''Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop'' is the sixth studio album by guitarist

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, released in October 1989 through

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. Retrieved 31 March 2020. The album reached No. 49 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and won the award for

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at the 1990 Grammys."32nd Grammy Awards - 1990"
Rock on the Net. Retrieved 31 March 2020. This was Beck's second album to win that award, after ''

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'' (1985). "Stand on It" was released as a single and reached No. 35 on ''Billboards

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chart. "Sling Shot" was featured in the 1990 horror comedy film '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch''. Several other tracks were used as part of the soundtrack for the 1990 '' South Atlantic Raiders'' episodes of the British comedy series ''

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''. In a further move from his previous

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stylings, Beck adopts a more straightforward

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approach on ''Guitar Shop'', save for two tracks ("Guitar Shop" and "Day in the House") on which drummer

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provides quirky spoken vocals. Following Beck's death in 2023, guitarist

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described "Where Were You" as "possibly the most beautiful bit of guitar music ever recorded, probably alongside

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Track listing

Personnel

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– keyboards (including

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, production *

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, spoken vocals, production ;Technical *Leif Mases –

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, mixing, production *Dick Beetham – engineering assistance *Neil Amor – engineering assistance *James Allen Jones – engineering assistance *Chris Drohan – engineering assistance *Ian Gillespie – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Awards

References

External links

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