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Shot in the Dark is the second studio album by the American rock band Great White, released in 1986. It was originally released by Telegraph Records and distributed by Greenworld Entertainment. Later that same year it was picked up and re-issued by Capitol Records. The original issue featured a different intro to "She Shakes Me" (which was titled "Shake Me"), a different recording entirely of the song "Run Away", and a different mix of the several tracks. Great White's music in this album shows the transition from the pure heavy metal of the first album to a more blues-influenced style of heavy metal, paying homage to the great rock bands of the 1970s, like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. This was the first album to feature drummer Audie Desbrow.

Shot in the Dark
Studio album by Great White
Released	March 1986
Recorded	June & December 1985, March 1986
Studio	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Glam metal
Length	35:16
Label	Telegraph/Greenworld Capitol
Producer	Wyn Davis, Alan Niven
Great White chronology
Great White (1984) Shot in the Dark (1986) Once Bitten (1987)
Singles from Shot in the Dark
"Face the Day" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10[2]
Kerrang!	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The album features one of the band's first well-known hits, a cover of The Angels song "Face the Day", as well as a cover of The Spencer Davis Group song "Gimme Some Lovin'"

The re-mastered CD release was on the Razor & Tie label and was remastered by Steve Hoffman.[5]

Track listing

Side one

1. "She Shakes Me" (Mark Kendall, Jack Russell, Alan Niven) – 3:25
2. "What Do You Do" (Michael Lardie, Russell, Kendall) – 4:13
3. "Face the Day" (John Brewster, Bernard "Doc" Neeson, Rick Brewster) – 5:21 (The Angels cover)
4. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Mervyn "Muff" Winwood) – 3:52 (The Spencer Davis Group cover)

Side two

5. "Shot in the Dark" (Kendall, Niven) – 4:52
6. "Is Anybody There" (Russell, Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:57
7. "Run Away" (Williams, Niven) – 4:18
8. "Waiting for Love" (Williams, Kendall, Niven) – 4:19

Personnel

Great White

• Jack Russell – lead vocals
• Mark Kendall – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Lorne Black – bass
• Audie Desbrow – drums

Additional musicians

• Michael Lardie – keyboards, backing vocals, engineer
• Jim Lang – keyboards
• Tyana Parr, Donald Ducksworth – backing vocals

Production

• Wyn Davis – producer, engineer
• Alan Niven – producer on "Face the Day"
• Eddie Schreyer – mastering

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	123

References

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