Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album)

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ReleasedMay 23, 1995
StudioStudio D and Dave Wellhausen Recording, San Francisco
GenreRockabilly[1]
Length39:48
Forever Blue
Studio album by
Chris Isaak
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
StudioStudio D and Dave Wellhausen Recording, San Francisco
GenreRockabilly[1]
Length39:48
LabelReprise
ProducerErik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
San Francisco Days
(1993)		 Forever Blue
(1995)		 Baja Sessions
(1996)
Singles from Forever Blue
  1. "Somebody's Crying"
    Released: May 15, 1995[2]
  2. "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing"
    Released: September 11, 1995[3]
  3. "Go Walking Down There"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStar[5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[1]
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStar[8]
NME7/10[9]
Orlando SentinelStarStarStarStar[10]

Forever Blue is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll musician Chris Isaak, released on May 23, 1995. The album included three singles: the Grammy-nominated "Somebody's Crying," "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," 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.[11][12]

In 2014, Melissa Hollick[13][14] released a cover of "I Believe" for the video game Wolfenstein: The New Order.

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

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