San Francisco Days

Chris Isaak | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (April 13, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MH8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #952,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. San Francisco Days

2. Beautiful Homes

3. Round 'N' Round

4. Two Hearts

5. Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)

6. Except the New Girl

7. Waiting

8. Move Along

9. I Want Your Love

10. 5:15

11. Lonely With a Broken Heart

12. Solitary Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "San Francisco Days" is a classic!, November 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: San Francisco Days (Audio CD)

Four years after "Heart Shaped World", Chris Isaak returns with a brilliant collection of songs that overall has a more "upbeat" mood than his previous records.

From rousing rockers to heartfelt ballads and even a couple of jazz-flavoured tracks, this is easily Mr. Isaak's best album. His natural sense for melody is even more evident on this record than the previous ones. Among the best cuts are "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" and "Two Hearts", which has an irresistibly catchy melody, and a vocal delivery that pays tribute to Roy Orbison, complete with flawless high notes. The jazzy "5:15" has a great smoky vocal and bass line. "Lonely With A Broken Heart " sounds uncannily like Elvis Presley, and "Solitary Man", the only cover song on the album, sounds better than the Neil Diamond version.This is one of those albums where every song is nothing short of excellent.

"San Fransico Days" is a brilliant album and a as much a classic as "Rumours" or "Band On The Run".

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gets better with each listen...., June 22, 2005

By 

Frank Garon (Breinigsville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Francisco Days (Audio CD)

I bought all of his Cds in one fell swoop last year. Listened to most of them once and got so hooked on Baja Sessions that I didn't spend much time on any of the others.

Well, I went back and relistened to the rest and am very glad I did.
This album rocks, and it's definetly one of my favorites.

San Franciso Days, Beautiful Homes, Two Hearts,
Except The New Girl, Waiting, and I Want Your Love are all classics.
This one is in heavy rotation here in my home office, and it truly does get better with each listen. Kudos to the musicians that back Chris up - I'm getting closer and closer to taking up guitar thanks to wanting to play along while I listen!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars California Dreaming, October 7, 2004

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Francisco Days (Audio CD)

Chris Isaak took a four year workup between his breakthrough "Heart Shaped World" and "San Francisco Days," and used that time to hone a very cool collection of songs. He also allows a few new elements to seep into the songs. A strong example is the rhythm machine that accents the rock-a-billy guitars of "Round And Round." He also gained new confidence as a singer, pouring even stronger vocals than before into songs like "Two Hearts," which evoked Roy Orbison as flawlessly as ever. "San Francisco Days" also finds Isaak in a more flirtatous mode. Instead of all the angst and heartbreak, there is some playful teasing in "Except The New Girl" and "Lonely With A Broken Heart."

For those that got hooked on Isaak via the success of "Wicked Game," there is "Can't Do A Thing To Stop Me." While certainly not as dark as "Wicked Game," Isaak still sends his shimmering falsetto heartbreakingly over a hypnotic mid-tempo melody and a mysterious sounding organ base. Just as effective in the high lonesome mode is, oddly enough, the CD's lone cover. Isaak outdoes Neil Diamond on "Solitary Man," completely understanding the song's unhappy retreat into reclusion.

"San Francisco Days" was a slight step back from the intensity of "Heart Shaped World," but follows Isaak's musical game plan pretty effectively. It's Isaak's most "California" sounding disc (followed closely by "Baja Sessions"), and a unique disc from a unique artist.