Night Birds (album)


Night Birds, released in 1982 on the Polydor label, is the second album by English jazz-funk band Shakatak. Night Birds established Shakatak's trademark jazz-funk sound, and contains two of the band's biggest hits, "Easier Said than Done" and "Night Birds", the former reaching the No. 12 spot in 1981, the latter climbing to No. 9 in the following year.

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "Night Birds" – 6:25
  2. "Streetwalkin'" – 5:33
  3. "Rio Nights" – 5:18
  4. "Fly the Wind" – 4:20
Side 2:
  1. "Easier Said Than Done" – 6:12
  2. "Bitch to the Boys" – 6:31
  3. "Light on My Life" – 4:47
  4. "Takin' Off" – 5:06
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