''Shaky'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

released by

Shakin' Stevens Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, althoug ...

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

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, 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 Michael Richard Gee (3 July 1944 – 21 January 2009) was a rock and roll guitarist who played alongside some of the most prominent Welsh musicians of the last forty years. He died on 21 January 2009 in Cardiff, Wales, from emphysema. Career ...

BJ Cole Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock to ...

and

Geraint Watkins Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...

, and was again recorded at the

Eden Studios Eden Studios was a commercial recording facility in west London. It opened in 1967, originally at 11 Eden Street in Kingston upon Thames (now under the Eden Walk shopping centre), before moving to 20-24 Beaumont Road in Chiswick in 1972. It was ...

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. 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

Personnel

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

Musicians

– lead and rhythm guitars * Stuart Colman – bass *Roger McKew – guitars *Howard Tibble – drums *

– piano *Tony Hall – tenor saxophone *Sid Phillips – tenor and baritone saxophones *

B.J. Cole Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock t ...

– steel guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaky (Album) 1981 albums Epic Records albums Shakin' Stevens albums