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1981 studio album by Shakin' Stevens
Shaky
Studio album by Shakin' Stevens
Released4 September 1981
Recorded1981
StudioEden Studios, London
Genre
Length39:04
LabelEpic
ProducerStuart Colman
Shakin' Stevens chronology
This Ole House
(1980) 		Shaky
(1981) 		Give Me Your Heart Tonight
(1982)
Singles from Shaky
  1. "You Drive Me Crazy"
    Released: 24 April 1981
  2. "Green Door"
    Released: 17 July 1981
  3. "It's Raining"
    Released: 2 October 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Smash Hits8/10

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.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mona Lisa"Jay Livingston, Ray Evans2:15
2."You Drive Me Crazy"Ronnie Harwood2:49
3."I'm Knockin'"Shakin' Stevens2:50
4."It's Raining"Naomi Neville3:18
5."Don't She Look Good"Joey Spampinato2:09
6."Green Door"Bob Davie, Marvin Moore3:09
7."Don't Bug Me Baby"Leon Luallen, Johnny Bragg2:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Tell Me Your Troubles"Don Gibson2:29
2."I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young3:21
3."This Time"Chips Moman2:50
4."Baby You're A Child"Stevens2:35
5."Don't Turn Your Back"Stevens2:59
6."Let Me Show You"Stevens2:49
7."I'm Looking"Stevens2:41

Personnel

  • Produced by Stuart Colman
  • Recorded at Eden Studios
  • Engineer – Rod Houison
  • Assisted by Nick Froome, Neill King

Musicians

  • Mickey Gee – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Stuart Colman – bass
  • Roger McKew – guitars
  • Howard Tibble – drums
  • Geraint Watkins – piano
  • Tony Hall – tenor saxophone
  • Sid Phillips – tenor and baritone saxophones
  • B.J. Cole – steel guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 11
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 4
Icelandic Albums (Vísir) 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 2
UK Albums (OCC) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 88
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 12

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 50,000
Germany (BVMI) Gold 250,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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