Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks

Infobox Album
Name = Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Hanoi Rocks


Released = March, 1981
Recorded = Park Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre = Glam punk, Hard rock
Length = 66:34
Label = Johanna Records
Producer = The Muddy Twins (Andy McCoy & Michael Monroe)
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:x72vad5kv8w8 link]
Last album =
This album = "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks"
(1981)
Next album = "Oriental Beat"
(1982)

"Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks" is the first studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 1981.

The biggest hit of the album was "Tragedy". "Walking With My Angel" is a cover of a song from Herman's Hermits' 1965 self-titled album. "Don't Never Leave Me" was re-recorded and released as "Don't You Ever Leave Me" on Hanoi Rocks' fourth album "Two Steps from the Move".

The album appears several times in the 1995 novel "High Fidelity".

Track listing

All tracks by Andy McCoy, except where noted.
#"Tragedy" – 3:54
#"Village Girl" – 3:10
#"Stop Cryin'" – 3:38
#"Don't Never Leave Me" – 3:55
#"Lost in the City" – 3:45
#"First Timer" – 5:26
#"Cheyenne" (McCoy/Vincent/Grant) – 3:21
#"11th Street Kidzz" – 3:45
#"Walking With My Angel" (Goffin-King) – 2:10
#"Pretender" – 3:30

Bonus tracks (1997 Johanna re-release)

#"I Want You" - 3:17
#"Kill City" (McCoy/Örn) - 4:30
#"Café Avenue" - 3:25
#"Desperados" - 4:01
#"Dead by X-Mas" - 3:02
#"Nothing New" - 3:18

Credits

*Michael Monroe – Vocals, Piano, Saxophone, Harmonica
*Andy McCoy – Guitars, Backing vocals
*Nasty Suicide – Guitars, Backing vocals
*Sam Yaffa – Bass
*Gyp Casino – Drums

External links

* [http://www.hanoirocks.info/discography/80/index.htm Discography on Hanoi Rocks official website]