Sham 69 - The Punk Singles Collection: '77-'80
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Artist: Sham 69Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-03-10
Music Label: Cleopatra
Soundtracks:
- I Don't Wanna
- Ulster
- Red London
- What Have We Got
- Borstal Breakout
- Hey Little Rich Boy
- Angels With Dirty Faces
- The Cockney Kids Are Innocent
- If The Kids Are United
- Sunday Morning Nightmare
- Hurry Up Harrry
- No Entry
- Questions and Answers
- I Gotta Survive
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Hersham Boys (7" Version)
- You're A Better Man Than I
- Give A Dog A Bone
- Tell The Children
- Jack
- Unite and Win
- I'm A Man
Music reviews of The Punk Singles Collection: '77-'80
Music Review: The original boot boys from East End
Rating: 5 Stars
Punk was, in its early years, mostly conquered by artistic, smart and witty characters with finally a way to express themselves. TV Smith, Johnny Rotten, Richard Hell... you get the point. Back then there was no "new wave", punk was about various different attitudes and styles. The mohawk-and-anarchy- stereotypic times were ahead.
Every now and then, it`s still a pleasure to hear some original boot-stomping, fist-pumpin` punk, and that`s what Sham 69 did the best. I consider Sham 69 to be one of the best and most important punk bands in British history, as they spawned the Oi!- movement (although Cock Sparrer may have been the first) and countless other bands in the progress. Sham 69 had anthemic, catchy and strong songs you could sing along to, and they were, unlike many bands, very honest about what they did. They didn`t wear punk-fashion clothes or spike their hair, they were working-class and proud of it.
Although there have been talk about whether or not they were racist, neo-Nazis or skinheads, it`s complete crap. It`s true that Oi! is a music genre that has always attracted skinheads and other morons, but it started strictly as anthemic street-punk. Sham 69 may have had a roughneck partisan following, but really, the band had a Jewish drummer and Jimmy Pursey (their charismatic vocalist) was a veganist and his political ideas were far-left. The band tried to shake off the following of the National Front, who seemed to stick with the band like a magnet for some reason, as they played at Rock Against Racism- concerts etc. So I think it`s safe to say that Sham 69 wasn`t by any means a neo-Nazi band.
Now, this should be a review so I`ll give you some of my thoughts about this marvelous CD. Sham 69 had tons of absolutely awesome songs, but their albums weren`t up to par with their singles. Tell Us The Truth was a great album (even if it had a couple filler tracks), and That`s Life was a pretty good one too, but their albums went downhill after that. So, a fine introduction to their work is Punk Singles Collection, rounding up all of their 1977-80 singles` A- and B- sides. And what a collection it is. Sham 69 weren`t just the first Oi! band, but the most successful too. They had 7 charting singles, and while listening to this album one can`t but to wonder why Sham 69 isn`t as widely praised and remembered as the more famous bands. These songs are full of energy, just listen to tracks like Borstal Breakout, Angels With Dirty Faces, If The Kids Are United or Hersham Boys. The collection only has a couple of bad tracks (mainly from the end, when Sham 69 became way too pompous and silly), and couple of fillers like the Beatles- cover and Sunday Morning Nightmare, which are more like jokes. But like the first 9 songs, it`s pure gold. The live tracks are great too, the live version of Tell Us The Truth beats up the studio version easily. The crowd, Sham Army as the fans were known, sings along mightily, and you`ve got to hear the ending of Rip Off (another classic), where Pursey commands a group of fans to stop fighting. Just shows what Sham 69 meant to their fans. Anyways, way too many classics to list. So, if you like original british punk, I recommend this VERY STRONGLY. You might end up a Sham 69 fan.
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