Don't Just Stand There
{{Infobox album
| name = Don't Just Stand There
| type = studio
| artist = Haywire
| cover = Haywire_dont_just_stand_there.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Metalworks Studios, Toronto
| genre = Rock
| length =
| label = Attic
| producer = Brian Allen
| prev_title = Bad Boys
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Nuthouse
| next_year = 1990
}}
Don't Just Stand There is the second album by the Canadian band Haywire.{{cite news |last1=MacInnis |first1=Craig |title=Haywire's playing game by its own rules |work=Toronto Star |date=7 Aug 1987 |page=E9}}{{cite journal |title=Haywire. Don't Just Stand There |journal=Canadian Composer |date=Nov 1987 |issue=225 |page=34}} It was released 1987 via Attic Records.{{cite web |title=Haywire Biography by John Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/haywire-mn0000671101 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 April 2023}} "Dance Desire", a hit in Canada, was released as a single.{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Greg |title=Hot news from P.E.I. |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=11 Dec 1987 |page=C3}}{{cite news |last1=Schnurmacher |first1=Thomas |title=Attic recording artists Haywire... |work=The Gazette |date=15 Sep 1987 |location=Montreal |page=B5}} The album sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1987.{{cite news |last1=MacInnis |first1=Craig |title=Haywire |work=Toronto Star |date=11 Dec 1987 |page=D11}}
Production
The band desired to make a harder album than their pop rock debut. They wrote 35 songs for Don't Just Stand There, although Attic asked them to work on more songs with cowriters. Ten of the album's 11 songs are from the original pool of 35.{{cite news |last1=Burliuk |first1=Greg |title=Helix, Haywire Team Up for Hard-Rock Tour |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=11 Dec 1987 |department=Entertainment |page=1}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Don't Just Stand There Review by Mike DeGagne |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-just-stand-there-mw0000197988 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 April 2023}}
}}
The Toronto Star called "'One Heart Affair' and 'Separate Dreams' are tightly crafted and rhythmically involving pieces of Top 40 rock."{{cite news |last1=MacInnis |first1=Craig |title=Charlottetown band makes it look so easy |work=Toronto Star |date=14 Aug 1987 |page=E26}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Dance Desire
| writer1 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = One Heart Affair
| writer2 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = Black and Blue
| writer3 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = Fire
| writer4 = Birt, Rashed, Kilbride
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = Man Enough
| writer5 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length5 = 4:25
| title6 = Hard Reaction
| writer6 = Taylor Rhodes, Birt, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = Affection
| writer7 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length7 = 3:30
| title8 = Separate Dreams
| writer8 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland
| length8 = 3:58
| title9 = Angel
| writer9 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland
| length9 = 3:54
| title10 = Thinkin' About the Years
| writer10 = Birt, Rashed
| length10 = 5:07
}}
=CD bonus track=
{{Tracklist
| title11 = Dance Desire (Basuchi Mix)
| writer11 = Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride
| length11 = 7:45
}}
=2003 CD bonus track=
{{Tracklist
| title12 = Oh Oh Oh (Why Can't It Be Me Tonight)
| writer12 = Birt, MacAusland
| length12 = 3:55
}}
Personnel
=Additional musicians=
- Backing vocals: Sheree Jeacocke
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://haywirecomeback.tripod.com/stand.html Dont' Just Stand There lyrics]
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