Drivin' Hard Explained

Drivin' Hard
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shakatak
Cover:	Drivin' Hard.album.jpg
Released:	29 May 1981^[1]
Recorded:	Majestic London & Strawberry South
Genre:	Jazz-funk, crossover
Length:	45:16
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Nigel Wright
Next Title:	Night Birds
Next Year:	1982

Drivin' Hard, released in May 1981 on the Polydor label, is the first album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak.

Track listing

All tracks written by William "Bill" Sharpe except where indicated.

"Livin in the U.K." (Stayton Heyward; Neil Heyward; Bill Sharpe; Wally Badarou) – 5:54
"Into the Night" – 4:36
"Toot the Shoot" (Roger Odell) – 4:00
"Lumiere" 4:14
"Late Night Flight" – 3:58
"Waves" – 1:38
"Steppin' (Live)" – 6:27
"Covina" – 4:46
"You Never Know" – 5:10
"Brazilian Dawn" – 6:33

Bill Sharpe – Bösendorfer grand piano, keyboards ^[2]
Nigel Wright – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Sennheiser Vocoder, Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, keyboards and synthesizers
Wally Badarou – Prophet 5 and inspiration
Keith Winter – Yamaha & Fender guitars with Fender amplification, Ovation acoustic guitars
Steve Underwood – Fender bass with Fender amplification
Roger Odell – Sonor drums, Rototoms, synthdrums, Zildjian cymbals
Jill Saward – vocals
Jackie Rawe – vocals

LP: Polydor POLS 1030 [47'08] (May 1981, red label)
LP: Polydor 2383 635 (1981, Netherlands), extra track A1 "Easier Said Than Done"
MC: Polydor POLSC 1030 [47'08] (May 1981)
CD: Polydor 823 017-2 [47'11] (1984, track 7 is in fact the studio version of "Steppin'" [5'50])
CD: Victor VICP 64131 (2008, Japan), bonus tracks "Feels Like the Right Time" and "Killing Time"

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