The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
The Adventures of the Hersham Boys | ||||
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Released | 1979 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, rock and roll | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Smash Hits | unfavourable[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
- "Money" - 3:13
- "Fly Dark Angel" - 3:03
- "Joey's on the Street Again" - 3:04
- "Cold Blue in the Night" - 2:47 (Dave "Kermit" Treganna)
- "You're a Better Man Than I" - 3:10 (Mike Hugg) (Yardbirds/Manfred Mann Chapter Three cover)
- "Hersham Boys" - 4:46
- "Lost on Highway 46" - 3:35
- "Voices" - 2:52 (Goldstein, Pursey)
- "Questions and Answers" - 3:14
- "What Have We Got (Live)" - 2:54
- CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Questions and Answers" (Single Version)"- 3:18
- "I Gotta Survive" - 1:31
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 2:36 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (The Beatles cover)
- "Hersham Boys" (7" Version) - 3:25
- "I Don't Wanna" (Live) - 2:06
- "Rip Off" (Live) - 2:43
- "I'm a Man, I'm a Boy" (Live) - 2:10
- "Tell Us the Truth" (Live) - 2:06
- "Borstal Breakout" (12" Single Version) - 8:25
- "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[]
- ^ The Adventures of the Hersham Boys at AllMusic
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4–17 October 1979, p.29
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers
- 1979 albums
- Sham 69 albums
- Polydor Records albums