Speak of the Devil (Chris Isaak album)

{{short description|1998 studio album by Chris Isaak}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Speak of the Devil

| type = studio

| artist = Chris Isaak

| cover = Speak of the Devil - Chris Isaak.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 22 September 1998

| recorded = 1997–1998

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Rockabilly
• roots rock

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=55}}

| label = Reprise

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Erik Jacobsen
• Chris Isaak
• Rob Cavallo

}}

| prev_title = Baja Sessions

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Always Got Tonight

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Speak of the Devil

| type = studio

| single1 = Please

| single1date = 1998

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic | class = album | id = speak-of-the-devil-mw0000597765 | label = Chris Isaak: "Speak of the Devil" > Review | first = Denise | last = Sullivan | accessdate = 15 October 2016}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011-05-27 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857125958 |pages=1981 |language=en |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{Cite web |title=Speak of the Devil |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/02/speak-devil-3/ |last=Johnson |first=Beth |date=1998-10-02 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-29}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{Cite news |last=Holdship |first=Bill |date=1998-10-02 |title=Album Review / Pop |work=Los Angeles Times}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 5.7/10{{Cite web |title=Chris Isaak: Speak of the Devil |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/isaak_chris/speak-of-the-devil.shtml |last=Ambroz |first=Duane |website=Pitchfork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701220137/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/i/isaak_chris/speak-of-the-devil.shtml |archive-date=2001-07-01 |access-date=2020-04-28}}

}}

Speak of the Devil is the seventh studio album by the American rock musician Chris Isaak, released in 1998. The song "Black Flowers" is featured at the end of the sixth episode, first season, of "The Penguin" HBO series (S1E06).