Baja Sessions

Baja Sessions
Studio album by Chris Isaak
Released	October 8, 1996
Genre	Rockabilly, Roots rock, Rock'n'roll, Surf rock
Length	39:02
Label	Reprise
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
Forever Blue (1995) Baja Sessions (1996) Speak of the Devil (1998)

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Baja Sessions is the sixth studio album by Chris Isaak, released in 1996, featuring largely acoustic arrangements. The album contains a large number of covers, many of which are classic songs (such as the Hawaiian-tinged "Sweet Leilani" and "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)") which refer to, or are styled to suggest, tropical, laid-back settings. Though its title refers to Baja California, the album was recorded at San Francisco's Coast Recorders.

A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chris Isaak, except where indicated

1. "Pretty Girls Don't Cry" – 3:09
2. "Back on Your Side" – 3:03
3. "Only the Lonely" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) – 2:53
4. "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) - 3:10
5. "I Wonder" – 2:55
6. "Wrong to Love You" – 3:55
7. "Waiting for My Lucky Day" – 2:38
8. "Yellow Bird" (Norman Luboff, Alan Bergman) - 2:29
9. "Two Hearts" – 3:19
10. "Return to Me" (Carmen Lombardo, Danny DiMinno) - 2:17
11. "Dancin'" – 3:57
12. "Sweet Leilani" (Harry Owens) – 2:16
13. "Think of Tomorrow" – 2:57

Personnel

• Chris Isaak - vocals, guitar
• Hershel Yatovitz - lead guitar
• Rowland Salley - bass, vocals
• Kenney Dale Johnson - drums

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