Shanghaied!

Shanghaied! is the third studio album by New Zealand new wave band Mi-Sex, released in October 1981. The album peaked at number 28 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Shanghaied!
Studio album by Mi-Sex
Released	October 1981
Studio	Studios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
Genre	New Wave, Synthpop
Length	35:01
Label	CBS
Producer	John L Sayers and Misex
Mi-Sex chronology
Space Race (1980) Shanghaied! (1981) Where Do They Go? (1983)
Singles from Shanghaied!
"Falling In and Out / Round And Round" Released: April 1981 "Missing Person / Water" Released: September 1981 "Shanghaied! / The Bend" Released: November 1981

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Ian McFarlane described the album as "arguably the band's best album... [which] failed to impress the record-buying public."[2]

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (237701)
Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Jungle"	Kevin Stanton, Murray Burns	3:23
2.	"Be Quiet"	Stanton, Burns, Steve Gilpin	3:37
3.	"Mystery"	Stanton	2:13
4.	"Water"	Stanton, Don Martin	3:20
5.	"Talking to Myself"	Stanton	3:39

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Missing Person"	Richard Hodgkinson	2:44
2.	"Tears in Her Wine"	Stanton, Burns	3:19
3.	"Caught in the Act"	Hodgkinson	2:47
4.	"Shanghaied!"	Stanton, Burns	3:24
5.	"Falling In and Out"	Stanton, Burns	3:19
6.	"Young Maniacs"	Stanton	3:15

Charts

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report [3]	28

References

1. "Mi-Sex – Shanghaied!". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
2. McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 204. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.