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Speak of the Devil explores the same moody terrain as Chris Isaak's previous records, though the songs are fleshed out with more contemporary touches. The leadoff track, "Please," is unusually hard-hitting, with its acoustic/electric/soft/crash structure, Mellotron, and soundbite lyrics. "I'm Not Sleepy" is a roots rock rave-up (wherein Isaak lyrically quotes Lennon's "Oh Yoko": "In the middle of the night I cry your name"); the title cut is an eerie celebration of love lost and found; "Talkin' 'Bout a Home" is the album's tour de force. Yet, some of the loungy vocal touches in "Flying" and the final instrumental track, "Super Magic 2000," would be right at home on an indie rock record. And of course there's plenty of that thing Isaak does best: quintessential love's-gone-wrong-'n'-let's-make-it-right songs, as on the loping, country-tinged "This Time" and the teary "Walk Slow."
© Denise Sullivan /TiVo
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Erik Jacobsen, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Diane Warren, ComposerLyricist - Rob Cavallo, Producer, Co-Producer - Chris Isaak, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Isaak, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Isaak, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer, Co-Producer - Chris Isaak, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Isaak, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Erik Jacobsen, Producer - Chris Isaak, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Chris Isaak, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Chris Isaak, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Wicked Game Records
Album review
Speak of the Devil explores the same moody terrain as Chris Isaak's previous records, though the songs are fleshed out with more contemporary touches. The leadoff track, "Please," is unusually hard-hitting, with its acoustic/electric/soft/crash structure, Mellotron, and soundbite lyrics. "I'm Not Sleepy" is a roots rock rave-up (wherein Isaak lyrically quotes Lennon's "Oh Yoko": "In the middle of the night I cry your name"); the title cut is an eerie celebration of love lost and found; "Talkin' 'Bout a Home" is the album's tour de force. Yet, some of the loungy vocal touches in "Flying" and the final instrumental track, "Super Magic 2000," would be right at home on an indie rock record. And of course there's plenty of that thing Isaak does best: quintessential love's-gone-wrong-'n'-let's-make-it-right songs, as on the loping, country-tinged "This Time" and the teary "Walk Slow."
© Denise Sullivan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:48
- Main artists: Chris Isaak
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chris Isaak
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1998 Wicked Game and Primary Wave under exclusive license to Sun Label Group, LLC. ℗ 1998 Wicked Game and Primary Wave under exclusive license to Sun Label Group, LLC.
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