The Game (Sham 69 album) explained

The Game
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sham 69
Cover:	Sham 69 The Game.jpg
Released:	1980
Studio:	Super Bear Studios, Berre-les-Alpes, France
Genre:	Punk rock, Oi!
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson
Prev Title:	The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	The First, the Best and the Last
Next Year:	1980

The Game is an album by Oi! band Sham 69, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). The album was recorded in the French Alps with overdubbing and mixing completed at Rock City Studios, Shepperton.^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons unless noted

1. "The Game" – 3:00
2. "Human Zoo" – 2:50
3. "Lord of the Flies" (Dave Tregunna) - 3:09
4. "Give a Dog a Bone" (Rick Goldstein, Parsons, Pursey, Tregunna) - 3:02
5. "In and Out" – 2:59
6. "Tell the Children" – 3:39
7. "Spray It on the Wall" (Goldstein, Tregunna) - 2:29
8. "Dead or Alive" – 2:53
9. "Simon" (Parsons) - 2:52
10. "Déjà Vu" – 3:25
11. "Poor Cow" – 3:23
12. "Run Wild Run Free" – 2:47

CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Jack" – 3:28
2. "Unite and Win" – 3:41
3. "I'm a Man, I'm a Boy" – 1:54
4. "Daytripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:42

Personnel

Sham 69

• Jimmy Pursey – vocals, producer, design, cover design, liner notes
• Dave Guy Parsons – guitar
• Dave Tregunna – bass, liner notes
• Ricky Goldstein- drums

with:

• Nik Turner - saxophone on "Tell the Children"
• Royal School of Music - backing vocals on "Lord of the Flies"

Technical

• Pete Wilson – keyboards, producer, engineer
• Brian Burrows – remixing, sleeve remix
• Alwyn Clayden – package design
• Jo Mirowski – art direction
• Rob O'Connor – artwork
• Bob Smithers – illustrations
• Shane Baldwin – liner notes
• Barry Plummer – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sham 69 - The Game . www.discogs.com . . 8 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230508065802/https://www.discogs.com/release/3789044-Sham-69-The-Game . 8 May 2023 . en . Mar 19, 1996 . live.