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| Released | 19 August 2009 | |||
| Recorded | October 2008 – April 2009 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 40:50 | |||
| Label | Real Horrorshow Records, EMI Music | |||
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Shaka Rock is the third studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 21 August 2009 by Virgin Records. [1]
The band began working on the album in 2008. After touring was completed for their previous album, Shine On , the band took a short break. The album was originally thought to be released in late 2008 but a secret show was played in Melbourne in December 2008 only to debut new material. Various tracks from the album were played at this concert, including the first single "She's a Genius". In an interview with MTV's Ruby Rose on Channel 10's 7PM Project , it was said two unnamed tracks were recorded in Australia, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney.[ citation needed ] The album was posted on 20 August 2009 on the band's MySpace page.
The track "K.I.A (Killed in Action)" was added to Jet's website in early April 2009. Altsounds.com first reported on the album in late April 2009—drawing on information from the leaked press kit and providing the image of the album cover.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 51/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Age |   [3] |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| Billboard | (favourable) [5] |
| The Boston Globe | (favorable) [6] |
| Los Angeles Times | (mixed) [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin |   [10] |
| Uncut | [8] |
Shaka Rock was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 51 based on 9 reviews. [2]
Q rated "K.I.A" in the Q50 for September 2009 and the album as a whole fell just outside the magazine's best fifty albums of the year. The record has been made Entertainment Weekly Picks of The Week for 23 August. [11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "K.I.A. (Killed in Action)" | C. Cester | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Beat on Repeat" | N. Cester, C. Cester | 2:32 |
| 3. | "She's a Genius" | C. Cester | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Black Hearts (On Fire)" | C. Cester, Muncey | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Seventeen" | N. Cester, C. Cester, Muncey | 3:41 |
| 6. | "La Di Da" | N. Cester | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Goodbye Hollywood" | N. Cester | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Walk" | C. Cester, Muncey | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Times Like This" | N. Cester, Muncey, Wilson, C. Cester | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Let Me Out" | N. Cester | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Start the Show" | Muncey, Wilson | 3:59 |
| 12. | "She Holds a Grudge" | N. Cester, Muncey | 4:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Don't Break Me Down" | 3:35 |
| 14. | "Everything Will Be Alright" | 2:54 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "One Hipster One Bullit" | 2:12 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Look What You've Done" (iTunes Originals version) | 3:54 |
| 14. | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" (iTunes Originals version) | 3:34 |
| 15. | "Never Tear Us Apart" (INXS acoustic cover; pre-order only) | 3:17 |
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] | 5 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] | 38 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [17] | 135 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] | 59 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [19] | 22 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] | 15 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [21] | 53 |
| US Billboard 200 [22] | 27 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] | 11 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [24] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 19 August 2009 | EMI |
| Australia | 21 August 2009 | |
| United States | 25 August 2009 | |
| United Kingdom | 7 September 2009 | |
| Brazil | 8 September 2009 |
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