Nobody's Heroes (album)

Nobody's Heroes
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released	7 March 1980 (1980-03-07)
Recorded	21 January 1980 – 1 February 1980
Studio	Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre	Punk rock [1] [2]
Length	38:06
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Doug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Inflammable Material (1979) Nobody's Heroes (1980) Go for It (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	(unrated) [2]
Record Mirror	[3]
Smash Hits	8/10 [4]

Nobody's Heroes is the second album by the Northern Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980.

"Doesn't Make It All Right" is a cover of a song from the Specials' debut album, The Specials .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fingers and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gotta Gettaway"		3:37
2.	"Wait and See"		4:28
3.	"Fly the Flag"		3:46
4.	"At the Edge"	Fingers	2:59
5.	"Nobody's Hero"		4:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Bloody Dub"	Fingers	3:47
7.	"Doesn't Make It All Right"	Dave Goldberg Jerry Dammers Mark Harrison	5:50
8.	"I Don't Like You"		2:44
9.	"No Change"		1:56
10.	"Tin Soldiers"		4:46

2001 EMI CD reissue

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Bloody Sunday"	3:24
12.	"Straw Dogs"	3:30
13.	"You Can't Say Crap on the Radio"	2:50

The reissue also includes the second part of an interview of Jake Burns by Alan Parker (the first part is included in the reissue of Inflammable Material ).

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
United Kingdom	8

Song	Singles Chart (1979/80)	Peak position
"Straw Dogs"	United Kingdom	44
"At the Edge"	United Kingdom	15
"Nobody's Hero/Tin Soldiers"	United Kingdom	36

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers

• Jake Burns – vocals, guitar
• Jim Reilly – drums
• Henry Cluney – guitar, backing vocals
• Ali McMordie – bass

Technical

• Doug Bennett – producer
• Laurence Burrage – engineer
• Nigel Brooke-Harte – engineer
• Andi Banks – tour manager
• Shaun Bradley – equipment
• Agency – cowbell
• Geoff Halpin – cover lettering
• Brian Cooke – photography
• Chris Gabrin – photography
• Mats Lundgren – photography
• Barry Plummer – photography

References

1. link
2. "Review: Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 16. 19 April 1980. p. 55. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 31 May 2020– via American Radio History.
3. Nicholls, Mike (1 March 1980). "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Record Mirror . p. 15.
4. Starr, Red. "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.