Get the Knack

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Get the Knack
Studio album by The Knack
Released	April 1979
Recorded	1978
Genre	New Wave
Length	40:58
Label	Capitol
Producer	Mike Chapman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
The Knack chronology
- Get the Knack (1979) ...But the Little Girls Understand (1980)

Get the Knack is the debut album by The Knack. It was released in April 1979 and includes their famous single "My Sharona", which reached #1 on the U.S. charts for six weeks. Second single "Good Girls Don't" was also a success, reaching #11. The album reached #1 on the US albums chart for five weeks.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Let Me Out"
2. "Your Number or Your Name"
3. "Oh Tara"
4. "(She's So) Selfish"
5. "Maybe Tonight"
6. "Good Girls Don't"
7. "My Sharona"
8. "Heartbeat"
9. "Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me)"
10. "Lucinda"
11. "That's What the Little Girls Do"
12. "Frustrated"

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Pop Albums	1

Preceded by Bad Girls by Donna Summer

Billboard 200 number-one album August 11 - September 14, 1979

Succeeded by In Through the Out Door by Led Zeppelin