Wicked Game (album)

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Wicked Game
Compilation album by Chris Isaak
Released	1991
Genre	Rock
Length	45:39
Label	Reprise
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
Professional reviews
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Chris Isaak chronology
Baja Sessions (1996) Wicked Game (1991) Speak of the Devil (1998)

Wicked Game is the name of a compilation album by Chris Isaak, an American singer and songwriter which was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1991. The record contains 10 of his best-known songs from his first 3 albums.

To capitalise on Isaak's growing success, particularly after the song "Wicked Game" went top 10 in both the UK and the US, Warner Bros. Records released Wicked Game, an album that was essentially highlights of his recording career up to that point. Three of the songs were taken from Isaak's first album Silvertone (1985) - "Dancin'", "Voodoo" and "Funeral in the Rain", four from his eponymous 1987 album - "Blue Hotel", "Lie to Me", "Heart Full of Soul" and "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" and four from 1989's Heart Shaped World album - "Wicked Game", "Nothing's Changed", "Blue Spanish Sky" and "Heart Shaped World". A bonus track was included in the form of an instrumental version of the song "Wicked Game".

The album was a hit, going top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic, and introduced the highlights of Isaak's back catalogue to his ever-growing body of fans. In addition to the album, a video compilation of 5 of Isaak's songs was released, including the acclaimed "Wicked Game" video (by Herb Ritts), "Dancin'" (Mary Lambert), "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" (Jean-Baptiste Mondino), "Blue Hotel" and "Don't Make Me Dream About You".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Wicked Game"
2. "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love"
3. "Blue Spanish Sky"
4. "Heart Shaped World"
5. "Heart Full of Soul"
6. "Funeral in the Rain"
7. "Blue Hotel"
8. "Dancin'"
9. "Nothing's Changed"
10. "Voodoo"
11. "Lie to Me"
12. "Wicked Game" (Instrumental)

v • d • e Chris Isaak Studio albums Silvertone | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped World | San Francisco Days | Forever Blue | Baja Sessions | Wicked Game | Speak of the Devil | Always Got Tonight | Christmas | Best of Chris Isaak Singles "Dancin'" | "Gone Ridin'" | "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" | "Blue Hotel" | "Don't Make Me Dream About You" | "Wicked Game" | "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" | "San Francisco Days" | "Solitary Man" | "Somebody's Crying" | "Go Walking Down There" | "Think of Tomorrow" | "Please" | "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" | "Let Me Down Easy" | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with Stevie Nicks) | "King Without a Castle" | "Let's Have a Party" | "I Want You to Want Me" Filmography Married to the Mob | The Silence of the Lambs | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Little Buddha | Grace of My Heart | That Thing You Do! | Blue Ridge Fall | A Dirty Shame Television The Chris Isaak Show