Mind" – 3:51
11. "Shadows in a Mirror" – 3:59
12. "I Believe" – 3:09
13. "The End of Everything" – 3:05

Personnel

• Chris Isaak – vocals, guitar
• Rowland Salley – bass, vocals
• Kenney Dale Johnson – drums, vocals
• Bruce Kaphan – pedal steel guitar
• Jimmy Pugh – Hammond B3 organ
• Johnny Reno – saxophone, vocals
• Jeff Watson – lead guitar
• Gregg Arreguin – guitar

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart [15]	2
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [15]	37
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [15]	32
Dutch Albums Chart [15]	46
French SNEP Albums Chart [16]	19
German Albums Chart [15]	55
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart [15]	7
Norwegian Albums Chart [15]	31
Swedish Albums Chart [15]	9
Swiss Albums Chart [15]	40
UK Albums Chart [17]	27
Billboard 200 [18]	31

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19]	3× Platinum	210,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [20]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA) [21]	Platinum	1,200,000 [22]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Sinclair, Tom (May 26, 1995). "Forever Blue". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved July 29, 2017.
2. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . May 13, 1995. p. 39.
3. "New Releases – Product Available from : 11/09/95: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 291. September 10, 1995. p. 18.
4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r212508
5. Goulding, Steve (July 27, 1995). "Chris Isaak Forever Blue (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
6. Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 145. ISBN   9780312245603.
7. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
8. Willman, Chris (May 27, 1995). "Album Reviews: Making a Good Case Out of Lost Love". Los Angeles Times . ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved December 15, 2017.
9. Dalton, Stephen (June 3, 1995). "Long Play". NME . p. 48. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
10. Gettelman, Parry (June 2, 1995). "Chris Isaak". Orlando Sentinel .
11. Strauss, Neil (January 5, 1996). "New Faces in Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
12. "38th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. November 28, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
13. "Melissa Hollick – singer songwriter – music". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
14. "The New Order – I Believe – SoundCloud" . Retrieved August 4, 2014.
15. Forever Blue, in various albums charts Lescharts.com Retrieved June 26, 2009
16. French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des autres artites" => "Chris ISAAK" Infodisc.fr Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 26, 2009
17. "Chris Isaak". The Official Charts Company.
18. Billboard allmusic.com Retrieved June 26, 2009
19. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
20. "Canadian album certifications – Chris Isaak – Forever blue". Music Canada.
21. "American album certifications – Chris Isaak – Forever blue". Recording Industry Association of America.
22. "Ask Billboard: Answers to readers' questions about Chris Isaak, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014.