Shakatak / discography

Shakatak at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival in Knebworth Park, England, 1982

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British pop , jazz and funk band Shakatak . According to sources and record awards, it has sold more than 260,000 records to date. Shakatak's most successful releases are the albums Night Birds and Invitations , each with over 100,000 units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	R&B
1982	Drivin 'hard	-	-	UK35 silver (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 1982 Producer: Nigel Wright
	Night birds	-	-	UK4th gold (28 weeks)UK	R&B55 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1982 Producer: Nigel Wright
	Invitations	-	-	UK30th gold (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1982 Producer: Nigel Wright
1983	Out of This World	DE60 (1 week) DE	-	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1983 Producer: Nigel Wright
1984	Down on the street	DE18 (14 weeks) DE	CH16 (6 weeks) CH	UK17 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1984 Producer: Nigel Wright
1985	City Rhythm	-	CH25 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: December 1985 Producer: Nigel Wright
1988	Manic & Cool	DE34 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: March 1988 Producer: Nigel Wright

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More studio albums

1986: Into the Blue 1987: Never Stop Your Love 1987: Golden Wings 1988: Da Makani 1989: Niteflite 1989: Turn the Music Up 1990: Fiesta 1991: Bitter Sweet 1991: Utopia 1992: Christmas Dreams 1992: Street Level 1993: Under the Sun 1993: The Christmas Album 1994: Full Circle

1996: Let's Start Over Again 1997: Let the Piano Play 1998: 'Shinin' On ' 1998: View from the City 1999: Magic 2001: Under Your Spell 2003: Blue Savannah 2005: Beautiful Day 2007: Emotionally Blue 2009: Afterglow 2011: Across the World 2013: Once Upon a Time: The Acoustic Sessions 2014: On the Corner 2016: Times and Places 2019: In The Blue Zone

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	R&B
1985	Live!	DE48 (5 weeks) DE	CH23 (2 weeks) CH	UK82 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1985 Producers: Les McCutcheon, Nigel Wright

More live albums

• 1983: Out of This World - Tour 1983
• 1984: Live in Japan (double album)
• 1998: Live at Ronnie Scott's Club
• 2011: Greatest Hits: Live at the Playhouse (CD + DVD)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	R&B
1988	The coolest cuts	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 1988 Producers: Les McCutcheon, Nigel Wright

More compilations

1990: Perfect Smile 1990: Greatest Grooves (2 LPs) 1991: Night Moves: Best Of 1991: Open Your Eyes 1991: Remix Best Album 1996: The Collection 1996: Jazz Connections Volume One 1996: Jazz Connections Volume Two 1996: Jazz Connections Volume Three

2000: The Collection Volume 2 2001: The Best Of 2003: Smooth Solos 2005: Drive Time: Seventeen Smooth Jazz Gems 2008: Greatest Hits 2012: The 12 Inch Mixes (2 CDs) 2013: More 12 Inch Mixes (2 CDs) 2015: Day By Day (corresponds to 1985 "City Rhythm" + 3 bonus tracks, different picture in the graphically same cover)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	Dance
1980	Feels Like The Right Time	-	-	UK41 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1988 Author: Bill Sharpe
1981	Living in the UK Drivin 'Hard	-	-	UK52 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1981 Author: Bill Sharpe
	Brazilian Dawn Drivin 'Hard	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 1981 Author: Bill Sharpe
	Easier Said Than Done Night Birds	-	-	UK12 (17 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1981 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1982	Night Birds Night Birds	-	-	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1982 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Streetwalkin ' Night Birds	-	-	UK38 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1982 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Invitations Invitations	-	-	UK24 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1982 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Stranger invitations	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1982 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1983	Dark Is the Night Out of This World	-	-	UK15 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1983 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	If You Could See Me Now Out of This World	-	-	UK49 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1983 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Out of This World Out of This World	-	-	UK78 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1983 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1984	Down on the Street Down on the Street	DE17 (18 weeks) DE	-	UK9 (11 weeks) UK	Dance27 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1984 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Don't Blame It on Love Down on the Street	-	-	UK55 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1984 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Watching You Down on the Street	-	-	UK79 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1984 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1985	City Rhythm City Rhythm	-	-	UK77 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1985 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
	Day by Day City Rhythm	-	-	UK53 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1985 with Al Jarreau Authors: George Anderson, Jill Saward
1987	Mr. Manic & Sister Cool Manic & Cool	DE18 (14 weeks) DE	-	UK56 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1987 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1988	Time of My Life Manic & Cool	DE70 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: August 1988 Authors: Bill Sharpe, Roger Odell
1989	Turn the Music Up. Turn the Music Up	-	-	UK83 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 1989 Authors: George Anderson, Jill Saward
2001	Down on the Street 2001	DE89 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	First published: February 2001 Shakatak vs. Wackside

More singles

1980: Steppin ' (release: August) 1985: Megamix 1987: Something Special 1988: Dr! Dr! 1988: The Coolest Shakatak Cuts (Megamix) 1989: Back to the Groove

1991: Bitter Sweet 1992: Christmas Eve 1993: One Day at a Time 1994: Brazilian Love Affair 1997: Let the Piano Play

Video albums

• 1985: Twilight Sensation
• 1986: Into the Blue: Music by Shakatak
• 1987: Down on the Street
• 1988: Da Makani
• 2004: Live at the Playhouse
• 2004: In Concert: Without a filter

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  CH  UK  R&B Number one albums DE-DE CH-CH UK-UK R&B-R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE CH-CH UK1UK R&B-R&B Albums in the charts DE4thDE CH3CH UK7thUK R&B1R&B

DE  UK  Dance Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE-DE UK2UK Dance-Dance Singles in the charts DE4thDE UK18thUK Dance1Dance

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	-	260,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	2 × gold2	-

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE CH UK US
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Shakatak at Allmusic (English)
• Shakatak at Discogs (English)