Silvertone es un álbum de Chris Isaak, publicado en 1985 por Warner Bros. Records. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Dancin'», «Talk To Me», «Livin' For Your Lover» y «Back On Your Side».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Chris Isaak arranca con este álbum debut de 1985, una obra que, aunque inicialmente ignorada por el gran público, es una de las presentaciones artísticas más seguras y perfectamente formadas de la década. 'Silvertone' ya contiene todos los elementos que definirían la carrera de Chris Isaak: una fusión magistral de rockabilly, surf rock, country y balada de los años 50, pero con una sensibilidad y una melancolía contemporáneas.
El disco suena a la vez atemporal y completamente único. La producción de Erik Jacobsen es exquisita, creando una atmósfera nocturna y cinematográfica que envuelve cada canción. El sonido está dominado por dos elementos clave que se convertirían en su sello distintivo.
La voz de Chris Isaak, un crooner de un lirismo y una tristeza sobrecogedores, que recuerda al gran Roy Orbison. La guitarra reverberante y llena de "twang" de su inseparable colaborador, James Calvin Wilsey, cuyas líneas melódicas son tan importantes como la propia voz.
El álbum es una colección impecable de canciones sobre el desamor y la soledad. Temas como "Gone Ridin'" o la desgarradora "The Lonely Ones" son ejemplos perfectos de su estilo. Pese a su fracaso comercial inicial, 'Silvertone' fue aclamado por la crítica y se convirtió en un disco de culto. Es un debut magistral que estableció a Chris Isaak como un artista con una visión artística inconfundible desde el primer momento.
Listado de Canciones
- Dancin'3:45
- Talk To Me3:08
Letra
Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me like your the only girl, talk to me in this whole wide world Talk to me like your the only one, talk to me tell me what has love done Imagine a boy, imagine a girl Imagine the hearts, that are broken by the world Don't pass me by like a stranger, don't shackle love there's no danger Don't leave me here all alone, oh Talk to me, talk to me, t-a-l-k, t-a-l-k Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Talk to me, tell me that you love me, and that you'll never leave me Don't pass me by like a stranger, don't shackle love there's no danger Don't leave me here, all alone, so alone, I'm alone, oh Talk to me, talk to me, t-a-l-k, t-a-l-k Imagine a boy, imagine a girl Imagine the hearts, that are broken by the world T-a-l-k, t-a-l-k, t-a-l-k, t-a-l-k, talk to me Darlin' talk to me - Livin' For Your Lover2:56
- Back On Your Side3:15
Letra
You can talk about true love, say we're through. And I do my best pretending I, don't love you. But when they put you down, they're always surprised, cause' then I'm. Back on your side, back on your side, back on your side baby I'm, back on your side. And it was friends who told me stories from the start. But I'm not listening now, I'm listening to my heart. And no one blames you, if you really don't believe but baby I'm, Back on your side, back on your side, back on your side baby I'm, I'm back on your side. You know I've always loved you and I love you still. You know I've always loved you and I always will. Baby I'm, back on your side, back on your side, back on your side, baby I'm, back on your side. I'm back, back on your side, darling I am back, back on your side. I'm back on your side, back on your side, back on your side, oh. - Voodoo2:41
Letra
I know what to do when your sad and lonely, I know what to do when you love her only. I know what to do when no one needs you, I know what to do you do voodoo. Voodoo. You do voodoo. I know what to do when the world decieves you, I know what to do when no one needs you. I know what to do when your whole heart breathes you, I know what to do when your lover leaves you Voodoo. You do voodoo. Dance in a ring of flames, shadows fall the same, fire, love and pain. Do voodoo, voodoo, voodoo. I know what to do when your sad and lonely, I know what to do when you love her only. I know what to do when no one needs you, I know what to do you do voodoo, I know what to do you do voodoo, voodoo, you do voodoo, you do voodoo, you do voodoo. - Funeral In The Rain3:23
Letra
I wait, too long, I'll die, If I'm alone I wait, too shy, love dies, I'm alone to cry I'm walking, I keep on walking down the street I'm watching, I keep on searching every face I meet I loved her but now I've lost her, loves in vain I watch a funeral in the rain I'm walking, I keep on walking around the world I'm talking, I keep on talking about a girl I loved her but now I've lost her, love's in vain I watch a funeral in the rain I watch a funeral in the rain All the world, knows the girl All the world, knows she's gone She's gone, she's gone I'm walking, I keep on walking around the clock They're watching, they keep talking let them talk I loved her but now I've lost her, love's in vain I watch a funeral in the rain I watch a funeral in the rain I watch a funeral in the rain She's gone, she's gone, she's gone, she's gone - The Lonely Ones3:15
Letra
If you drive late at night, and pass the town at night. And know that someone lies awake not sleeping. If you drive fast at night, and hear the wind at night. And know tha sometimes you can hear them weeping, the lonely ones. The lonely ones. And though you'd like to stop, you know it's wrong to stop. The nights' to dark for you to ever reach them, the lonely ones. The lonely ones. As you drive on we drive faster, you try to leave the night behind you but wait..... You hear them still.... You always will. The lonely ones. Out on the edge of town, you start to turn around. But in your mirror you see the one who is crying, the lonely ones. The lonely ones, the lone-ly ones! - Unhappiness3:09
Letra
I know I should try, and I do I know that I can't win But I try for you, sometimes I pretend I've found my happiness Dark is day, and the night is blue But darling that's alright Cause' I know without you, I'd be left alone With my unhappiness If you think you're alone, if you think that it's wrong that you've only died inside Always lonely, always lonely If you think that it's true, that your love ain't blue, that there's nothing to do but cry Then your lonely, always lonely Don't know why I cry, but I do I worry over you And I know someday, that when this love is through I'll find unhappiness When I'm through, I'll find unhappiness When I'm through, I'll find unhappiness - Tears2:47
Letra
Tears, all night long That's ok, I'm not strong I'm not strong enough, to live without her When will my baby see, how much she means to me? When will my baby know, how much I love her? I'm not strong enough, to live without her Whoa, whoa, oh Tears, all night long That's ok, I'm not strong I'm not strong enough, to live without her When will my baby see, how much she means to me? When will my baby know, how much I love her? I'm not strong enough, to live without her Whoa, whoa, oh - Gone Ridin'2:38
- Pretty Girls Don't Cry2:25
- Western Stars3:11
Letra
Western stars light up the sky, hear the desert wind roll by. Tonight, tonight. Western stars can break your heart, they keep shining when we're apart. Tonight, tonight. I'll watch, I'll wait, how will my heart ache tonight? Tonight. I'll watch, I'll wait, my heart is bound to break tonight. Western stars light up the sky, tonight I'm alone to cry. Tonight, like every night. A western hero must play his part, even though it will break his heart. Tonight, oh tonight. I'll watch, I'll wait, how will my heart ache tonight? Tonight. Western stars light up the sky, hear the desert wind roll by. Tonight, tonight. Tonight, to-night.......... - Another Idea2:53
Letra
She never sleeps at night she's quiet but she dreams. Her mind is racing, she plans, she plots, she schemes Another idea She takes apart the past and re-writes all her lines She's tried to win him back a hundred different times She's got another idea She keeps waiting, hoping he'll come back some day She'll leave me, until she does I can say Wait, please don't go I've got another idea No fun to be the one that love is practiced on Why should I leave her she wouldn't know I've gone I've got another idea I'll keep waiting, hoping she'll love me someday She'll want me until she does I can say Wait, please don't go I've got another idea