Night Birds (album)

Night Birds, released in 1982 on the Polydor label, is the second album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak. Night Birds established Shakatak's trademark jazz-funk sound, and contains two of the band's biggest hits, "Easier Said than Done" and "Night Birds", the former reaching the No. 12 spot in 1981, the latter climbing to No. 9 in the following year.

Night Birds
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1982
StudioJacobs Studios (Surrey)
Pye Studio II (London)
GenreJazz-Funk, crossover
Length43:32
LabelPolydor
ProducerNigel Wright
Shakatak chronology
Drivin' Hard
(1981)
Night Birds
(1982)
Invitations
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic [1]

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "Night Birds" – 6:25
  2. "Streetwalkin'" – 5:33
  3. "Rio Nights" – 5:18
  4. "Fly the Wind" – 4:20

Side 2:

  1. "Easier Said Than Done" – 6:12
  2. "Bitch to the Boys" – 6:31
  3. "Light on My Life" – 4:47
  4. "Takin' Off" (William "Bill" Sharpe) – 5:06

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Vocals by Lorna Bannon; lead vocal on "Light on My Life"
  • Percussion, Portuguese translation and vocal on "Rio Nights" by Simon Morton
  • Trumpet by Stuart Brooks
  • Saxophone solos on "Streetwalkin'" and "Light on My Life" by Dick Morrissey (courtesy of Beggars Banquet)
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