''Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish

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, released in 1981. ''Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks'' was recorded in January 1981, between Hanoi Rocks' club shows. While the album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe under the name "The Muddy Twins" (inspired by " The Glimmer Twins"), the album was recorded by Swedish Seppo Johansson, who worked at the studio. While the album received positive reviews, Andy McCoy later complained that Johansson had ruined many of the songs. Michael Monroe lamented that he could not listen to his own vocals, which he considered underdeveloped. The album was originally going to be titled ''Some Like It Hot'' or ''Some Like It Cut'', but

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suggested the name ''Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks'', which the band ultimately chose.Ari Väntänen, Michael Monroe & Andy McCoy. ''Hanoi Rocks: All Those Wasted Years'', LIKE, 2008. Pg. 112. The biggest hit of the album was "

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. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as " Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fifth album ''

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Track listing

Personnel

;Hanoi Rocks * Michael Monroe – vocals, piano, saxophone (3, 9, 10), harmonica (5) *

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– guitars, backing vocals * Nasty Suicide – guitars, backing vocals * Sam Yaffa – bass * Gyp Casino – drums

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control Hanoi Rocks albums 1981 debut albums