Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album)

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Forever Blue
Forever Blue - Chris Isaak.jpg
Studio album by
Chris Isaak
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
Recorded1994
GenreRock and roll, rockabilly, roots rock
Length39:48
LabelReprise
ProducerErik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
San Francisco Days
(1993) 		Forever Blue
(1995) 		Baja Sessions
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune3/4 stars[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
Los Angeles Times3/4 stars[6]
Orlando Sentinel4/5 stars[7]

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.[8][9]

In 2014, a cover of "I Believe" was done by Melissa Hollick[10][11] 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[12] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[12] 37
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[12] 32
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 46
French SNEP Albums Chart[13] 19
German Albums Chart[12] 55
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[12] 7
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 31
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 9
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 40
UK Albums Chart[14] 27
Billboard 200[15] 31

Sales and certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[17] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[19] Platinum 1,200,000[18]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r212508
  2. ^ Goulding, Steve (1995-07-27). "Chris Isaak Forever Blue (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  5. ^ Sinclair, Tom (1995-05-26). "Forever Blue". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  6. ^ Willman, Chris (1995-05-27). "Album Reviews: Making a Good Case Out of Lost Love". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  7. ^ Gettelman, Parry (1995-06-02). "Chris Isaak". Orlando Sentinel.
  8. ^ Strauss, Neil (1996-01-05). "New Faces in Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  9. ^ "38th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  10. ^ "Melissa Hollick – singer songwriter – music". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  11. ^ "The New Order – I Believe – SoundCloud". Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Forever Blue, in various albums charts Lescharts.com Retrieved June 26, 2009
  13. ^ French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des autres artites" => "Chris ISAAK" Infodisc.fr Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved June 26, 2009
  14. ^ "Chris Isaak". The Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ Billboard allmusic.com Retrieved June 26, 2009
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  17. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Chris Isaak – Forever blue". Music Canada.
  18. ^ "Ask Billboard: Answers to readers' questions about Chris Isaak, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014.
  19. ^ "American album certifications – Chris Isaak – Forever blue". Recording Industry Association of America.



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