Excess All Areas (Shy album)

{{short description|1987 studio album by Shy}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Excess All Areas

| type = studio

| artist = Shy

| cover = Shy excess all areas.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1987|01|01}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Soundpush Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands,
Red Bus Studios, London, UK

| genre = Glam metal, hard rock

| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=16}}

| label = RCA/BMG

| producer = Neil Kernon

| prev_title = Brave the Storm

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Misspent Youth

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Excess All Areas

| type = studio

| single1 = Break Down the Walls

| single1date = 1987

| single2 = Young Heart

| single2date = 1987

| single3 = Just Love Me

| single3date = 1988

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev1Score = 4/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 323}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Excess All Areas is the third album by the Birmingham, England band Shy.{{Citation |page=439 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|volume=7 |author= Colin Larkin|edition=4|publisher= Oxford University Press |year= 2006|isbn=0195313739|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-A0KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Excess+All+Areas%22+shy }} Recorded in the Netherlands with producer Neil Kernon, the album was published in 1987 on RCA/BMG.{{Citation |page=947 |title=The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album That Made the Billboard 200 Chart|edition=6 |editor=Joel Whitburn |publisher= Record Research Incorporated |year=2007 |isbn=978-0898201666|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jQ5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Excess+All+Areas%22+shy }} The album featured Shy's biggest hit, "Break Down The Walls", co-written with Don Dokken and reached Britain's top 75, with Metal Hammer magazine being appreciative.