"Night Birds" was their first single to reach the top ten, and the album of the same name gave Shakatak their first gold album, entering at number four and remaining in the charts for twenty-eight weeks. By now a major international act, the success of the release gave them the number-one jazz album slot in Japan, and attracted interest across Europe and South America.

Tracklist
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01 Night Birds
02 Streetwalkin'
03 Rio Nights
04 Fly The Wind
05 Easier Said Than Done
06 Bitch To The Boys
07 Light On My Life
08 Takin' Off





Bass [Music Man Sting Ray, G&l 2000e] - George Anderson
Drums [Sonor, Zildjian Cymbals] - Roger Odell
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Synthesizer [Oberheim O.b.x., Prophet 10], Arranged By [Brass], Trombone, Producer - Nigel Wright
Engineer - John Buckley
Executive Producer - Les McCutcheon
Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Oberheim O.b.x., Arp Odyssey, Prophet 10] - Bill Sharpe
Guitar [Yamaha Sg 2000, Gibson 345], Acoustic Guitar [Ovation], Effects [Mesa Boogie Amplification, Custom Pedal Board] - Keith Winter
Mastered By - JA
Photography - Peter Ashworth
Trumpet - Stuart Brooks
Vocals - Jackie Rawe , Jill Saward , Lorna Bannon
Written-By - W. Sharpe, Roger Odell (tracks: 1 to 6)

Recorded at Jacobs Studios, Surrey and PYE Studio II, London.
First CD-Edition released in Germany on Polydor