Best of Chris Isaak
Best of Chris Isaak | ||||
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Released | May 9, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 1984–2006 | |||
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Length | 1:02:39 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Chris Isaak chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Best of Chris Isaak is a greatest hits album by Chris Isaak released on May 9, 2006 on the Reprise/Warner Bros. Records label. The 18 song collection has three new tracks: "King Without a Castle", "Let's Have a Party" and a cover of Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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1. | "San Francisco Days" | Chris Isaak | San Francisco Days (1993) | 2:59 |
2. | "Somebody's Crying" | Chris Isaak | Forever Blue (1995) | 2:47 |
3. | "Wicked Game" | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped World (1989) | 4:46 |
4. | "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" | Chris Isaak | Forever Blue (1995) | 2:56 |
5. | "Let Me Down Easy" | Chris Isaak | Always Got Tonight (2002) | 4:05 |
6. | "Two Hearts" | Chris Isaak | San Francisco Days (1993) | 3:34 |
7. | "King Without a Castle" | Chris Isaak | 3:06 | |
8. | "Only the Lonely" | Joe Melson, Roy Orbison | Baja Sessions (1996) | 2:53 |
9. | "Speak of The Devil" | Chris Isaak | Speak of the Devil (1998) | 3:30 |
10. | "Blue Spanish Sky" | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped World (1989) | 3:57 |
11. | "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" | Chris Isaak | Chris Isaak (1987) | 3:47 |
12. | "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" | Chris Isaak, Brian Elliot | San Francisco Days (1993) | 3:37 |
13. | "Let's Have a Party" | Chris Isaak | 3:27 | |
14. | "Dancin'" | Chris Isaak | Silvertone (1985) | 3:45 |
15. | "Blue Hotel" | Chris Isaak | Chris Isaak (1987) | 3:12 |
16. | "Please" | Chris Isaak | Speak of the Devil (1998) | 3:36 |
17. | "I Want You to Want Me" | Rick Nielsen | 3:21 | |
18. | "Forever Blue (acoustic version)" | Chris Isaak | Forever Blue (1995) | 2:38 |
Bonus DVD
- "Wicked Game" (directed by Herb Ritts)
- "Dancin'" (Mary Lambert)
- "Somebody's Crying" (Bill Pope and Chris Isaak)
- "San Francisco Days" (Gus Van Sant)
- "Blue Spanish Sky" (Bruce Weber)
- "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" (Herb Ritts)
- "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak)
- "Let Me Down Easy" (Logan)
- "Blue Hotel" (Mark Lebon)
- "Dark Moon" (Nicola Pecorini)
- "Don't Make Me Dream About You" (Geoffrey Barish)
- "Think of Tomorrow" (Jonathan Bendis)
- "Go Walking Down There" (Bill Pope)
- "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" (Jean-Baptiste Mondino)
- "Gone Ridin'" (Theodorus Bafaloukos)
- "Please" (Jonas Pate and Josh Pate)
- "Washington Square" (Joe Thomas)
- "Wicked Game" (European version) (Herb Ritts)
- "Solitary Man" (Larry Clark)
Note: the "Solitary Man" video (not listed on the CD cover) is only available with the audio commentary on.
Writing and publishing credits
All songs written by Chris Isaak and published by C. Isaak Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP) except:
- "Can't Do a Thing to Stop Me" written by Chris Isaak and Brian Elliot. Published by C. Isaak Music Publishing Co./Elliot Jacobsen Music (ASCAP)
- "Only the Lonely" written by Joe Melson and Roy Orbison. Published by Barbara Orbison Music Company/Roy Orbison Music Company/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (BMI)
- "I Want You to Want Me" written by Rick Nielsen. Published by Screen-Gems-EMI Music, Inc./Adult Music (BMI).
All songs mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc.
Charts
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 1 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 93 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] | 28 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] | 33 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 31 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 44 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] | 2 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] | 27 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 86 |
UK Albums (OCC)[11] | 65 |
US Billboard 200[12] | 54 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[13] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
France (SNEP)[14] | Gold | 75,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
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- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Certifications Albums Or - année 2006". Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2021.