Baja Sessions

Baja Sessions is the sixth studio album by Chris Isaak, released in 1996, featuring largely acoustic arrangements. The album contains a large number of covers, many of which are classic songs (such as the Hawaiian-tinged "Sweet Leilani" and "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)") which refer to, or are styled to suggest, tropical, laid-back settings. Though its title refers to Baja California, the album was recorded at San Francisco's Coast Recorders.

Baja Sessions
Studio album by Chris Isaak
Released	October 8, 1996
Recorded	1995–1996
Genre	Rock and roll[1] country[1]
Length	39:02
Label	Reprise
Producer	Erik Jacobsen
Chris Isaak chronology
Forever Blue (1995) Baja Sessions (1996) Speak of the Devil (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	D[5]
Orlando Sentinel	[6]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[7]

A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Pretty Girls Don't Cry"	Chris Isaak	Silvertone (1985)	3:09
2.	"Back On Your Side"	Chris Isaak	Silvertone (1985)	3:04
3.	"Only The Lonely"	Joe Melson, Roy Orbison		2:53
4.	"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"	Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr		3:10
5.	"I Wonder"	Chris Isaak		2:56
6.	"Wrong To Love You"	Chris Isaak	Heart Shaped World (1989)	3:55
7.	"Waiting For My Lucky Day"	Chris Isaak		2:38
8.	"Yellow Bird"	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Norman Luboff		2:29
9.	"Two Hearts"	Chris Isaak	San Francisco Days (1993)	3:19
10.	"Return to Me"	Danny DiMinno, Carmen Lombardo		2:17
11.	"Dancin'"	Chris Isaak	Silvertone (1985)	3:57
12.	"Sweet Leilani"	Harry Owens		2:17
13.	"Think Of Tomorrow"	Chris Isaak		2:58

Personnel

• Chris Isaak - vocals, guitar
• Hershel Yatovitz - lead guitar
• Rowland Salley - bass, vocals
• Kenney Dale Johnson - drums

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Gold	556,000[9]