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Tell Us the Truth

1978 studio album by Sham 69 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tell Us the Truth
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Tell Us the Truth is the debut album by English punk rock band Sham 69, released in 1978. The first side of the album was recorded live in concert, while the other was recorded in the studio. Tell Us the Truth includes one of Sham 69's biggest hits, "Borstal Breakout", on the live side of the album. The album peaked at number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.

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Tell Us the Truth and the band's second album That's Life were re-released in 1989 as a double LP.

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Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons

Live side
  1. "We Got a Fight"
  2. "Rip Off"
  3. "Ulster"
  4. "George Davis Is Innocent"
  5. "They Don’t Understand"
  6. "Borstal Breakout"
    Studio side
  7. "Family Life"
  8. "Hey Little Rich Boy"
  9. "I’m a Man, I’m a Boy"
  10. "What About the Lonely?"
  11. "Tell Us the Truth"
  12. "It’s Never Too Late"
  13. "Who's Generation!"
    Captain Oi! bonus tracks
  14. "What Have We Got" (live)
  15. "I Don't Wanna" produced by John Cale
  16. "Red London" produced by John Cale
  17. "Ulster" (single version) produced by John Cale
  18. "Borstal Breakout" (single version)
  19. "George Davis Is Innocent" (demo) produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
  20. "They Don't Understand" (demo) produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
  21. "Borstal Breakout" (demo) produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
  • Tracks 15–17 released as "I Don't Wanna" single on Step Forward
  • "Borstal Breakout" released as Polydor Records debut single, January 1978
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Personnel

Sham 69

  • Jimmy Pursey – vocals, production, liner notes
  • Dave Parsons – guitars, liner notes
  • Dave "Kermit" Tregunna – bass guitar
  • Mark "Dodie" Cain – drums

with:

  • Albie "Slider" Maskell – bass guitar on tracks 15–17 and 19–21

Technical

  • Peter Wilson – production
  • Brian Burrows – remixing
  • Steve Hammonds – project coordinator
  • Jo Mirowski – art direction, design
  • Alwyn Clayden – package design
  • Martyn Goddard – photography
  • Barry Plummer – photography
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Charts

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Release history

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References

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