Shot in the Dark
Studio album by
Great White
ReleasedAugust 1986[1]
RecordedJune & December 1985, March 1986
StudioTotal Access (Redondo Beach, California)
GenreGlam metal
Length35:16
Label
ProducerWyn Davis, Alan Niven
Great White chronology
Great White
(1984) 		Shot in the Dark
(1986) 		Once Bitten
(1987)
Singles from Shot in the Dark
  1. "Face the Day"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[3]
Kerrang![4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Shot in the Dark is the second studio album by American rock band Great White, released in 1986. It was originally released by Telegraph Records and distributed by Greenworld Entertainment. Later that same year it was picked up and re-issued by Capitol Records. The original issue featured a different intro to "She Shakes Me" (which was titled "Shake Me"), a different recording entirely of the song "Run Away", and a different mix of the several tracks. Great White's music in this album shows the transition from the pure heavy metal of the first album to a more blues-influenced style of heavy metal, paying homage to the great rock bands of the 1970s, like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. This was the first album to feature drummer Audie Desbrow.

The album features one of the band's first well-known hits, a cover of The Angels song "Face the Day", as well as a cover of The Spencer Davis Group song "Gimme Some Lovin'"

The re-mastered CD release was on the Razor & Tie label and was remastered by Steve Hoffman.[6]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "She Shakes Me" (Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Alan Niven) – 3:25
  2. "What Do You Do" (Michael Lardie, Russell, Kendall) – 4:13
  3. "Face the Day" (John Brewster, Bernard "Doc" Neeson, Rick Brewster) – 5:21 (The Angels cover)
  4. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Mervyn "Muff" Winwood) – 3:52 (The Spencer Davis Group cover)
Side two
  2. "Shot in the Dark" (Kendall, Niven) – 4:52
  3. "Is Anybody There" (Russell, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:57
  4. "Run Away" (Williams, Niven) – 4:18
  5. "Waiting for Love" (Williams, Kendall, Niven) – 4:19
Japanese CD edition bonus track
  2. "Red House" (Jimi Hendrix) – 8:46

Personnel

Great White

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 123

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 341. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Great White Shot in the Dark review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. ^ Oliver, Derek (August 7, 1986). "Jaws Sincerely!". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 18.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 289–290.
  6. ^ "Shot in the Dark – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  7. ^ "Great White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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