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

Shakatak discography
Studio albums33
Live albums7
Compilation albums31
Singles44
Video albums6
Repackaged sets11

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
NL
[3]
NOR
[4]
NZ
[5]
SWI
[6]
US
1981 Drivin' Hard 35 19
1982 Night Birds
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
4 32 25 35 [A]
Invitations
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
30 33
1983 Out of This World
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
30 60
1984 Down on the Street
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
17 18 14 19 16 [B]
1985 City Rhythm
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Also released as Day By Day
36 25
1986 Into the Blue
  • Released: 25 June 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan and Europe-only release
1987 Golden Wings
  • Released: 25 June 1987
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Japan-only release
1988 Manic & 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
1989 Niteflite
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Turn the Music Up
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1990 Fiesta
  • Released: 30 June 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Christmas Eve
  • Released: 1 November 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1991 Bitter Sweet
  • Released: April 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Utopia
  • Released: 25 June 1991
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1992 Street 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
1993 Under the Sun
  • Released: November 1993
  • Label: Polydor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1994 Full Circle
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Polydor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1997 Let the Piano Play
  • Released: 21 August 1997
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1998 View from the City
  • Released: 23 September 1998
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2001 Under Your Spell
  • Released: 21 June 2001
  • Label: Victor, Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2003 Blue Savannah
  • Released: 23 July 2003
  • Label: Victor, Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2005 Beautiful Day
  • Released: 23 February 2005
  • Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2007 Emotionally Blue
  • Released: 21 March 2007
  • Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2009 Afterglow
  • Released: 25 February 2009
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2011 Across the World
  • Released: 20 April 2011
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2013 Once Upon a Time – The Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 20 February 2013
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2014 On the Corner
  • Released: 21 May 2014
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2016 Times and Places
  • Released: 20 July 2016
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2019 In the Blue Zone
  • Released: 22 May 2019
  • Label: Victor, Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2023 Eyes 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

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Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
NL
[3]
SWI
[6]
1984 Live in Japan
  • Released: April 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Japan-only release
1985 Live!
  • Released: February 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Includes some tracks from the Live in Japan album
82 48 21 23
1998 Live at Ronnie Scott's Club
  • Released: April 1998
  • Label: Indigo, Victor
  • Formats: CD
2011 Greatest Hits – Live at the Playhouse
  • Released: 25 March 2011
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2016 In Concert
  • Released: 4 December 2016
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
2019 Live at the Duo Music Exchange
  • Released: 27 September 2019
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD+DVD
2020 Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 28 February 2020
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
2021 Live in Lockdown
  • Released: 25 June 2021
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2024 Nightbirds Session + Greatest Hits Live at The Stables
  • Released: 2024
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Compilation albums

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Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[1]
US
Con. Jazz

[12]
1982 The Best of Shakatak
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
  • Japan-only release
The Greatest Shakatak
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Japan-only release
1984 Best Collection
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1986 The Best Of
  • Released: 1 February 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
1988 The 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
1990 Greatest Grooves
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: 2xLP
Perfect Smile
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • US-only release
10
1991 Night 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
1993 The Christmas Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
1996 The 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
1998 Shinin' On
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Instinct Jazz
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
1999 Jazz in the Night
  • Released: December 1999
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
2000 The 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
2001 After Dark
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Inside Out
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Shakatak
  • Released: 19 December 2001
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
2002 Dinner Jazz
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2003 Smooth Solos
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Passion Jazz
  • Formats: CD
2004 Drive Time – Seventeen Smooth Jazz Gems
  • Released: November 2004
  • Label: Passion Music
  • Formats: CD
2008 The Best Of
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 4 June 2008
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Japan-only release
2011 Christmas Collection
  • Released: 2 November 2011
  • Label: Victor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
2012 The 12 Inch Mixes
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2013 More 12 Inch Mixes
  • Released: 2 September 2013
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2014 Snowflakes & Jazzamatazz – The Christmas Album
  • Released: 3 November 2014
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2020 All Around the World – 40th Anniversary Edition
  • Released: 14 August 2020
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 3xCD+DVD, digital download
2022 The 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

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Year Title Details
1982 Drivin' Hard / Night Birds
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: MC
1984 Drivin' Hard / Invitations
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release
1985 Volume 2 – Down on the Street / Night Birds
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release
2014 Golden Wings + Into the Blue
  • Released: 6 October 2014
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2016 Da Makani + Niteflite
  • Released: 4 March 2016
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2017 Bitter 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
2018 Street Level + Under the Sun
  • Released: 31 August 2018
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2019 Full Circle + Let the Piano Play
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Secret
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
2021 View 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

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

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS BE (FLA)
[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[2]
IRE
[15]
NL
[16]
SPA
[17]
US Dance
[18]
1980 "Steppin'" Drivin' Hard
"Feels Like the Right Time" 41 Non-album single
1981 "Living in the U.K." 52 Drivin' Hard
"Brazilian Dawn" 48
"Easier Said Than Done" 12 18 18 Night Birds
1982 "Night Birds" 9 92 32 27 34 8
"Streetwalkin'" 38
"Invitations" 24 17 Invitations
"Stranger" 43
1983 "Dark Is the Night" 15 18 32 Out of This World
"If You Could See Me Now" 49
"Out of This World" 78
1984 "Down on the Street" 9 23 25 17 30 31 27 Down on the Street
"Don't Blame It on Love" 55
"Watching You" 79 32 14
1985 "Megamix" (12" promo-only release) Non-album single
"City Rhythm" 77 44 Day by Day
"Day by Day" (with Al Jarreau) 53 46
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" 56 18 31 Manic & 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
"Dr! Dr!" Manic & Cool
"Time of My life" (Germany-only release) 70
"The Coolest Shakatak Cuts (Megamix)" (12" promo-only release) Non-album single
1989 "Turn the Music Up" 83 Turn 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 Non-album single
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

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  1. ^ Peaked at number 55 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[8]
  2. ^ Peaked at number 33 on the Traditional Jazz Albums.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "SHAKATAK | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Shakatak – Drivin' Hard". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Shakatak – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Shakatak – Night Birds". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Shakatak – Invitations". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Shakatak – Traditional Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Shakatak – Contemporary Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. ^ "lescharts.com - Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  17. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  18. ^ "Shakatak – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 1 May 2021.