Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album)

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Forever Blue
Forever Blue - Chris Isaak.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
Recorded1994
StudioStudio D and Dave Wellhausen Recording, San Francisco
Genre Rockabilly [1]
Length39:48
Label Reprise
Producer Erik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
San Francisco Days
(1993)
Forever Blue
(1995)
Baja Sessions
(1996)
Singles from Forever Blue
  1. "Somebody's Crying"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Go Walking Down There"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-neither.png [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [1]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Forever Blue is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll musician Chris Isaak. It was released on May 23, 1995. The album included three singles: the Grammy-nominated "Somebody's Crying"; "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," which was 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 . [9] [10]

Contents

In 2014, a cover of "I Believe" was done by Melissa Hollick [11] [12] 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

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [13] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [13] 37
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [13] 32
Dutch Albums Chart [13] 46
French SNEP Albums Chart [14] 19
German Albums Chart [13] 55
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart [13] 7
Norwegian Albums Chart [13] 31
Swedish Albums Chart [13] 9
Swiss Albums Chart [13] 40
UK Albums Chart [15] 27
Billboard 200 [16] 31

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [17] 3× Platinum210,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum1,200,000 [20]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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