''Shot in the Dark'' is the second

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by the American rock band

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, released in 1986. It was originally released by Telegraph Records and distributed by Greenworld Entertainment. Later that same year it was picked up and re-issued by

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. The original issue featured a different intro to "She Shakes Me" (which was titled "Shake Me"), a different recording entirely of the song "Run Away", and a different mix of the several tracks. Great White's music in this album shows the transition from the pure heavy metal of the first album to a more blues-influenced style of heavy metal, paying homage to the great rock bands of the 1970s, like

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and

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. This was the first album to feature drummer Audie Desbrow. The album features one of the band's first well-known hits, a cover of The Angels song "Face the Day", as well as a cover of

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song "Gimme Some Lovin'" The re-mastered CD release was on the Razor & Tie label and was remastered by Steve Hoffman.

Track listing

;Side one #"She Shakes Me" ''(Mark Kendall, Jack Russell,

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)'' – 3:25 #"What Do You Do" ''(

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, Russell, Kendall)'' – 4:13 #" Face the Day" ''( John Brewster, Bernard "Doc" Neeson, Rick Brewster)'' – 5:21 ( The Angels cover) #"

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" ''(

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, Mervyn "Muff" Winwood)'' – 3:52 (

cover) ;Side two #

"Shot in the Dark" ''(Kendall, Niven)'' – 4:52 #"Is Anybody There" ''(Russell,

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)'' – 4:57 #"Run Away" ''(Williams, Niven)'' – 4:18 #"Waiting for Love" ''(Williams, Kendall, Niven)'' – 4:19 ;Japanese CD edition bonus track #

"Red House" ''(

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)'' – 8:46

Personnel

Great White

* Jack Russell – lead vocals *Mark Kendall – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Lorne Black – bass *Audie Desbrow – drums

Additional musicians

– keyboards, backing vocals, engineer *Jim Lang – keyboards *Tyana Parr, Donald Ducksworth – backing vocals

Production

*Wyn Davis – producer, engineer *

– producer on "Face the Day" *Eddie Schreyer – mastering

Charts

References

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