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
ReleasedOctober 1981
StudioStudios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
GenreNew Wave, Synthpop
Length35:01
LabelCBS
ProducerJohn L Sayers and Misex
Mi-Sex chronology
Space Race
(1980)
Shanghaied!
(1981)
Where Do They Go?
(1983)
Singles from Shanghaied!
  1. "Falling In and Out / Round And Round"
    Released: April 1981
  2. "Missing Person / Water"
    Released: September 1981
  3. "Shanghaied! / The Bend"
    Released: November 1981

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Jungle"Kevin Stanton, Murray Burns3:23
2."Be Quiet"Stanton, Burns, Steve Gilpin3:37
3."Mystery"Stanton2:13
4."Water"Stanton, Don Martin3:20
5."Talking to Myself"Stanton3:39
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Missing Person"Richard Hodgkinson2:44
2."Tears in Her Wine"Stanton, Burns3:19
3."Caught in the Act"Hodgkinson2:47
4."Shanghaied!"Stanton, Burns3:24
5."Falling In and Out"Stanton, Burns3:19
6."Young Maniacs"Stanton3:15

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.
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