The Adventures of the Hersham Boys is an album by punk band Sham 69, released in 1979.[1][2] It is their most successful album, peaking at No. 8 in the UK.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

It was not universally well received, with David Hepworth of Smash Hits 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."[6] Trouser Press called it "a break with the punk scene, but no less aggressive than usual."[7]

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" Tregunna)
  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 (Ricky 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
  • Tracks 11-13 from "Questions and Answers" single, March 1979
  • Tracks 14-18 from "Hersham Boys" single, August 1979
  • Tracks 19 and 20 released as 12" with initial copies of The Adventures of the Hersham Boys

Personnel

Sham 69
  • Jimmy Pursey - vocals, producer
  • Dave Parsons - guitar
  • Dave Tregunna - bass
  • Ricky Goldstein - drums
  • Mark "Doidie" Cain - drums; vocals on "With a Little Help from My Friends" (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. ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 613.
  2. ^ Gimarc, George (2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982. Backbeat Books. p. 239.
  3. ^ "Sham 69". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ The Adventures of the Hersham Boys at AllMusic
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  6. ^ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4–17 October 1979, p.29
  7. ^ "Sham 69". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_Hersham_Boys
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