Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks

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Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
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Studio album by
Hanoi Rocks
Released26 February 1981
RecordedJanuary 1981
StudioPark Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length36:34
Label Johanna Kustannus
Producer "The Muddy Twins" (Andy McCoy & Michael Monroe)
Hanoi Rocks chronology
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
(1981)		 Oriental Beat
(1982)
Singles from Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
  1. "Tragedy"
    Released: February 1981 (Finland, Sweden), April 1982 (Japan)
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Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981.

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Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks was recorded in January 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows. While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by "The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. [5] While the album received positive reviews, Andy McCoy later complained that Johansson had ruined many of the songs. Michael Monroe lamented that he could not listen to his own vocals, which he considered underdeveloped. [6]

The album was originally going to be titled Some Like It Hot or Some Like It Cut, [7] but Jim Pembroke suggested the name Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, which the band ultimately chose. [8]

The biggest hit of the album was "Tragedy". "Walking With My Angel" is a cover of a song from 1961 by Bobby Vee. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as "Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album Two Steps from the Move .

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tragedy" Andy McCoy 3:54
2."Village Girl"Andy McCoy3:10
3."Stop Cryin'"Andy McCoy3:38
4."Don't Never Leave Me"Andy McCoy3:55
5."Lost in the City"Andy McCoy3:45
6."First Timer"Andy McCoy2:54
7."Cheyenne"Andy McCoy3:21
8."11th Street Kids"Andy McCoy3:45
9."Walking with My Angel" Gerry Goffin, Carole King 2:10
10."Pretender"Andy McCoy3:30
2013 Japanese remastered edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Cafe Avenue" (original version)Andy McCoy4:55
12."Rebel On The Run"Andy McCoy2:49
13."I Love You" (demo)Andy McCoy2:07

Personnel

Hanoi Rocks

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [9] 14

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