Shoot the Moon (Judie Tzuke album)

Shoot the Moon
Cover design by John Pasche
Studio album by
Judie Tzuke
ReleasedApril 1982
StudioRockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales
Ramport Studios and Odyssey Studios, London
GenrePop rock
Length38:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerPaul Muggleton
Judie Tzuke chronology
I Am the Phoenix
(1981) 		Shoot the Moon
(1982) 		Road Noise
(1982)
Singles from Shoot the Moon
  1. "Love on the Border" / "Sold a Rose"
    Released: 1982
  2. "I'm Not a Loser" / "Run on Luck"
    Released: 1982
  3. "Late Again" / "Water in Motion"
    Released: 1982

Shoot the Moon is the fourth album to be recorded by English singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke. It was released in April 1982 and was Tzuke's first album for Chrysalis Records after leaving Elton John's label The Rocket Record Company, which released her first three albums. The album peaked at number 19 on the UK Album Chart.[1]

According to Charles Donovan of Popmatters, Shoot the Moon "elaborates on some of the musical and lyrical themes of her first three albums".[2] He called the introduction of "Heaven Can Wait" dreamlike and syncopated, and "Love on the Border" energetic, and said the sequencing of the album's first three tracks makes it "so gripping".[2] Donovan chose the "pithy observational song" "Liggers At Your Funeral" and the "understated ballad" "Late Again" as some of the album's highlights.[2]

  1. ^ "Judie Tzuke Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Donovan, Charles (17 June 2020). "Judie Tzuke's "The Chrysalis Recordings" Highlights Her Early '80s Transition to Synthpop". Popmatters. Retrieved 20 February 2024.