Best of Chris Isaak is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak is an American rock musician and occasional actor.-Early life:Isaak was born in Stockton, California, the son of Dorothy , a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak, a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa...

 released on May 9, 2006 on the Reprise Records

Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...

 Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 record label.

Track listing

1. "San Francisco Days" (1993)
2. "Somebody's Crying
   Somebody's Crying
   "Somebody's Crying" is a song by musician Chris Isaak from his fifth album, Forever Blue. The song was released as the album's first single in May 1995. It also appears on his 2006 Best of Chris Isaak compilation. A live version is included on Isaak's 2008 Live in Australia album.-Inspiration and...
   
   " (1995)
3. "Wicked Game
   Wicked Game
   "Wicked Game" is a 1989 song by Chris Isaak from his third studio album Heart Shaped World. Despite being released as a single in 1989, it did not become a hit until it was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart...
   
   " (1989)
4. "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing
   Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing
   "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" is a song by American rock and roll artist Chris Isaak, released as the first track to the 1995 album Forever Blue. The song was later featured in the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman...
   
   " (1999)
5. "Let Me Down Easy" (2002)
6. "Two Hearts" (1993)
7. "King Without a Castle" (2006)
8. "Only the Lonely
   Only the Lonely
   "Only the Lonely " is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". It is seen as a seminal event...
   
   " (1996)
9. "Speak of the Devil" (1998)
10. "Blue Spanish Sky" (1989)
11. "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" (1987)
12. "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" (1993)
13. "Let's Have a Party" (2006)
14. "Dancin'" (1985)
15. "Blue Hotel" (1987)
16. "Please" (1998)
17. "I Want You to Want Me
    I Want You to Want Me
    "I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan...
    
    " (2006)
18. "Forever Blue" (Acoustic Version) (2006)
19. "Waiting" (Acoustic Version) - iTunes exclusive
20. "Don't Leave Me on My Own" (Acoustic Version) - iTunes exclusive

Bonus DVD

1. "Wicked Game" (directed by Herb Ritts
   Herb Ritts
   Herbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...
   
   )
2. "Dancin'" (Mary Lambert)
3. "Somebody's Crying" (Bill Pope
   Bill Pope
   William Homer "Bill" Pope, A.S.C. is an award-winning American cinematographer, best known for his work on Sam Raimi's films and the Matrix trilogy.-Filmography:1989 - Pet Sematary1990 - Darkman1991 - Closet Land...
   
    & Chris Isaak)
4. "San Francisco Days" (Gus Van Sant
   Gus Van Sant
   Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, both of which were also nominated for Best Picture, and won the...
   
   )
5. "Blue Spanish Sky" (Bruce Weber
   Bruce Weber (photographer)
   Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...
   
   )
6. "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" (Herb Ritts
   Herb Ritts
   Herbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...
   
   )
7. "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak)
8. "Let Me Down Easy" (Logan)
9. "Blue Hotel" (Mark Lebon)
10. "Dark Moon" (Nicola Pecorini
    Nicola Pecorini
    Nicola Pecorini is an Italian-born cinematographer.Pecorini was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He founded, with Garrett Brown, inventor of the steadicam, the Steadicam Operators Association, Inc. , in 1988. Pecorini moved to the States in 1993...
    
    )
11. "Don't Make Me Dream About You" (Geoffrey Barish)
12. "Think of Tomorrow" (Jonathan Bendis)
13. "Go Walking Down There" (Bill Pope)
14. "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" (Jean-Baptiste Mondino
    Jean-Baptiste Mondino
    Jean-Baptiste Mondino is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Björk, Neneh Cherry and Les Rita Mitsouko...
    
    )
15. "Gone Ridin'" (Theodorus Bafaloukos)
16. "Please" (Jonas Pate
    Jonas Pate
    Jonas James Pate is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote and directed The Grave, Deceiver, The Take, and also directed Shrink. He co-created Good vs Evil and Surface...
    
     and Josh Pate
    Josh Pate
    Joshua Warren "Josh" Pate is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote The Grave, Deceiver, and The Take. He also co-created Good vs Evil and Surface...
    
    )
17. "Washington Square" (Joe Thomas
    Joe Thomas
    -Cleveland Browns:Thomas signed a 6-year contract worth $43 million, $23 million guaranteed, including a voidable year, with the Browns. Thomas won the starting left tackle job, with previous Browns left tackle Kevin Shaffer moving to right tackle. He made his NFL debut versus the Pittsburgh...
    
    )
18. "Wicked Game" (European version) (Herb Ritts
    Herb Ritts
    Herbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...
    
    )
19. "Solitary Man" (Larry Clark
    Larry Clark
    Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa...
    
    )

Note: the "Solitary Man" video (not listed on the CD cover) is only available with the audio commentary on.

Writing and publishing credits

All songs written by Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak is an American rock musician and occasional actor.-Early life:Isaak was born in Stockton, California, the son of Dorothy , a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak, a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa...

 and published by C. Isaak Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP) except: "Can't Do A Thing To Stop Me" written by Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak

Christopher Joseph "Chris" Isaak is an American rock musician and occasional actor.-Early life:Isaak was born in Stockton, California, the son of Dorothy , a potato chip factory worker, and Joe Isaak, a forklift driver. Isaak's mother is Italian American, originating from Genoa...

 and Brian Elliot. Published by C. Isaak Music Publishing Co./Elliot Jacobsen Music (ASCAP); "Only The Lonely" written by Joe Melson

Joe Melson

Joe Melson , is an American singer and a BMI Award–winning songwriter.Melson was born in Bonham, the seat of Fannin County in northeast Texas. He was reared on a farm until he was sixteen. He attended high school in Gore, Oklahoma, and in Chicago before he returned to Texas to study at the two-year...

 and Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...

. Published by Barbara Orbison Music Company/Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...

 Music Company/Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

); and "I Want You To Want Me" written by Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen

-External links:* * *...

. Published by Screen-Gems-EMI Music, Inc./Adult Music (BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

).

All songs mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc.

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Albums Chart	1