''Shaky'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

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, although ...

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 "

Green Door "The Green Door" (or "Green Door") is a 1956 popular music, popular song, with music composed by Hutch Davie, Bob "Hutch" Davie and lyrics by Marvin J. Moore. It was first recorded by Jim Lowe, which reached number one on the US chart in 1956 ...

", 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 "You Drive Me Crazy" is a song by Welsh rock and roll 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 ...

", 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 Ian Stuart Colman (19 December 1944 – 19 April 2018) was an English musician, record producer and broadcaster. Allmusic noted that he "has an impressive catalogue as a record producer and much of Shakin' Stevens success can be attributed to ...

, 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 B ...

BJ Cole Brian John Cole (born 17 June 1946) 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 main ...

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 in

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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 ''The Epic Masters'' is a box set compilation comprising ten remastered albums by Shakin' Stevens. Released on 16 November 2009, the set contains nine albums originally released by Epic Records between 1980 and 1990, plus an exclusive CD of 12" ...

'' box set.

Track listing

Personnel

*Produced by Stuart Colman *Recorded at Eden Studios *Engineer –

Rod Houison Rodney Houison (born ), is a British musician, producer, and sound engineer who has worked with The Who, Pete Townshend, Cliff Richard, Shakin' Stevens, Judge Dread, and Echo & the Bunnymen. He has worked with and is married to Miriam Stockley. S ...

*Assisted by Nick Froome, Neill King

Musicians

– lead and rhythm guitars *

– bass *Roger McKew – guitars *Howard Tibble – drums *

– piano *Tony Hall – tenor saxophone *Sid Phillips – tenor and baritone saxophones * B.J. Cole – steel guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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