Name: Chris Isaak - Silvertone
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Chris Isaak – Silvertone

€39,99

Chris Isaak’s debut album, Silvertone, named after his three-piece backup group, sets the pattern for his subsequent albums in its meticulously constructed retro sound. Isaak enters a time machine and emerges around 1960, when Roy Orbison is ruling the charts with his melodramatic ballads and Elvis Presley has just returned from the Army. Of course, what passed for a style 25 years before is in Isaak’s hands stylization, and when he wails in an Orbison falsetto of romantic desperation, then does a flat, Presley-like recitation in the album-closing “Western Stars,” it all seems over the top. But he is just about sincere enough to pull it off, and James Calvin Wilsey is a strong enough guitarist to keep the arrangements on track. So, to the extent that you can resist the “Is this guy kidding?” impression, the music is appealing.

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Warner Bros. Records ‎– 925 156-1 Stereo Vinyl LP 1985 EU Pressing

Side 1.

1. Dancin’ 3:44
2. Talk To Me 3:04
3. Livin’ For Your Lover 2:56
4. Back On Your Side 3:14
5. Voodoo 2:44
6. Funeral In The Rain 3:18

Side 2.

1. The Lonely Ones 3:12
2. Unhappiness 3:10
3. Tears 2:44
4. Gone Ridin’ 2:36
5. Pretty Girls Don’t Cry 2:24
6. Western Stars 3:12

Credits:
Engineer [Engineers] – Dave Carlson, Lee Herschberg, Mark Needham, Pat Craig, Tom Mallon
Management – Mark E. Plummer
Musician [Thanks To], Bass – Chris Solberg
Musician [Thanks To], Drums – Jim Keltner, Prairie Prince
Musician [Thanks To], Saxophone [Sax] – Pee Wee Ellis
Performer, Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar – James Calvin Wilsey
Performer, Vocals, Guitar – Chris Isaak
Photography By [Photos, Back] – Michael Zagaris
Photography By [Photos, Front] – Rick Lopez
Photography By [Photos, Insert Photo] – Marek Majewski
Producer [Produced By] – Erik Jacobsen
Written-By [All Songs By] – Chris Isaak