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Shaking the Foundations

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{{Infobox album

| name = Shaking the Foundations

| type = Studio album

| artist = Rough Trade

| cover = Shaking the Foundations.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1982

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = New wave, synth-pop, rock

| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=18}}

| label = True North

| producer = Gene Martynec, Carole Pope, Kevan Staples

| prev_title = For Those Who Think Young

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Weapons

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Shaking the Foundations

| type = studio

| single1 = Crimes of Passion

| single1date = 1982

}}

}}

Shaking the Foundations is the fourth studio album by the Toronto new-wave band Rough Trade. It was released in 1982 and became a hit in Canada in 1983, spending 21 weeks on the charts,{{cite web|title=RPM 50 Albums|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6293b&type=1|date=April 30, 1983|work=Volume 38, No. 9|publisher=RPM|accessdate=11 July 2011 }} peaking at #9 in February, putting it at #1 on the CANCON listing.{{cite web|title=RPM 50 Albums|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6225a&type=1|date=February 12, 1983|work=Volume 37, No. 24|publisher=RPM|accessdate=11 July 2011 }}

The only standard single release from the album was "Crimes of Passion" b/w "Endless Night",{{cite web |url=http://www.laventure.net/tourist/rt_disc.htm |title=Rough Trade Discography |date=December 2007 |accessdate=11 July 2011 }} which peaked at #18.{{cite web|title=RPM 50 Singles|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6213&type=1|date=February 19, 1983|work=Volume 37, No. 25|publisher=RPM|accessdate=11 July 2011 }} Both this and the title track were included on the 10-track 1985 greatest hits album Birds of a Feather: The Best of Rough Trade.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laventure.net/tourist/rt_birds_feather.htm|title = "Birds of a Feather"}} "I Want to Live" b/w "Numero Fatale" and "The Sacred and the Profane" (the last track being from the previous album For Those Who Think Young) was released as a 12-inch picture sleeve disc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laventure.net/tourist/rt_disc.htm|title = Rough Trade Discography}}

Reception

Shaking the Foundations hit gold in Canada four weeks after its release{{cite web|title=Artist Catalogue / Rough Trade / Shaking The Foundations|url=http://www.truenorthrecords.com/Albums.php?album_id=155|publisher=True North Records|accessdate=11 July 2011 }} (50,000 units, certified by the CRIA on March 1, 1983),{{cite web|title=Music Canada, Gold Platinum Database|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=rough%20trade&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist}} and was the #68 album of the year for 1983.{{cite web|title=The Top Albums of 1983|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4435&type=1|date=December 24, 1983|work=Volume 39, No. 17|publisher=RPM|accessdate=11 July 2011 }} It won the 1983 U-Know Award for Album of the Year.{{cite web|title=The CASBY Awards > History|url=http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Casbys/History.aspx|publisher=CORUS Radio|accessdate=11 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317035636/http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Casbys/History.aspx|archivedate=2011-03-17}}

Track list

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Carole Pope and Kevan Staples

|

| title1 = Crimes of Passion

| length1 = 3:57

| title2 = Endless Night

| note2 = From the film Track Two

| length2 = 4:40

| title3 = Shaking the Foundations

| length3 = 3:59

| title4 = Vertigo

| length4 = 3:15

| title5 = Numero Fatale

| length5 = 3:38

| title6 = America: Bad and Beautiful

| length6 = 3:30

| title7 = I Want to Live

| length7 = 3:56

| title8 = Kiss Me Deadly

| length8 = 3:48

| title9 = Fire Down Below

| length9 = 3:41

| title10 = Beg for It

| length10 = 2:54

}}

Note that the UK release of Shaking the Foundations adds the track "All Touch" to the album, placing it at the beginning of side two (right before "America: Bad and Beautiful").

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1983)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=259}}

| style="text-align:center;"|96

Canadian RPM Top Albums Chart

|align="center"|9

Canadian RPM CANCON Albums Chart

|align="center"|1

Personnel

During the recording of this album, Terry Wilkins and Bucky Berger left the band and were replaced by Howard Ayee and Jorn Anderson.

;Additional vocals

Production

Gary Gray was nominated for the Recording Engineer of the Year Juno Award for his work on this album.{{cite web|title=Juno Awards Database|url=http://junoawards.ca/database/yearly-summary/?group_id=2100&category_id=0&from_year=1983&to_year=1983&show_details=1|publisher=The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|accessdate=11 July 2011 }}

  • Gene Martynec - producer
  • Carole Pope - producer
  • Kevan Staples - producer, art direction
  • Gary Grey - engineer
  • Peter Lee - assistant engineer
  • Rick Starks - assistant engineer
  • George Marino - mastering
  • Peter J. Moore - remastering, restoration
  • Bart Schoales - art direction
  • Christopher Dew - photography

References

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External links

  • [https://www.amazon.com/Shaking-Foundations-Rough-Trade/dp/B00000IY1T/#customerReviews Amazon.com reviews]

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Category:1982 albums

Category:Rough Trade (band) albums