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The Adventures of the Hersham Boys

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Released
  
1979

Artist
  
Sham 69

Label
  
Polydor Records

The Adventures of the Hersham Boys (1979)
  
The Game (1980)

Release date
  
1979

Genres
  
Punk rock, Oi!

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Producers
  
Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson

Similar
  
Sham 69 albums, Punk rock albums

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

Contents

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."

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
  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
  • Songs

    1Money3:15
    2Fly Dark Angel3:10
    3Joey's on the Street

    References

    The Adventures of the Hersham Boys Wikipedia