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Shanghaied!
Studio album by
Mi-Sex
ReleasedOctober 1981
StudioStudios 301, Music Farms Studios, Sydney
GenreNew wave, synth-pop
Length35:01
LabelCBS
ProducerJohn L Sayers and Misex
Mi-Sex chronology
Space Race
(1980) 		Shanghaied!
(1981) 		Where Do They Go?
(1983)
Singles from Shanghaied!
  1. "Falling In and Out"
    Released: April 1981
  2. "Missing Person"
    Released: September 1981
  3. "Shanghaied!"
    Released: November 1981

Shanghaied! is the third studio album by New Zealand new wave band Mi-Sex, released in October 1981. The album peaked at number 28 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ian McFarlane described the album as "arguably the band's best album... [which] failed to impress the record-buying public."[2]

Track listing

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Vinyl/cassette (237701)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Jungle"Kevin Stanton, Murray Burns3:23
2."Be Quiet"Stanton, Burns, Steve Gilpin3:37
3."Mystery"Stanton2:13
4."Water"Stanton, Don Martin3:20
5."Talking to Myself"Stanton3:39
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Missing Person"Richard Hodgkinson2:44
2."Tears in Her Wine"Stanton, Burns3:19
3."Caught in the Act"Hodgkinson2:47
4."Shanghaied!"Stanton, Burns3:24
5."Falling In and Out"Stanton, Burns3:19
6."Young Maniacs"Stanton3:15

Charts

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Chart (1981/82) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[3] 28

References

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  1. ^ "Mi-Sex – Shanghaied!". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. ^ McFarlane, 'Mi-Sex' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 204. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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