My only real exposure to Shakin' Stevens comes courtesy of his Christmas song "Merry Christmas Everyone," a truly festive earworm and one that seems to be in constant rotation on Christmas FM out of Ireland when they fire up for their annual broadcast in December. I'm a sucker for rockabilly, and Shakin' Stevens was definitely channelling his inner Elvis Fonzarelli. Just take a look at that smirking, pompadour-sporting, Animal House-era Tim Matheson lookalike. Which is not a shot, not at all . The album itself didn't have any notes, and likely didn't have any to begin with. You Drive Me Crazy is one of those strange North American releases that cobbled together songs from a few of his UK releases specifically to harvest the best tracks and hopefully make an impact with the duller and less sophisticated North American audiences. I'm sure that's not the case, but it would be nice to just have the albums intact to the artist's vision. Regardless,...
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