The Adventures of the Hersham Boys explained

The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
Type:studio
Artist:Sham 69
Cover:The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys.jpg
Released:September 1979
Genre:Punk rock, Oi!
Label:Polydor
Producer:Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson
Prev Title:That's Life
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:The Game
Next Year:1980

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

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."[4] Trouser Press called it "a break with the punk scene, but no less aggressive than usual."[5]

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

  1. "Questions and Answers" (Single Version) - 3:18
  2. "I Gotta Survive" - 1:31
  3. "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 2:36 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (The Beatles cover)
  4. "Hersham Boys" (7" Version) - 3:25
  5. "I Don't Wanna" (Live) - 2:06
  6. "Rip Off" (Live) - 2:43
  7. "I'm a Man, I'm a Boy" (Live) - 2:10
  8. "Tell Us the Truth" (Live) - 2:06
  9. "Borstal Breakout" (12" Single Version) - 8:25
  10. "If the Kids Are United" (12" Single Version) - 16:20

Personnel

Sham 69
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thompson . Dave . Alternative Rock . 2000 . Miller Freeman Books . 613.
  2. Book: Gimarc . George . Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 . 2005 . Backbeat Books . 239.
  3. Web site: Sham 69 . Official Charts . 15 December 2023.
  4. [David Hepworth|Hepworth, David]
  5. Web site: Sham 69 . Trouser Press . 15 December 2023.

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