''Shock'' is the fifth studio album by new wave band

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. It was recorded during 1984 and 1985, and released in August 1985. It sold approximately 400,000 copies in the

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. Singles released from this album include the American Top 30 hit, "

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," and its follow-up, "

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", as well as an Australia-only release, "Icy Red", that did not chart. "Shame" reached No. 21 on

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Hot 100. Both songs were aided by popular

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Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Credits are taken from the cassette's

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The Motels

*Martha Davis – vocals, rhythm guitar *Guy Perry (aka Adrian Peritore) – lead guitar *Marty Jourard – keyboards, saxophone *Michael Goodroe – bass *

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– drums, percussion *

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– keyboards, guitar

Additional personnel

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– fretless bass on "Icy Red"

Production

Credits are taken from the cassette's

. *Produced by

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*Engineered by Michael Frondelli, Mick Guzauski, David Leonard *Additional recordings by Dave Connors *Assistant engineering by Sam Taylor,

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*Mixing engineered by Michael Frondelli *Additional synthesizer programming by Arthur Barrow, Gary Chang *Art direction by Roy Kohara *Design by John O'Brien *Photography/illustration by Tony ViramontesRhys-Morgan, Dean. ''Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980's Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes'', London: Lawrence King Publishing Ltd., 2013

Charts

Notes

References

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