Forever Blue | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 23, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Studio | Studio D and Dave Wellhausen Recording, San Francisco | |||
Genre | Rockabilly[1] | |||
Length | 39:48 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Erik Jacobsen | |||
Chris Isaak chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[1] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
NME | 7/10[7] |
Orlando Sentinel | [8] |
Forever Blue is the fifth studio album by American rock and roll musician Chris Isaak. It was released on May 23, 1995. The album included three singles: the Grammy-nominated "Somebody's Crying"; "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing," which was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut; and "Graduation Day," featured in the 1996 film Beautiful Girls. In 1996, Forever Blue was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, though it lost to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.[9][10]
In 2014, a cover of "I Believe" was done by Melissa Hollick[11][12] for the video game Wolfenstein: The New Order.
All songs written by Chris Isaak.
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart[13] | 2 |
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[13] | 37 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[13] | 32 |
Dutch Albums Chart[13] | 46 |
French SNEP Albums Chart[14] | 19 |
German Albums Chart[13] | 55 |
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[13] | 7 |
Norwegian Albums Chart[13] | 31 |
Swedish Albums Chart[13] | 9 |
Swiss Albums Chart[13] | 40 |
UK Albums Chart[15] | 27 |
Billboard 200[16] | 31 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[17] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[18] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum | 1,200,000[19] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |