Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days (1993) - vinyl LP PLAY-GRADED; German Import

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Catalog Number: 9362-45116-1

CONDITION DETAILS GERMAN IMPORT. Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great; no scuffing (front and back). Inner sleeve is original (poly-lined paper). Spine is unbroken, clean, and easy-to-read. Very-little shelf-wear along the top and bottom-edge. Opening is crisp. (Not a cut-out.)

ABOUT THE RECORD San Francisco Days, by Chris Isaak, peaked at #35 on Billboard 200 and produced the single Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) which charted at #7 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #11 on Adult Contemporary Charts. The album was dedicated to the memory of Louie Beeson, who was the sound consultant. San Francisco Days more than any of Isaak's earlier albums seemed more timeless, more enjoyably out of place, than before, an effect heightened by the intentionally '60s-styled cover art and design, right down to the listing of the song titles on the front. But while the emphasis on the surface was traditionalism and continuity, in fact, San Francisco Days was the most quietly experimental collection Isaak had yet recorded, wedding his clean and classic approach, backed by his ever-reliable trio and as always produced by Erik Jacobsen, with a variety of newer musical touches and quirkier arrangements. Thus the barrelhouse piano toward the end of the swooning title track or the quietly sassy female backing vocals on Can't Do a Thing to Stop This and Move Along, not to mention the dark rumble of feedback mixed with fuzzy rhythm box that provides the core of Round N' Round, the vocal growl at the end a surprising touch. The work of guest Jimmy Pugh on Hammond organ on various tracks is also noteworthy, adding some quietly funky smoke to the proceedings. This certainly doesn't describe the whole album, and those won over by Wicked Game and its crystalline vision of smoldering appeal and emotional sucker punch will find much to love with the deceptively gentle lope of Two Hearts and the slow, stripped-down Waiting. There are also plenty of good-time numbers well suited to Isaak and company's sly style, like Beautiful Homes, while a concluding cover of Neil Diamond's Solitary Man wraps things up on a fine high note. (allmusic.com)

TRACK LISTING San Francisco Days Beautiful Homes Round 'N' Round Two Hearts Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) Except The New Girl Waiting Move Along I Want Your Love 5:15 Lonely With A Broken Heart Solitary Man

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