# Shakatak discography

This article is the discography of British jazz-funk band Shakatak.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Year | Title | Details | UK | GER | NL | NOR | NZ | SWI | US | Certifications |
| 1981 | Drivin' Hard | Released: 29 May 1981 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 35 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | BPI: Silver |
| 1982 | Night Birds | Released: May 1982 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 4 | — | 32 | 25 | 35 | — | | BPI: Gold |
| 1982 | Invitations | Released: November 1982 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 30 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | BPI: Gold |
| 1983 | Out of This World | Released: September 1983 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 30 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1984 | Down on the Street | Released: August 1984 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC | 17 | 18 | 14 | 19 | — | 16 | | |
| 1985 | City Rhythm | Released: November 1985 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC Also released as Day By Day | — | — | 36 | — | — | 25 | — | |
| 1986 | Into the Blue | Released: 25 June 1986 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP Japan and Europe-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1987 | Golden Wings | Released: 25 June 1987 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | Manic & Cool | Released: March 1988 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC First released in Japan in December 1987 with different track listing as Never Stop Your Love | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | Da Makani | Released: 25 May 1988 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Niteflite | Released: June 1989 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Turn the Music Up | Released: October 1989 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | Fiesta | Released: 30 June 1990 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | Christmas Eve | Released: 1 November 1990 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Bitter Sweet | Released: April 1991 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Utopia | Released: 25 June 1991 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Street Level | Released: 25 April 1992 Label: Polydor, Inside Out Formats: CD Released everywhere other than Japan in 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Merry Christmas in Summer | Released: 16 November 1992 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Christmas Dreams | Released: 26 November 1992 Label: Polydor, Verve Formats: CD Japan and US-only release Includes tracks from Christmas Eve | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | Under the Sun | Released: November 1993 Label: Polydor, Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | Full Circle | Released: October 1994 Label: Polydor, Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | Let the Piano Play | Released: 21 August 1997 Label: Victor, Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | View from the City | Released: 23 September 1998 Label: Victor, Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2001 | Under Your Spell | Released: 21 June 2001 Label: Victor, Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Blue Savannah | Released: 23 July 2003 Label: Victor, Passion Jazz Formats: CD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Beautiful Day | Released: 23 February 2005 Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Emotionally Blue | Released: 21 March 2007 Label: Synergy/Victor, Shakatak Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Afterglow | Released: 25 February 2009 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | Across the World | Released: 20 April 2011 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time – The Acoustic Sessions | Released: 20 February 2013 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | On the Corner | Released: 21 May 2014 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | Times and Places | Released: 20 July 2016 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | In the Blue Zone | Released: 22 May 2019 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | Eyes of the World | Released: 20 September 2023 Label: Victor, Secret Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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### Live albums

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | UK | GER | NL | SWI |
| 1984 | Live in Japan | Released: April 1984 Label: Polydor Formats: 2xLP Japan-only release | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | Live! | Released: February 1985 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC Includes some tracks from the Live in Japan album | 82 | 48 | 21 | 23 |
| 1998 | Live at Ronnie Scott's Club | Released: April 1998 Label: Indigo, Victor Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | Greatest Hits – Live at the Playhouse | Released: 25 March 2011 Label: Secret Formats: CD+DVD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | In Concert | Released: 4 December 2016 Label: Secret Formats: CD+DVD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Live at the Duo Music Exchange | Released: 27 September 2019 Label: Secret Formats: CD+DVD | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Greatest Hits Live | Released: 28 February 2020 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Live in Lockdown | Released: 25 June 2021 Label: Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | Nightbirds Session + Greatest Hits Live at The Stables | Released: 2024 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD+DVD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory |||||||

### Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | UK | US Con. Jazz |
| 1982 | The Best of Shakatak | Released: 1982 Label: Polydor Formats: LP Japan-only release | — | — |
| 1982 | The Greatest Shakatak | Released: 1982 Label: Polydor Formats: 2xLP Japan-only release | — | — |
| 1984 | Best Collection | Released: 1984 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 1986 | The Best Of | Released: 1 February 1986 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 1988 | The Very Best of Shakatak | Released: 1988 Label: Polydor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 1988 | The Coolest Cuts | Released: October 1988 Label: K-tel, Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC | 73 | — |
| 1990 | Greatest Grooves | Released: July 1990 Label: Connoisseur Collection Formats: 2xLP | — | — |
| 1990 | Perfect Smile | Released: October 1990 Label: Verve Forecast Formats: CD, MC US-only release | — | 10 |
| 1991 | Night Moves | Released: 1991 Label: Pickwick Formats: CD, MC | — | — |
| 1991 | Open Your Eyes | Released: October 1991 Label: Verve Forecast Formats: CD, MC US-only release | — | 12 |
| 1991 | Remix Best Album | Released: December 1991 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, MC | — | — |
| 1993 | The Christmas Album | Released: 1993 Label: Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — |
| 1996 | The Collection | Released: 1996 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD | — | — |
| 1996 | Jazz Connections Volumes 1–6 | Released: 1993 Label: Inside Out Formats: 6xCD 6 compilation albums of their exclusive Japanese albums from the 1980s and early 1990s | — | — |
| 1998 | Shinin' On | Released: June 1998 Label: Instinct Jazz Formats: CD US-only release | — | — |
| 1999 | Jazz in the Night | Released: December 1999 Label: Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2000 | The Magic of Shakatak – Magical Shakatak Moments 1990–2000 | Released: 2000 Label: Inside Out Formats: 2xCD | — | — |
| 2000 | The Collection Volume 2 | Released: 25 September 2000 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2001 | After Dark | Released: 2001 Label: Inside Out Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2001 | The Best of Shakatak | Released: 19 December 2001 Label: Victor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 2002 | Dinner Jazz | Released: 2002 Label: Passion Jazz Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2003 | Smooth Solos | Released: 2003 Label: Passion Jazz Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2004 | Drive Time – Seventeen Smooth Jazz Gems | Released: November 2004 Label: Passion Music Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2008 | The Best Of | Released: 2008 Label: Secret Formats: CD | — | — |
| 2008 | The Ultimate Collection | Released: 4 June 2008 Label: Victor Formats: 2xCD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 2011 | Christmas Collection | Released: 2 November 2011 Label: Victor Formats: CD Japan-only release | — | — |
| 2012 | The 12 Inch Mixes | Released: 29 October 2012 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download | — | — |
| 2013 | More 12 Inch Mixes | Released: 2 September 2013 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download | — | — |
| 2014 | Snowflakes & Jazzamatazz – The Christmas Album | Released: 3 November 2014 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download | | |
| 2020 | All Around the World – 40th Anniversary Edition | Released: 14 August 2020 Label: Secret Formats: 3xCD+DVD, digital download | — | — |
| 2022 | The Ultimate Chill Collection | Released: 2022 Label: Secret Formats: CD, digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory |||||

### Repackaged sets

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1982 | Drivin' Hard / Night Birds | Released: 1982 Label: Polydor Formats: MC |
| 1984 | Drivin' Hard / Invitations | Released: 1984 Label: Polydor Formats: 2xLP South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release |
| 1985 | Volume 2 – Down on the Street / Night Birds | Released: 1985 Label: Polydor Formats: 2xLP South Africa and Zimbabwe-only release |
| 2014 | Golden Wings + Into the Blue | Released: 6 October 2014 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2016 | Da Makani + Niteflite | Released: 4 March 2016 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2017 | Bitter Sweet + Turn the Music Up | Released: 15 September 2017 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2017 | Fiesta + Utopia | Released: 17 November 2017 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2018 | Street Level + Under the Sun | Released: 31 August 2018 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2019 | Full Circle + Let the Piano Play | Released: 25 October 2019 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2021 | View from the City + Under Your Spell | Released: 29 January 2021 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |
| 2021 | Blue Savannah + Beautiful Day | Released: 26 March 2021 Label: Secret Formats: 2xCD, digital download |

### Video albums

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1985 | Twilight Sensation | Released: 26 January 1985 Label: Victor Formats: VHS, LaserDisc Japan-only release |
| 1986 | Into the Blue | Released: 1986 Label: Polydor Formats: LaserDisc Japan-only release |
| 1988 | Da Makani (1988 Kenwood Cup Yacht Race) | Released: 1988 Label: Polydor Formats: LaserDisc Japan-only release |
| 1989 | Turn the Music Up | Released: 1989 Label: Polydor Formats: VHS Promo-only release |
| 2004 | In Concert | Released: August 2004 Label: in-akustik Formats: DVD Germany-only release |
| 2004 | Live at the Playhouse | Released: October 2004 Label: Secret Formats: DVD |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | UK | AUS | BE (FLA) | FRA | GER | IRE | NL | SPA | US Dance | Album |
| 1980 | "Steppin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drivin' Hard |
| 1980 | "Feels Like the Right Time" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1981 | "Living in the U.K." | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drivin' Hard |
| 1981 | "Brazilian Dawn" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drivin' Hard |
| 1981 | "Easier Said Than Done" | 12 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | Night Birds |
| 1982 | "Night Birds" | 9 | 92 | 32 | — | — | 27 | 34 | 8 | — | Night Birds |
| 1982 | "Streetwalkin'" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Night Birds |
| 1982 | "Invitations" | 24 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | Invitations |
| 1982 | "Stranger" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Invitations |
| 1983 | "Dark Is the Night" | 15 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 32 | — | — | Out of This World |
| 1983 | "If You Could See Me Now" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out of This World |
| 1983 | "Out of This World" | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out of This World |
| 1984 | "Down on the Street" | 9 | — | 23 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 31 | — | 27 | Down on the Street |
| 1984 | "Don't Blame It on Love" | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Down on the Street |
| 1984 | "Watching You" | 79 | — | 32 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | Down on the Street |
| 1985 | "Megamix" (12" promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1985 | "City Rhythm" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | Day by Day |
| 1985 | "Day by Day" (with Al Jarreau) | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | Day by Day |
| 1986 | "Deja Vu (To the Wind)" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Into the Blue |
| 1986 | "This Boy Is Mine" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Into the Blue |
| 1987 | "Something Special" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Manic & Cool |
| 1987 | "Golden Wings" (12" Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Golden Wings |
| 1987 | "Mr. Manic & Sister Cool" | 56 | — | — | — | 18 | — | 31 | — | — | Manic & Cool |
| 1987 | "L'aggio L'amour" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Golden Wings |
| 1988 | "Walk the Walk" (Europe and Australasia-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Manic & Cool |
| 1988 | "Racing with the Wind" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Da Makani |
| 1988 | "Dr! Dr!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Manic & Cool |
| 1988 | "Time of My life" (Germany-only release) | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | Manic & Cool |
| 1988 | "The Coolest Shakatak Cuts (Megamix)" (12" promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1989 | "Turn the Music Up" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn the Music Up |
| 1989 | "Back to the Groove" (12" promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn the Music Up |
| 1991 | "Bitter Sweet" (12" promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bitter Sweet |
| 1991 | "Silent Eve" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas Dreams |
| 1993 | "One Day at a Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Street Level |
| 1994 | "Brazilian Love Affair" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Full Circle |
| 1997 | "Let the Piano Play" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Let the Piano Play |
| 1998 | "Move a Little Closer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | View from the City |
| 1998 | "Say What You Want" (Japan promo-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | View from the City |
| 2001 | "Down on the Street 2001" (vs Wackside; Germany-only release) | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 2011 | "Trouble" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Across the World |
| 2014 | "The Greatest Gift" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | On the Corner |
| 2014 | "On the Corner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | On the Corner |
| 2019 | "To Be Loved" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Blue Zone |
| 2020 | "All Around the World Tonight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All Around the World |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory ||||||||||||