release date: Feb. 16, 1987
format: cd (1990 reissue)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,62]
producer: Erik Jacobsen
label: Warner Bros. - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" - 2. "Heart Full of Soul" - 3. "Blue Hotel" (4 / 5) (live) - 4. "Lie to Me" (4 / 5) - 7. "This Love Will Last"
2nd studio album by Chris Isaak is like the debut produced by Eric Jacobsen and released by Warner. The title signals an early new - but still second - start. Perhaps because the debut was rather unnoticed by critics and music buyers, which also explains a more mainstream approach with more jangle pop instead of the more laid-back americana sound on the debut.
I don't think it betters the debut much, but it certainly has more mainstream potential. The songs are still pretty good, and it's basically a more homogeneous album, although, I find that the first half is clearly the best.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]
