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| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="OMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hats-off-to-del-shannon-mw0000542723|title="Hats Off to Del Shannon" - Album Ratings|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2023-11-13}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="OMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hats-off-to-del-shannon-mw0000542723|title="Hats Off to Del Shannon" - Album Ratings|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2023-11-13}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[New Record Mirror]]''
| rev2 = ''[[New Record Mirror]]''
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| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= Watson |first= Jimmy |date=27 April 1963 |title=Del Shannon: ''Hats Off to Del Shannon'' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |issue=111 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224802/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1250 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1250/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1250 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1250/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
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This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada.<ref name=":0" /> It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Jimmy |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |title="Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" |date=27 April 1963 |publisher=[[New Record Mirror]] |isbn= |edition= |pages=10 |language= |access-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224802/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |issue=111}}</ref>
This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada.<ref name=":0" /> It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Jimmy |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |title="Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" |date=27 April 1963 |publisher=[[New Record Mirror]] |isbn= |edition= |pages=10 |language= |access-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224802/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |issue=111}}</ref>


The album was released on compact disc for the first time by [[BGO Records|Beat Goes On]] on September 27, 1997 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of the other album being Shannon's Debut's album from June 1961, [[Runaway with Del Shannon]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Runaway With Del Shannon / Hats Off To Del Shannon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/runaway-with-del-shannon-hats-off-to-del-shannon-mw0000768660 |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref> [[Edsel Records]] included this CD in a box set entitled ''Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium'', which contains 14th of his studio albums and three compilation and was released on February 24, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-in-town-a-del-shannon-compendium-mw0003906340 |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by [[BGO Records|Beat Goes On]] on September 27, 1997 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's Debut's album from June 1961, [[Runaway with Del Shannon]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Runaway With Del Shannon / Hats Off To Del Shannon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/runaway-with-del-shannon-hats-off-to-del-shannon-mw0000768660 |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref> [[Bear Family Records|Bear Family]] included also the album in the 2004 Home and Away box set.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home and Away: The Complete Recordings 1960-1970 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/home-and-away-the-complete-recordings-1960-1970-mw0000633862 |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> [[Edsel Records]] included the album in the 2023 ''Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium'' box set.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-in-town-a-del-shannon-compendium-mw0003906340 |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>

== Reception ==
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[[Record Mirror|New Record Mirror]] described the album "as entertaining a collection of contemporary pop"<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=Watson |first=Jimmy |date=27 April 1963 |title=Del Shannon: ''Hats Off to Del Shannon'' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224802/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-04-27-S-OCR.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022 |access-date=17 November 2023 |magazine=[[New Record Mirror]] |page=10 |issue=111}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Latest revision as of 18:22, 29 November 2024

Hats Off to Del Shannon
Studio album by
Del Shannon
ReleasedMay 1963
GenreRock and roll
Length28:14
LabelLondon
Del Shannon chronology
Runaway with Del Shannon
(1961) 		Hats Off to Del Shannon
(1963) 		Little Town Flirt
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Hats Off to Del Shannon is the second studio album by American rock and roll singer-songwriter Del Shannon. It was released in May 1963 in the UK to coincide with Shannon's tour.[4]

This album was not released in the U.S. or Canada.[4] It contains his last six U.S. A-sides and its six U.S. B-sides. There were no covers of songs recorded specifically for an album release as there were for most of his albums later on.[4][5]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on September 27, 1997 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Shannon's Debut's album from June 1961, Runaway with Del Shannon,[6] Bear Family included also the album in the 2004 Home and Away box set.[7] Edsel Records included the album in the 2023 Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium box set.[8]

Reception

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New Record Mirror described the album "as entertaining a collection of contemporary pop"[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Del Shannon, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Swiss Maid"Roger Miller2:07
2."Cry Myself to Sleep" 2:22
3."Ginny in the Mirror"Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman2:11
4."You Never Talked About Me"Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman2:12
5."Don't Gild the Lily, Lily"Arthur Altman2:21
6."I Won't Be There" 2:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hats Off to Larry" 2:02
2."The Answer to Everything"Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard2:46
3."Hey! Little Girl" 2:31
4."I'm Gonna Move On" 2:49
5."I Don't Care Anymore" 2:52
6."So Long Baby" 1:59

References

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  1. ^ ""Hats Off to Del Shannon" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  2. ^ a b Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 111. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1250. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c RUNAWAY The Del Shannon Story. 2023. ISBN 9798369401477.
  5. ^ Watson, Jimmy (27 April 1963). "Del Shannon: Hats Off to Del Shannon" (PDF). New Record Mirror. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Runaway With Del Shannon / Hats Off To Del Shannon". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Home and Away: The Complete Recordings 1960-1970". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2024.


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