Shaken 'n' Stirred

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Shaken 'n' Stirred
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Released20 May 1985 (1985-05-20)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length41:59
Label Es Paranza
Producer
Robert Plant chronology
The Principle of Moments
(1983)
Shaken 'n' Stirred
(1985)
Now and Zen
(1988)
Singles from Shaken 'n' Stirred
  1. "Pink and Black"
    Released: May 1985 (UK)
  2. "Little by Little"
    Released: May 1985 (US)
  3. "Too Loud"
    Released: July 1985 (US) [1]

Shaken 'n' Stirred is the third solo studio album by English singer Robert Plant, released on 20 May 1985 by Es Paranza, his own label. Plant, Benji Le Fevre, and Tim Palmer produced the album. Shaken 'n' Stirred peaked at No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 20 on the US Billboard 200.

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The album featured his second Mainstream Rock Tracks top hit, "Little by Little", which was No. 1 on the chart for two weeks. "Sixes and Sevens" also charted on that chart, peaking at No. 18.

Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with one bonus track, on 20 March 2007.

On his podcast, Digging Deep , Plant remembers "Too Loud" as one song that was misunderstood. "I got some of Bette Midler’s girls to help me with some choruses and stuff," he says. "I basically was seriously affected by David Byrne [of Talking Heads]. It’s very funny, it’s a funny song, it’s supposed to be funny." [2]

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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hip to Hoo"4:51
2."Kallalou Kallalou"
  • Plant
  • Woodroffe
4:17
3."Too Loud"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Martinez
  • Woodroffe
  • Hayward
4:07
4."Trouble Your Money"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Martinez
4:14
5."Pink and Black"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Martinez
  • Woodroffe
  • Hayward
3:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Little by Little"
  • Plant
  • Woodroffe
4:43
7."Doo Doo a Do Do"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Martinez
5:09
8."Easily Lead"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Woodroffe
4:35
9."Sixes and Sevens"
  • Plant
  • Blunt
  • Martinez
  • Woodroffe
  • Hayward
6:04
2007 Remaster bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Little by Little" (Remixed Long Version)
  • Plant
  • Woodroffe
5:12

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 28
UK Albums Chart 19
US Billboard 200 20

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References

  1. "The Great Rock Discography". p. 477.
  2. Irwin, Corey. "'Get That S--- Off': Robert Plant Recalls His 'Too Loud' Misfire". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.