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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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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
[edit]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 (1986) | 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 (1986) | 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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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- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Chris Isaak – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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- ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Chris Isaak – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Isaak: Best Of" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Chris Isaak – Best Of" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Chris Isaak – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Chris Isaak – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Chris Isaak – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Isaak Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "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.