Baja Sessions
| Baja Sessions | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 8, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 | |||
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| Length | 39:02 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Erik Jacobsen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | D |
| Orlando Sentinel | |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10 |
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.
A 58-minute documentary was released featuring Isaak performing the songs as well as making amusing asides, surfing and generally mucking around.