Tell Us the Truth is an album released in 1978 by punk band Sham 69

Sham 69

Sham 69 is an English punk band that formed in Hersham in 1976.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres. The band allegedly derived...

. The first side of the album is recorded live, as the other is recorded in studio. Tell Us The Truth includes one of Sham 69's biggest hits, "Borstal Breakout" on the live side of the album. The album charted at #25 in UK. The album was re-released in 1989 as a double-LP also including their album That's Life

That's Life (Sham 69 album)

That's Life is a concept album released in 1978 by English punk rock band, Sham 69. The album had two hit singles, "Hurry Up Harry" reaching chart position 10 in UK and "Angels With Dirty Faces", reaching 19 the same year. The album reached position 27, bettering the previous album Tell Us The...

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Tracklisting

All songs written by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons

Live side

1. "We Got A Fight"
2. "Rip Off"
3. "Ulster"
4. "George Davies 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!"

    CD reissue bonus tracks

14. "What Have We Got?" (live)
15. "Borstal Breakout" (single version)

Personnel

• Jimmy Pursey
  Jimmy Pursey
  Jimmy Pursey is an English singer and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the English punk rock band, Sham 69 from 1976 to 1980, and from 1986 to 2006.-Biography:...
  
  - vocals, producer, liner notes
• Dave Parsons - guitars, liner notes
• Dave Treganna - bass guitar
• Mark "Dodie" Cain - drums
• Peter Wilson - producer
• Brian Burrows - remixing
• Steve Hammonds - project coordinator
• Jo Mirowski - art direction, design
• Alwyn Clayden - package design
• Martyn Goddard - photography
• Barry Plummer - photography