''Excess All Areas'' is the third album by the

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, England band Shy. Recorded in the Netherlands with producer

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, the album was published in 1987 on

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. The album featured Shy's biggest hit, "Break Down The Walls", co-written with

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and reached Britain's top 75, with ''

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'' magazine being appreciative.

Track listing

;Side one #"Emergency" ''(

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, Duane Hitchings)'' - 3:35 #"Can't Fight the Nights" ''(Michael Jay, Steve Harris, Tony Mills)'' - 3:59 #"Young Heart" ''(Harris, Hitchings, Mills)'' - 3:55 #"Just Love Me" ''(John Parker, Mills)'' - 3:58 #"Break Down the Walls" ''(

, Alan Kelly,

, Shy)'' - 5:04 ;Side two #

"Under Fire" ''(Harris, Mills, Kelly)'' - 4:14 #" Devil Woman" ''(

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

, Christine Holmes)'' - 3:32 (

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cover) #"Talk to Me" ''(Harris, Kelly, Paddy McKenna)'' - 3:51 #"When the Love Is Over" ''(Jay, Harris, Mills)'' - 4:22 #"Telephone" ''(Harris, Kelly)'' - 4:14

Personnel

;Shy * Tony Mills – vocals * Steve Harris – guitar * Roy Stephen Davis – bass * Alan Kelly – drums * Paddy McKenna – keyboards ;Production *

- producer, engineer, mixing *Frank Koppelman, John Smit, Matt Budd - engineers *John Parker - associate producer on track 4

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Excess All Areas 1987 albums Albums produced by Neil Kernon RCA Records albums