| Shaking the Foundations | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Rough Trade |
| Cover: | Shaking the Foundations.jpg |
| Released: | 1982 |
| Genre: | New wave, synth-pop, rock |
| Label: | True North |
| Producer: | Gene Martynec, Carole Pope, Kevan Staples |
| Prev Title: | For Those Who Think Young |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Weapons |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Shaking the Foundations is the fourth studio album by the Toronto new-wave band Rough Trade. It was released in 1982 and became a hit in Canada in 1983, spending 21 weeks on the charts,[1] peaking at #9 in February, putting it at #1 on the CANCON listing.[2]
The only standard single release from the album was "Crimes of Passion" b/w "Endless Night",[3] which peaked at #18.[4] Both this and the title track were included on the 10-track 1985 greatest hits album Birds of a Feather: The Best of Rough Trade.[5] "I Want to Live" b/w "Numero Fatale" and "The Sacred and the Profane" (the last track being from the previous album For Those Who Think Young) was released as a 12-inch picture sleeve disc.[6]
Shaking the Foundations hit gold in Canada four weeks after its release[7] (50,000 units, certified by the CRIA on March 1, 1983),[8] and was the #68 album of the year for 1983.[9] It won the 1983 U-Know Award for Album of the Year.[10]
Note that the UK release of Shaking the Foundations adds the track "All Touch" to the album, placing it at the beginning of side two (right before "America: Bad and Beautiful").
| Chart (1983) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] | 96 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums Chart | 9 | |
| Canadian RPM CANCON Albums Chart | 1 |
During the recording of this album, Terry Wilkins and Bucky Berger left the band and were replaced by Howard Ayee and Jorn Anderson.
Gary Gray was nominated for the Recording Engineer of the Year Juno Award for his work on this album.[12]