Shakatak discography explained

Artist:Shakatak
Studio:33
Live:7
Compilation:31
Video:6
Singles:44
1Option:11
1Option Name:Repackaged sets

This article is the discography of British jazz-funk band Shakatak.

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
NL
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWI
[6]
US
1981Drivin' Hard
  • Released: 29 May 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
3519
1982Night Birds
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
4322535
Invitations
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
3033
1983Out of This World
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
3060
1984Down on the Street
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1718141916
1985City Rhythm
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Also released as Day By Day
3625
1986Into the Blue
  • Released: 25 June 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan and Europe-only release
1987Golden Wings
  • Released: 25 June 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan-only release
1988Manic & Cool
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • First released in Japan in December 1987 with different track listing as Never Stop Your Love
34
Da Makani
  • Released: 25 May 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan-only release
1989Niteflite
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Turn the Music Up
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1990Fiesta
  • Released: 30 June 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Christmas Eve
  • Released: 1 November 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1991Bitter Sweet
  • Released: April 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Utopia
  • Released: 25 June 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1992Street Level
  • Released: 25 April 1992
  • Label: Polydor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
  • Released everywhere other than Japan in 1993
Merry Christmas in Summer
  • Released: 16 November 1992
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Christmas Dreams
  • Released: 26 November 1992
  • Label: Polydor, Verve
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan and US-only release
  • Includes tracks from Christmas Eve
1993Under the Sun
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Polydor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1994Full Circle
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Polydor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1997Let the Piano Play
  • Released: 21 August 1997
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1998View from the City
  • Released: 23 September 1998
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2001Under Your Spell
  • Released: 21 June 2001
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2003Blue Savannah
  • Released: 23 July 2003
  • Label: Victor, Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2005Beautiful Day
  • Released: 23 February 2005
  • Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2007Emotionally Blue
  • Released: 21 March 2007
  • Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2009Afterglow
  • Released: 25 February 2009
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2011Across the World
  • Released: 20 April 2011
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2013Once Upon a Time – The Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 20 February 2013
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2014On the Corner
  • Released: 21 May 2014
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2016Times and Places
  • Released: 20 July 2016
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2019In the Blue Zone
  • Released: 22 May 2019
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2023Eyes of the World
  • Released: 20 September 2023
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Live albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
GER
NL
SWI
1984Live in Japan
  • Released: April 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Japan-only release
1985Live
  • Released: February 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Includes some tracks from the Live in Japan album
82482123
1998Live at Ronnie Scott's Club
  • Released: April 1998
  • Label: Indigo, Victor
  • Formats: CD
2011Greatest Hits – Live at the Playhouse
  • Released: 25 March 2011
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2016In Concert
  • Released: 4 December 2016
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2019Live at the Duo Music Exchange
  • Released: 27 September 2019
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD
2020Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 28 February 2020
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
2021Live in Lockdown
  • Released: 25 June 2021
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Compilation albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
US
Con. Jazz

[10]
1982The Best of Shakatak
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
  • Japan-only release
The Greatest Shakatak
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Japan-only release
1984Best Collection
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1986The Best Of
  • Released: 1 February 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1988The Very Best of Shakatak
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
The Coolest Cuts
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: K-tel, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
73
1990Greatest Grooves
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: 2xLP
Perfect Smile
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
10
1991Night Moves
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: CD, MC
Open Your Eyes
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
12
Remix Best Album
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
1993The Christmas Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1996The Collection
Jazz Connections Volumes 1–6
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: 6xCD
  • 6 compilation albums of their exclusive Japanese albums from the 1980s and early 1990s
1998Shinin' On
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Instinct Jazz
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1999Jazz in the Night
  • Released: December 1999
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2000The Magic of Shakatak – Magical Shakatak Moments 1990–2000
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Collection Volume 2
  • Released: 25 September 2000
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
2001After Dark
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Shakatak
  • Released: 19 December 2001
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
2002Dinner Jazz
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2003Smooth Solos
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2004Drive Time – Seventeen Smooth Jazz Gems
  • Released: November 2004
  • Label: Passion Music
  • Formats: CD
2008The Best Of
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 4 June 2008
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Japan-only release
2011Christmas Collection
  • Released: 2 November 2011
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
2012The 12 Inch Mixes
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2013More 12 Inch Mixes
  • Released: 2 September 2013
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2014Snowflakes & Jazzamatazz – The Christmas Album
  • Released: 3 November 2014
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2020All Around the World – 40th Anniversary Edition
  • Released: 14 August 2020
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 3xCD+DVD, digital download
2022The Ultimate Chill Collection
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Repackaged sets

YearTitleDetails
1982Drivin' Hard / Night Birds
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: MC
1984Drivin' Hard / Invitations
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release
1985Volume 2 – Down on the Street / Night Birds
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release
2014Golden Wings + Into the Blue
  • Released: 6 October 2014
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2016Da Makani + Niteflite
  • Released: 4 March 2016
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2017Bitter Sweet + Turn the Music Up
  • Released: 15 September 2017
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
Fiesta + Utopia
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2018Street Level + Under the Sun
  • Released: 31 August 2018
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2019Full Circle + Let the Piano Play
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2021View from the City + Under Your Spell
  • Released: 29 January 2021
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
Blue Savannah + Beautiful Day
  • Released: 26 March 2021
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download

Video albums

YearTitleDetails
1985Twilight Sensation
  • Released: 26 January 1985
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
  • Japan-only release
1986Into the Blue
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LaserDisc
  • Japan-only release
1988Da Makani (1988 Kenwood Cup Yacht Race)
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LaserDisc
  • Japan-only release
1989Turn the Music Up
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: VHS
  • Promo-only release
2004In Concert
  • Released: August 2004
  • Label: in-akustik
  • Formats: DVD
  • Germany-only release
Live at the Playhouse
  • Released: October 2004
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: DVD

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
AUSBE (FLA)
[11]
FRA
[12]
GER
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
SPA
[15]
US Dance
[16]
1980"Steppin'"Drivin' Hard
"Feels Like the Right Time"41
1981"Living in the U.K."52Drivin' Hard
"Brazilian Dawn"48
"Easier Said Than Done"121818Night Birds
1982"Night Birds"9923227348
"Streetwalkin'"38
"Invitations"2417Invitations
"Stranger"43
1983"Dark Is the Night"151832Out of This World
"If You Could See Me Now"49
"Out of This World"78
1984"Down on the Street"9232517303127Down on the Street
"Don't Blame It on Love"55
"Watching You"793214
1985"Megamix" (12" promo-only release)
"City Rhythm"7744Day by Day
"Day by Day" (with Al Jarreau)5346
1986"Deja Vu (To the Wind)" (Japan-only release)Into the Blue
"This Boy Is Mine" (Japan-only release)
1987"Something Special"Manic & Cool
"Golden Wings" (12" Japan-only release)Golden Wings
"Mr. Manic & Sister Cool"561831Manic & Cool
"L'aggio L'amour" (Japan-only release)Golden Wings
1988"Walk the Walk" (Europe and Australasia-only release)Manic & Cool
"Racing with the Wind" (Japan-only release)Da Makani
"DrDr!"Manic & Cool
"Time of My life" (Germany-only release)70
"The Coolest Shakatak Cuts (Megamix)" (12" promo-only release)
1989"Turn the Music Up"83Turn the Music Up
"Back to the Groove" (12" promo-only release)
1991"Bitter Sweet" (12" promo-only release)Bitter Sweet
"Silent Eve" (Japan-only release)Christmas Dreams
1993"One Day at a Time"Street Level
1994"Brazilian Love Affair"Full Circle
1997"Let the Piano Play"Let the Piano Play
1998"Move a Little Closer"View from the City
"Say What You Want" (Japan promo-only release)
2001"Down on the Street 2001" (vs Wackside; Germany-only release)89
2011"Trouble"Across the World
2014"The Greatest Gift"On the Corner
"On the Corner"
2019"To Be Loved"In the Blue Zone
2020"All Around the World Tonight"All Around the World
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SHAKATAK full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2021-04-30. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2021-04-30. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  3. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-04-30. dutchcharts.nl.
  4. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2021-04-30. norwegiancharts.com.
  5. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2021-04-30. charts.nz.
  6. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch. 2021-04-30. www.swisscharts.com.
  7. Web site: Shakatak – Drivin' Hard. 3 May 2021. British Phonographic Industry.
  8. Web site: Shakatak – Night Birds. 3 May 2021. British Phonographic Industry.
  9. Web site: Shakatak – Invitations. 3 May 2021. British Phonographic Industry.
  10. Web site: Shakatak – Contemporary Jazz Albums. 2021-05-01. Billboard.
  11. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2021-05-01. ultratop.be.
  12. Web site: lescharts.com - Les charts français. 2021-05-01. lescharts.com.
  13. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2021-05-01. www.irishcharts.ie.
  14. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-05-01. dutchcharts.nl.
  15. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. 84-8048-639-2. 1st. Spain. es.
  16. Web site: Shakatak – Dance Club Songs. 2021-05-01. Billboard.