Hits Right Up Your Street

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Hits Right Up Your Street
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Studio album by
Released1 September 1981 (1981-09-01)
GenreRock
Length54:44
LabelPolydor, Pickwick
ProducerThe Shadows
The Shadows chronology
Change of Address
(1980)
Hits Right Up Your Street
(1981)
Life in the Jungle
(1982)

Hits Right Up Your Street is the fourteenth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in September 1981 through Polydor Records and Pickwick Records. The majority of the album is in the form of covers by popular artists at the time. Cover versions of songs by The Tornados, Ennio Morricone, Cliff Richard, John Lennon, Randy Crawford, Ray Stevens, Shakin' Stevens, ABBA, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer, Anton Karas & B. Bumble and the Stingers

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Telstar"Joe Meek03:05
2."Chi Mai"Ennio Morricone03:37
3."We Don't Talk Anymore"Alan Tarney04:23
4."Imagine/Woman"John Lennon03:34
5."Hats Off To Wally"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennett03:00
6."One Day I'll Fly Away"Will Jennings, Joe Sample04:13
7."Summer Love '59"Marvin, Welch, Bennett03:10
8."Misty"Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke02:57
Total length:27:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Ole House"Stuart Hamblen03:26
2."The Winner Takes It All"Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus03:52
3."Sailing"Gavin Sutherland04:49
4."Thing-Me-Jig"Marvin, Welch, Bennett02:55
5."More Than I Can Say"Sonny Curtis, Jerry Allison03:28
6."Cowboy Café"Marvin, Welch, Bennett02:48
7."The Third Man"Anton Karas03:12
8."Nut Rocker"Tchaikovsky, arranged by Kim Fowley02:15
Total length:26:45

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Personnel[]

  • Hank Marvin - lead guitar
  • Bruce Welch - rhythm guitar
  • Brian Bennett - drums, percussion
  • Alan Jones - bass
  • Cliff Hall - keyboards

Arranged and produced by the Shadows

Charts[]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 15

References[]

  1. ^ "Shadows, The - Hits Right Up Your Street at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ^ "The Shadows - Hits Right Up Your Street". Official Charts Company. 19 September 1981. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
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