Tell No Tales

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Tell No Tales
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Studio album by
TNT
Released13 April 1987
RecordedNorsk Sound Studios, Trondheim, Norway / Sound Ideas, New York City, USA
Genre Heavy metal, glam metal
Length30:26
Label PolyGram
Producer Bjørn Nessjø
TNT chronology
Knights of the New Thunder
(1984)
Tell No Tales
(1987)
Intuition
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Tell No Tales is the third studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black. [2] This album diverted from the power metal style of Knights of the New Thunder into a more glam metal direction. [3] Rock Candy Records reissused a remastered CD of the album in February 2022

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everyone's a Star" Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø 3:21
2."10,000 Lovers (In One)"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Diesel Dahl 2:54
3."As Far as the Eye Can See"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:41
4."Sapphire" (instrumental)Le Tekrø1:14
5."Child's Play"Harnell, Le Tekrø4:25
6."Smooth Syncopation" (instrumental)Harnell, Le Tekrø0:50
7."Listen to Your Heart"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:18
8."Desperate Night"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:33
9."Northern Lights"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Bjørn Nessjø4:10
10."Incipits" (instrumental)Harnell, Le Tekrø0:50
11."Tell No Tales"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Dahl2:21

Personnel

Band

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

YearCountryPosition
1987Norway1
Sweden 41
United States [5] 100

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1987"10,000 Lovers (In One)"Norway2
"Everyone's a Star"Norway-

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [6] Gold50,000 [6]

Album credits

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