Singled Out (Shakin' Stevens album)

Singled Out
Compilation album by
Shakin' Stevens
Released27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)
Recorded1977–2020
Genre
Length168:53 (CD)
81:57 (LP)
LabelBMG
ProducerVarious
Shakin' Stevens chronology
Echoes of Our Times
(2016) 		Singled Out
(2020) 		Fire in the Blood
(2020)

Singled Out: The Definitive Singles Collection is a compilation album by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, released in November 2020. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.[1]

It was released as a 3-CD and a 2-LP set. The 3-CD release contains 54 tracks, featuring every single released by Stevens throughout his solo career after splitting from the Sunsets in 1977. The 2-LP release contains 26 tracks personally selected by Stevens and came with a card to download all 54 tracks.[2]

Track listing

CD

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never"Terry Fell2:50
2."Somebody Touched Me"Ahmet Ertegun2:40
3."Justine"
3:04
4."Treat Her Right"
3:34
5."Endless Sleep"
3:32
6."Spooky"
3:34
7."Hot Dog"
2:36
8."Hey Mae"
2:35
9."Marie, Marie"Dave Alvin2:47
10."Shooting Gallery"
  • Tom Colton
  • Brian Hodgson
3:14
11."This Ole House"Stuart Hamblen3:07
12."You Drive Me Crazy"Ronnie Harwood2:51
13."Green Door"
3:13
14."It's Raining"Allen Toussaint3:19
15."Oh Julie"Shakin' Stevens2:35
16."Shirley"
2:51
17."Give Me Your Heart Tonight"Billy Livsey3:08
18."I'll Be Satisfied"
3:12
Total length:54:42
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Late"Dorsey Burnette2:04
2."Cry Just a Little Bit"Bob Heatlie3:14
3."Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night"
3:26
4."A Rockin' Good Way" (with Bonnie Tyler)
2:58
5."A Love Worth Waiting For"
  • Gary Sulsh
  • Stuart Leathwood
3:23
6."A Letter to You"Dennis Linde3:14
7."Teardrops"Stevens3:58
8."Breaking Up My Heart"Heatlie3:59
9."Lipstick Powder & Paint"Jesse Stone2:46
10."Turning Away"Tim Krekel3:24
11."Because I Love You"Gordon Campbell3:20
12."A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)"
2:51
13."Come See About Me"Holland–Dozier–Holland3:25
14."What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For"
2:52
15."Feel the Need in Me"Abrim Tilmon3:03
16."How Many Tears Can You Hide"
3:40
17."True Love"Cole Porter2:43
Total length:54:20
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jezebel" (re-mix)Wayne Shanklin2:58
2."Love Attack"
  • Stephen Taylor
  • Heather Taylor
3:12
3."I Might"
  • Barry Guard
  • Sulsh
  • Leathwood
3:05
4."Yes I Do"
  • Barry Guard
  • Sulsh
  • Leathwood
3:06
5."Pink Champagne"
  • S. Taylor
  • H. Taylor
3:22
6."My Cutie Cutie"
  • Stevens
  • Harwood
2:35
7."Radio"
  • Heatlie
  • Campbell
3:30
8."I Can Help"Billy Swan2:45
9."Trouble"
3:01
10."Now Listen"
3:25
11."Last Man Alive" (radio mix)
  • Richard Hymas
  • Ben Waters
3:29
12."Down into Muddy Water" (radio mix)Linde3:20
13."Down in the Hole" (radio mix)
3:15
14."Wild at Heart" (Neros single version)
  • Bo Walton
  • David
3:12
15."Blue Christmas"
  • Billy Hayes
  • Jay W. Johnson
2:43
16."Merry Christmas Everyone"Heatlie3:40
17."The Best Christmas of Them All"
  • Stevens
  • Ron Anderson
3:25
18."I’ll Be Home This Christmas"
  • Stevens
  • Harwood
2:48
19."Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone"Heatlie3:00
Total length:59:51

LP

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Never"Fell2:50
2."Somebody Touched Me"Ertegun2:40
3."Treat Her Right"
  • Head
  • Kurtz
3:34
4."Hot Dog"
  • Owens
  • Denny Dedmon
2:36
5."Marie, Marie"Alvin2:47
6."This Ole House"Hamblen3:07
7."You Drive Me Crazy"Harwood2:51
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Green Door"
  • Davie
  • Moore
3:13
2."It's Raining"Toussaint3:19
3."Oh Julie"Stevens2:35
4."Give Me Your Heart Tonight"Livsey3:08
5."It's Late"Burnette2:04
6."Cry Just a Little Bit"Heatlie3:14
7."A Love Worth Waiting For"
  • Sulsh
  • Leathwood
3:23
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Letter to You"Linde3:14
2."Teardrops"Stevens3:58
3."Turning Away"Krekel3:24
4."Come See About Me"Holland–Dozier–Holland3:25
5."Feel the Need in Me"Tilmon3:03
6."Love Attack"
  • S. Taylor
  • H. Taylor
3:12
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Radio"
  • Heatlie
  • Campbell
3:30
2."Trouble"
  • Moore
  • Armstrong
3:01
3."Now Listen"
  • Stevens
  • Masterson
  • Tim Woodcock
3:25
4."Last Man Alive" (radio mix)
  • Hymas
  • Waters
3:29
5."Down in the Hole" (radio mix)
  • Stevens
  • Davies
  • David
3:15
6."Merry Christmas Everyone"Heatlie3:40
Total length:81:57

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 68
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 88
Irish Albums (IRMA)[5] 86
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 10

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Singled Out
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "Shakin' Stevens | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  2. ^ "Shakin' Stevens - Fire In The Blood". Shakin' Stevens. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Shakin' Stevens – Singles Out - The Definitive Collection" (in German). Hung Medien.
  4. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  5. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Shakin' Stevens". Hung Medien.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Shakin' Stevens – Singled Out". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 May 2023.