Excess All Areas (Shy album)

Excess All Areas is the third album by the Birmingham, England band Shy. Recorded in the Netherlands with producer Neil Kernon, the album was published in 1987 on RCA/BMG. The album featured Shy's biggest hit, "Break Down The Walls", co-written with Don Dokken and reached Britain's top 75, with Metal Hammer magazine being appreciative.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Emergency"  (Michael Bolton, Duane Hitchings)  - 3:35
 * 2) "Can't Fight the Nights"  (Michael Jay, Steve Harris, Tony Mills)  - 3:59
 * 3) "Young Heart"  (Harris, Hitchings, Mills)  - 3:55
 * 4) "Just Love Me"  (John Parker, Mills)  - 3:58
 * 5) "Break Down the Walls"  (Don Dokken, Alan Kelly, Neil Kernon, Shy)  - 5:04


 * Side two
 * 1) "Under Fire"  (Harris, Mills, Kelly)  - 4:14
 * 2) "Devil Woman"  (Terry Britten, Christine Holmes)  - 3:32 (Cliff Richard cover)
 * 3) "Talk to Me"  (Harris, Kelly, Paddy McKenna)  - 3:51
 * 4) "When the Love Is Over"  (Jay, Harris, Mills)  - 4:22
 * 5) "Telephone"  (Harris, Kelly)  - 4:14

Personnel

 * Shy
 * Tony Mills – vocals
 * Steve Harris – guitar
 * Roy Stephen Davis – bass
 * Alan Kelly – drums
 * Paddy McKenna – keyboards


 * Production
 * Neil Kernon - producer, engineer, mixing
 * Frank Koppelman, John Smit, Matt Budd - engineers
 * John Parker - associate producer on track 4