Baby did a bad bad thing (Chris Isaak) (LP 2810 - 2812)

Chris Isaak  Heart Shaped World (CD, Reprise Records, 1989) ***  

Chris Isaak  Forever Blue (CD, Reprise Records, 1995) ***  

Chris Isaak  Heart Shaped World (CD, Reprise Records, 1998) ***  

Genre: Rockabilly 

Places I remember: Kings Recording (Abu Dhabi)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing (Forever Blue)

Gear costume: Wicked Game (Heart Shaped World)

Active compensatory factors: These are albums number 3, 5 and 7 in his catalogue. I bought them all from my favourite music shop in Abu Dhabi - Kings Recording.

Heart Shaped World has Wicked Game on it. This was his big break through. The music video that accompanied it featured a topless Helena Christensen and a shirtless Isaak in the surf and on the beach. Ooo la la. It was huge on MTV at the time!

The basic template is well laid out - rockabilly hushed vocals over slowish tasteful guitars and brushed drums. It was a winner!!

Forever Blue is a bit more up tempo and has a bit more variety, so it's my favourite of the three. 

Speak Of The Devil is even more rocky, but Chris covers the same basic love gone wrong format as before. It's even verging on indie rock at times. Verging. This is still music with a rockabilly heart.

Where do they all belong? And that will do it for Chris Isaak. I don't feel I need any further investigation.