{"title":"Chris Isaak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Isaak is an American musician and occasional actor born on June 26, 1956 in Stockton, California, USA. He signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album \"Silvertone\". The tracks \"Gone Ridin'\" and \"Livin' for Your Lover\" from this album were featured in David Lynch's movie, \"Blue Velvet\". His second album (self-titled) came out in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Isaak's most known songs is \"Wicked Game\", which is from his third album \"Heart Shaped World\" (1989). It became a national top 10 hit in February 1991, after it was featured in another Lynch film, \"Wild at Heart\". In 1999, Isaak's \"Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing\" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, \"Eyes Wide Shut\". The song is from his 1995 album \"Forever Blue\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsaak has also appeared in numerous films, mostly playing minor cameo roles. He starred in the 1993 Bernardo Bertolucci-directed Little Buddha and played a major role in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. In 2001, Isaak starred in his own television show called The Chris Isaak Show which aired from March 2001 to March 2004 on the cable television network Showtime.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-the-sun-the-complete-collection-rsd-2024","title":"Beyond The Sun (The Complete Collection) - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n                            This product is a Record Store Day exclusive title and is not available to pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegendary rocker and Sun Records superfan Chris Isaak pays tribute to the label he loves on \u003ci\u003eBeyond The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (Super Deluxe Edition). Chris Isaak revisits the music that inspired him to become a musician in the room where it happened, with these tracks recorded live in Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Hear Chris rock on Carl Perkins’ “Dixie Fried,” roll on Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line,” and emulate the King on Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” among many others.  This expanded tracklist features songs previously unavailable in the United States, including Chris’ version of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Bonnie B,” and the Roy Orbison classic “Oh, Pretty Woman,” and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Records","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Red","offer_id":50421343748427,"sku":"2181204","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Beyond_the_Sun_Collectors_Edition_a4174391_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726757201"},{"product_id":"san-francisco-days","title":"San Francisco Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth studio album by rock legend Chris Isaak was originally released in 1993 and subsequently certified gold in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Dedicated to the memory of sound consultant Louie Beeson, the album includes the titular track “San Francisco Days” in Isaak’s modern blues style, “Two Hearts”, “Can’t Do a Thing” and a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Solitary Man”. The lush, guitar-heavy record features James Calvin Wilsey, Rowland Salley, Danny Gatton, Jeff Watson and Tom Brumley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50454224961867,"sku":"2001529","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/San_Francisco_Days_268aac23_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727182167"},{"product_id":"heart-shaped-world-3","title":"Heart Shaped World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of the 35th anniversary of \u003cstrong\u003eChris Isaak’s\u003c\/strong\u003e landmark album \u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World\u003c\/em\u003e, we are proud to present this special edition. This album, his third studio album, was released in the summer of 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the standout tracks on the album is the breakthrough hit \"\u003cem\u003eWicked Game\u003c\/em\u003e,\" which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This song captured the hearts of listeners everywhere and helped solidify \u003cstrong\u003eChris Isaak\u003c\/strong\u003e as a truly talented artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusic director Lee Chesnut at WAPW in Atlanta was so impressed by the song that he played it repeatedly for two weeks straight after hearing a version on the soundtrack to David Lynch's 1990 film Wild at Heart. This just goes to show the lasting impact and influence of \u003cstrong\u003eChris Isaak\u003c\/strong\u003e and his music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50897108828491,"sku":"2207722","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Heart_Shaped_World_98bff999_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732685621"},{"product_id":"forever-blue-1","title":"Forever Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eA commemorative edition of Chris Isaak’s 1995 classic \u003cem\u003eForever Blu. Forever Blue (30th Anniversary Edition)\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the Grammy-nominated and Platinum-selling record described as “as moodily beautiful as ever.” With Isaak and his band in top form produced by Erik Jacobsen, the LP features hits like “Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing\" and “Somebody’s Crying.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Aqua Blue","offer_id":52622268563787,"sku":"R5672-4348","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53275691024715,"sku":"R5672-8841","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53275691057483,"sku":"R5672-3053","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_81b7bb4d-b72e-41f8-964e-f6614c342ac7.jpg?v=1751462947"},{"product_id":"heart-shaped-world","title":"Heart Shaped World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere was nothing in contemporary music like Chris Isaak’s \u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World\u003c\/em\u003e when it hit shelves in June 1989. More than three decades later, the singer-songwriter’s third album still sounds unique — and claims a backstory nearly as fascinating as the retro-leaning material and standout performances that propelled it to sales of more than 2.5 million copies. Home to the Top 10 smash “Wicked Game,” the set remains a masterful mood piece that invites you to pour a late-night drink, sit in a dimmed room, and relish Isaak’s elegant albeit raw ruminations on love, relationships, and questionable decisions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, and featuring the bonus track “Diddley Daddy,” Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP box set of \u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World\u003c\/em\u003e unearths the staggering inner details, saturated tones, and brilliant atmospherics of the crisp production. It brings you up close and personal with Isaak’s spectacular singing — impeccably controlled, tense, brooding, steamy, smoldering, haunted — situated amidst stripped-down backdrops that allow every note to fully bloom and decay. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Isaak’s ever-steady baritone remains the anchor, the contributions of his trusty backing band, the aptly named Silvertone, come across with just as much cool, command, and realism. The indispensable playing of guitarist James Calvin Wilsey particularly emerges with superb clarity and dimensionality. The character of his 1965 Fender Stratocaster, shivering twang of his spring-coiled fills, and his signature use of reverb, delay, and vibrato seamlessly match Isaak's patient deliveries and the band’s unhurried rhythms. Experienced on UD1S with ultra-black backgrounds and a nearly invisible noise floor, Heart Shaped World is in every regard a demonstration disc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe premium packaging of this UD1S pressing befits its elevated status. Housed in a deluxe slipcase, it features foil-stamped jackets and faithful-to-the-original graphics. Aurally and visually, this reissue is for discerning listeners who desire to immerse themselves in everything involved with the album, not the least of which is the cover art depicting a lost-in-thought Isaak staring ahead and sitting in what appears to be an efficiency apartment. The image epitomizes the record’s lonesome temperaments and pensive themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, if not for director David Lynch hand-picking two cuts from \u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World\u003c\/em\u003e for his 1990 film Wild at Heart, the record would’ve probably suffered the same fate as Isaak’s prior efforts and gone unnoticed by the mainstream. Despite receiving raves from outlets such as NME, Chicago Tribune, and Rolling Stone upon its original release, the album stalled in the lower quadrants of the Billboard charts and, after a few weeks, dropped off. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCue the ear of Lee Chesnut. Then the music director for a large Atlanta radio station, Chesnut heard the instrumental version of “Wicked Game” on Lynch’s soundtrack and started airing the album rendition at all hours of the day. Aided by a sensual video featuring Isaak and supermodel Helena Christensen, the song found its way into the public consciousness by early ‘91 and helped make Isaak a most unlikely mainstream star in an era where his techniques had little to nothing in common with popular tastes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its vintage vibes and shared DNA with legends such as Roy Orbison, Chet Baker, and Glen Campbell, \u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World \u003c\/em\u003etranscends nostalgia, rockabilly, and throwback tropes. For all the melodrama and sadness at hand, Isaak’s gorgeously transparent singing dives deep underneath emotional surfaces. He mines subtleties that indicate his feelings go beyond heartbreak and anguish, and occasionally suggest frustration, menace, and anger. You can hear it in his quivering falsetto, and the slow and methodical ways he allows delicate whispers to break into shadowy phrasing that crosses over to the darker sides of romance and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat approach bolsters the title track, which suggests calm yet moves on ominous currents — its simmering pace and snare-drum snappiness foreshadowing Isaak raising the volume and urgency during the coda. The southwestern-tinged “Wrong to Love You” plays with similar concepts of hesitation, unease, and discord, Isaak careful never to fully erupt and give anything away. His poised deliveries offer a master class in the art of insinuation and hurt on “Nothing’s Changed,” sent up with a wordless backing chorus and crackling guitar lines straight out of a Memphis blues joint. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart Shaped World\u003c\/em\u003e further boosts its merit via its abundant stylistic variations, from the upbeat country-and-western trot of “I’m Not Waiting” and Spanish acoustic shimmer of the jazz-based ballad “Blue Spanish Sky” to the swinging horn-accompanied grooves of “Don’t Make Me Love You” and desert smokiness of the understated “Kings of the Highway.” On the latter, Isaak comes across as resigned and absolute. His singing and pain worm their way into your soul, and echo akin to the way the music prepares to strike when you least expect. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Trouble going 'round,” Isaak croons right as the album begins. “Trouble going down.” Damn straight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobile Fidelity","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":56973654229323,"sku":"R7086-8051","price":199.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD - SACD","offer_id":56973654262091,"sku":"R7086-3253","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3ae86586-4866-d675-96df-a2af772f40d7.jpg?v=1775569086"},{"product_id":"baja-sessions","title":"Baja Sessions","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevisit the classic coastal chill of the forever laid-back \u003cem\u003eBaja Sessions\u003c\/em\u003e by Chris Isaak, now available for the first time ever on vinyl in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Produced by Erik Jacobsen, the surf-inspired record features Chris’ take on songs made famous by Roy Orbison, Bing Crosby, and more, as well as acoustic versions of his own songs from Silvertone, Heart Shaped World, and San Francisco Days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sun Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Baja Blue","offer_id":57497228575051,"sku":"R4135-6070","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_e06589ce-2436-43ae-bfe8-4cd300b66ddd.jpg?v=1780415292"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_3ae7087c_thumbnail_4096_ff37295b-1f1c-485f-8193-6b4377c7945c.jpg?v=1726757181","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/chris-isaak.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}