Cast of Thousands (Adverts album)
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Cast of Thousands was The Adverts
' 1979 second album and featured a noticeably different 'sound' from their debut effort: Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
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The Adverts
The Adverts were an English punk band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to enjoy chart success in the UK, and their line-up included Gaye Advert, whom The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music called the "first female punk star".-Career:The band was...
' 1979 second album and featured a noticeably different 'sound' from their debut effort: Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts was The Adverts’ 1978 début album and featured the UK hit single: “No Time To Be 21” which made No. 38 in February 1978. It was recorded at Abbey Road and produced by John Leckie....
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Track listing
All tracks composed by T.V. Smith- "Cast of Thousands"
- "The Adverts"
- "My Place"
- "Male Assault"
- "Television's Over"
- "Fate of Criminals"
- "Love Songs"
- "I Surrender"
- "I Looked at the Sun"
- "I Will Walk You Home"
Personnel
- T.V. Smith - vocals
- Gaye Advert - bass
- Howard Pickup - guitar, vocals
- Rod Latter - drums
- Tim Cross - keyboards
- Richard StrangeRichard StrangeFor the Jesuit, see Richard Strange Richard "Kid" Strange is an English writer, actor, musician, curator, teacher, adventurer, and the founder and front man of seminal mid-seventies protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness.-Music:Strange's first band was Doctors of Madness, formed in 1975,...
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