__NOTOC__ ''Shaking the Foundations'' is the fourth studio album by the

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new-wave band Rough Trade. It was released in 1982 and became a hit in Canada in 1983, spending 21 weeks on the charts, peaking at #9 in February, putting it at #1 on the

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listing. The only standard single release from the album was "Crimes of Passion" b/w "Endless Night", which peaked at #18. Both this and the title track were included on the 10-track 1985 greatest hits album ''Birds of a Feather: The Best of Rough Trade''. "I Want to Live" b/w "Numero Fatale" and "The Sacred and the Profane" (the last track being from the previous album '' For Those Who Think Young'') was released as a 12-inch picture sleeve disc.

Reception

''Shaking the Foundations'' hit gold in Canada four weeks after its release (50,000 units, certified by the

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on March 1, 1983), and was the #68 album of the year for 1983. It won the 1983 U-Know Award for Album of the Year.

Track list

Note that the UK release of ''Shaking the Foundations'' adds the track "All Touch" to the album, placing it at the beginning of side two (right before "America: Bad and Beautiful").

Charts

Personnel

During the recording of this album, Terry Wilkins and Bucky Berger left the band and were replaced by Howard Ayee and Jorn Anderson. *

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- vocals * Kevan Staples -

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, vocals *Terry Wilkins - bass *Bucky Berger -

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*Howard Ayee - bass *Jorn Andersen - drums *David McMorrow - synthesizer ;Additional vocals *Ray Borg *

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*Scott Davey *

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*Tevan Kaplan *Sharon Lee Williams

Production

Gary Gray was nominated for the Recording Engineer of the Year

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for his work on this album. *

Gene Martynec Eugene "Gene" Martynec (born 28 March 1947) is a Canadian musician, composer and record producer. Career Martynec first came to prominence as a guitarist in Toronto group Bobby Kris & The Imperials in August 1965. He left the group in May 1967 ...

- producer *Carole Pope - producer *Kevan Staples - producer, art direction *Gary Grey - engineer *Peter Lee - assistant engineer *Rick Starks - assistant engineer *George Marino - mastering *Peter J. Moore - remastering, restoration *Bart Schoales - art direction *Christopher Dew - photography

References

External links

Amazon.com reviews
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