Shakin' Stevens' first album following his solo shift to Epic Records, Take One finds him still taking tentative steps towards the pop mainstream, seemingly uncertain just how far away from his roots he was willing to journey in pursuit of his first major hits.
But a rollicking cover of Buck Owens' "Hot Dog" squeaked him into the U.K.
Top 30 in February 1980; Take One followed a month later; and the decision was made for him.
It's a vibrant album, still oozing the rockabilly licks that set Stevens shaking in the first place, and blessed with some of his best ever major-label performances: "Shame Shame Shame," "Shotgun Boogie," and the closing "Do What You Did" are all vintage Shaky classics, and if the super clean production doesn't exactly line Take One up alongside his earlier Sunsets-era recordings, still it's one of the finest rock & roll revival albums of the 1980s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovestruck | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Hot DogDenny Dedmon, Buck Owens | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 | Is a Blue Bird Blue | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | Without a Love | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Shame, Shame, Shame | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 6 | Shotgun Boogie | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | I Got Burned | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 8 | I Guess I Was a Fool | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | Ah Poor Little Baby | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Little Pigeon | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 11 | Do What You Did | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 12 | That's All Right | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 13 | Apron Strings | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 14 | Treat Her Right | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 15 | No Other Baby | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 16 | Endless Sleep | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 17 | Fire | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 18 | Spooky | Shakin' Stevens | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 53 mins | 122 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 371 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Barrett | Vocals |
| 2 | Denny Dedmon | Composer |
| 3 | Buck Owens | Composer |
| 4 | Shakin' Stevens | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |