The Adventures of the Hersham Boys | ||||
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Released | September 1979 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, Oi! | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Jimmy Pursey, Peter Wilson | |||
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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]
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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."[6] Trouser Press called it "a break with the punk scene, but no less aggressive than usual."[7]
All songs by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons unless noted