Track Listing

1. Dancin'
2. Talk To Me
3. Livin' For Your Lover
4. Back On Your Side
5. Voodoo
6. Funeral In The Rain
7. The Lonely Ones
8. Unhappiness
9. Tears
10. Gone Ridin'
11. Pretty Girls Don't Cry
12. Western Stars
13. Another Idea

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17138 in Music
• Released on: 1991-02-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
In 1985 synthesizers and big hair were in: reverb-laden rockabilly guitars and smooth-as-silk vocals were not. Yet Warner Brothers took a chance with this unique debut from an unknown singer and his band, Silvertone, from San Francisco. While the rest is history, this is where it all started--the brooding "Talk to Me", the pained yearnings of the stunning "The Lonely Ones", the sensuous gyrations of "Dancin'", and the haunting "Voodoo". Guitarist Jimmy Wilsey coaxed wonderfully retro yet fresh-sounding atmospherics from his guitar, and Chris Isaak's Roy Orbison-styled crooning and matinee-idol looks created an undeniably sexy vibe. Isaak's love affair with the music of Sun Studios is evident on nearly all tracks, but shines on the rave-up "Gone Ridin'" and the beautiful ballad, "Western Stars". --Lorry Fleming

Amazon.com essential recording
In 1985 synthesizers and big hair were in: reverb-laden rockabilly guitars and smooth-as-silk vocals were not. Yet Warner Brothers took a chance with this unique debut from an unknown singer and his band, Silvertone, from San Francisco. While the rest is history, this is where it all started--with the brooding "Talk to Me," the pained yearnings of the stunning "The Lonely Ones," the sensuous gyrations of "Dancin'," and the haunting "Voodoo." Guitarist Jimmy Wilsey coaxed wonderfully retro yet fresh-sounding atmospherics from his guitar, and Chris Isaak's Roy Orbison-styled crooning and matinee-idol looks created an undeniably sexy vibe. Isaak's love affair with the music of Sun Studios is evident on nearly all tracks, but shines on the rave-up "Gone Ridin'" and the beautiful ballad, "Western Stars." --Lorry Fleming

Chronique amazon.fr
Dès ce premier album, Chris Isaak semblait avoir tout calculé. Toutes cartes en main. Un son construit sur sa voix, naviguant entre Roy Orbison et Elvis Presley, et la réplique que lui donne la guitare de James Calvin Wisley. C'est d'ailleurs d'une marque de guitare bon marché (mais très culte) que cet album tient son titre. Cette guitare qui inscrit la musique d'Isaak dans une histoire, dans une tradition, n'en fait pourtant pas un langage figé, ni un objet de nostalgie. Le mordant de "Isaak la belle gueule" est dans son phrasé velours, avec un coin de mystère. À l'écoute de "Dancing", on a l'impression d'écouter une cérémonie un peu obscure, presque envoûtante. Pour cela Chris Isaak n'a pas son pareil : un vibrato atmosphérique, visionnaire, et opportuniste. Il fallait oser. La suite lui a donné raison, sans le transformer. --José Ruiz