''The Bop Won't Stop'' is an album by Welsh

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singer

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 ...

, released in November 1983 by Epic Records. Compared to his previous albums, this album was not as successful, only peaking at number 21 on the

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despite the success of its singles.

Release

The album spawned three UK Top-5 singles: " Cry Just a Little Bit", " A Rockin' Good Way" (a duet with

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) and " A Love Worth Waiting For". A cover of Ricky Nelson's "

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" was also released, peaking at number 11 in the UK. In Mexico, a cover of Jerry Williams & Roadwork's "Diddle I" was released as a single in 1983, with the B-side "Love Me Tonight". In the US and Canada, like with Stevens' previous album '' Give Me Your Heart Tonight'', ''The Bop Won't Stop'' was released with only 10 tracks, omitting "Livin' Lovin' Wreck" and "It's Late". The album became Stevens' first CD release in 1984. In 2009, it was re-released on CD as part of '' The Epic Masters'' box set, which included bonus tracks. The bonus tracks were two B-sides and two singles: a cover of "

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", which was only released in Europe, and also a cover of " A Letter to You" which was released as a single from Stevens' ''

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'' album.

Reception

Reviewing the album for ''

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'', James McGregor gave the album a four out of five and wrote "Honour where honours due. Somehow Shaky's put all the pieces together and turned rockabilly and '50s crooning into an '80s mix that anybody can enjoy. His latest offering is a perfect lightweight performance, undoctored, urgent, and just the right side of tongue in cheek." Reviewing for '' Smash Hits'', Linda Duff gave the album four out of ten, describing it as "Nothing new or even remotely startling. Shaky rattles out the same old song – ''literally'', even his self-penned tracks are ripped off from his own previous hits."

Track listing

2009 bonus tracks:

Personnel

Shaky's musicians *

– vocals * Les Davidson –

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* Roger McKew – lead and rhythm guitar * Dick Bland – bass guitar * Gavin Povey – piano, synthesiser * Chris Wyles – drums * The Rumour Brass: ** Ray Beavis –

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** John "Irish" Earle – baritone and tenor saxophones ** Chris Gower –

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** Dick Hanson –

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Technical * Neill King – engineer * Simon Hurrell – engineer *

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– producer (all except 3, 7, 10) *

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– producer (10) * Shakin' Stevens – producer (3, 7, 10) * Simon Cantwell – art direction * Alan Ballard – photography

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

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