The Adventures of the Hersham Boys

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The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys.jpg
Studio album by
Sham 69
Released1979
GenrePunk rock, rock and roll
LabelPolydor
ProducerJimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson
Sham 69 chronology
That's Life
(1978) 		The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
(1979) 		The Game
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Smash Hitsunfavourable[2]

The Adventures of the Hersham Boys is an album by punk rock band Sham 69, released in 1979. It's their most successful album to date, charting at #8 in the UK.

Reception[]

It was not universally well received, with David Hepworth describing it as "A tired, hollow effort struggling between weary attempts at rabble-rousing and blush-making pseudo-Springsteen 'street' songs that reek of desperation and contract fulfilling. As empty and self-satisfied a record as anything they supposedly set out to replace."[2]

Track listing[]

All songs by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons unless noted

  1. "Money" - 3:13
  2. "Fly Dark Angel" - 3:03
  3. "Joey's on the Street Again" - 3:04
  4. "Cold Blue in the Night" - 2:47 (Dave "Kermit" Treganna)
  5. "You're a Better Man Than I" - 3:10 (Mike Hugg) (Yardbirds/Manfred Mann Chapter Three cover)
  6. "Hersham Boys" - 4:46
  7. "Lost on Highway 46" - 3:35
  8. "Voices" - 2:52 (Goldstein, Pursey)
  9. "Questions and Answers" - 3:14
  10. "What Have We Got (Live)" - 2:54
    CD reissue bonus tracks
  11. "Questions and Answers" (Single Version)"- 3:18
  12. "I Gotta Survive" - 1:31
  13. "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 2:36 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (The Beatles cover)
  14. "Hersham Boys" (7" Version) - 3:25
  15. "I Don't Wanna" (Live) - 2:06
  16. "Rip Off" (Live) - 2:43
  17. "I'm a Man, I'm a Boy" (Live) - 2:10
  18. "Tell Us the Truth" (Live) - 2:06
  19. "Borstal Breakout" (12" Single Version) - 8:25
  20. "If the Kids Are United" (12" Single Version) - 16:20

Personnel[]

Sham 69
  • Jimmy Pursey - vocals, producer
  • Dave Parsons - guitar
  • Dave Treganna - bass
  • Ricky Goldstein - drums
  • Mark Cain - drums (Departing Sham 69 soon after the completion)
Technical
  • Peter Wilson - producer
  • Jo Mirowski - art direction, design
  • Peter Lavery - photography
  • Tim Turan - mastering
  • Brett Ewins - illustrations

References[]

  1. ^ The Adventures of the Hersham Boys at AllMusic
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4–17 October 1979, p.29
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