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Shaky | ||||
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Released | 4 September 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Studio | Eden Studios, London | |||
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Length | 39:04 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Stuart Colman | |||
Shakin' Stevens chronology | ||||
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Singles from Shaky | ||||
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Smash Hits | 8/10 [3] |
Shaky is an album released by Shakin' Stevens in 1981. Released at the peak of his popularity, Shaky was the first and, to date, only UK number 1 album for Shakin' Stevens. The album features three top-ten singles, most notably "Green Door", which enjoyed a month at number one during the summer of 1981. Despite Shaky's reputation as a rock and roll cover artist, the album contained five of his own compositions as well as the original song "You Drive Me Crazy", which spent four weeks at number two in the UK singles chart in the spring of 1981. A cover of "It's Raining", released in the autumn, also managed to reach the top ten in the UK.
Produced by Stuart Colman, the album retained most of the musicians from Shaky's previous album, notably Mickey Gee, BJ Cole and Geraint Watkins, and was again recorded at the Eden Studios in Chiswick.
The album was issued in Australia under the title Green Door with a slightly different track listing where it was also released on CD in the early 1990s. In Europe, it was only officially released on CD for the first time in 2009 as part of The Epic Masters box set.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mona Lisa" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | 2:15 |
2. | "You Drive Me Crazy" | Ronnie Harwood | 2:49 |
3. | "I'm Knockin'" | Shakin' Stevens | 2:50 |
4. | "It's Raining" | Naomi Neville | 3:18 |
5. | "Don't She Look Good" | Joey Spampinato | 2:09 |
6. | "Green Door" | Bob Davie, Marvin Moore | 3:09 |
7. | "Don't Bug Me Baby" | Leon Luallen, Johnny Bragg | 2:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" | Don Gibson | 2:29 |
2. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young | 3:21 |
3. | "This Time" | Chips Moman | 2:50 |
4. | "Baby You're A Child" | Stevens | 2:35 |
5. | "Don't Turn Your Back" | Stevens | 2:59 |
6. | "Let Me Show You" | Stevens | 2:49 |
7. | "I'm Looking" | Stevens | 2:41 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [17] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [18] | Gold | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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