Shaken 'n' Stirred

Last updated

Shaken 'n' Stirred
Shaken n Stirred.jpg
Studio album by
Robert Plant
Released20 May 1985
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: 10 May 1985 (UK) [1]
  2. "Little by Little"
    Released: May 1985 (US)
  3. "Too Loud"
    Released: July 1985 (US) [2]

Shaken 'n' Stirred is the third solo studio album by the English singer Robert Plant, released on 20 May 1985 by Es Paranza Records, his own label distributed by whomever Plant was under contract to at the time of original release. 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.

Contents

The album featured his second Mainstream Rock Tracks top hit, "Little by Little", which was No. 1 on the chart for two weeks and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Sixes and Sevens" also charted on Mainstream 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." [3] And in a 2023 interview with Vulture , Plant said: "By Shaken 'n' Stirred, I was so determined to become the opening act for Talking Heads. So I started writing more and more oblique pieces of music — embracing what had become new studio techniques and stuff. I probably lost my way, but then there are so many LPs in my being, so you have to live with it and live by it." [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg link
Rolling Stone (favourable) link

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
Total length:41:59
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) [5] 28
UK Albums Chart 19
US Billboard 200 20

References

  1. ↑ "Music Week" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 477. ISBN   9780862415419.
  3. ↑ Irwin, Corey (10 June 2019). "'Get That S--- Off': Robert Plant Recalls His 'Too Loud' Misfire". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ↑ https://www.vulture.com/2023/01/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-best-music-superlatives.html
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.