The Adventures of the Hersham Boys

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The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
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Studio album by
Sham 69
ReleasedSeptember 1979
Genre Punk rock, Oi!
Label Polydor
Producer Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson
Sham 69 chronology
That's Life
(1978)		The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
(1979)		 The Game
(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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]

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." [7] Trouser Press called it "a break with the punk scene, but no less aggressive than usual." [8]

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

Personnel

Sham 69
Technical

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 613.
  2. ↑ Gimarc, George (2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982. Backbeat Books. p. 239.
  3. ↑ "Sham 69". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ↑ The Adventures of the Hersham Boys at AllMusic
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  6. ↑ "Album Reviews: Sham 69 — The Adventures of the Hersham Boys" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 29 September 1979. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  7. ↑ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits , EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4–17 October 1979, p.29
  8. ↑ "Sham 69". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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