| Keeps Us off the Streets | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Producer | Mike Leander | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Keeps Us Off the Streets is the debut album by British glam rock band Hello, released in 1976.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Teenage Revolution" | Jeff Allen | 2:39 |
| 2. | "Keeps Us Off the Streets" | Jeff Allen | 2:59 |
| 3. | "She Knows" | Darryl Cotton, Steve Kipner, Michael Lloyd | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Carol" | Chuck Berry | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Then She Kissed Me" | Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Tell Him" | Bert Russell | 3:07 |
| 7. | "New York Groove" | Russ Ballard | 2:45 |
| 8. | "Let's Spend the Night Together" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Shakin' All Over" | Frederick Heath | 4:14 |
| 10. | "Hold Me" | Little Jack Little, David Oppenheim, Ira Schuster | 2:48 |
| 11. | "Another School Day" | Jeff Allen, Bob Bradbury, Keith Marshall | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Star Studded Sham" | Russ Ballard | 2:55 |
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