Tell Us the Truth

Infobox Album
Name = Tell Us the Truth
Type = studio
Artist = Sham 69


Released = February 18, 1978
Recorded =
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 34:52
Label = Sire/Polydor
Producer = Jimmy Pursey/Peter Wilson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09foxqy5ldde link]
Last album =
This album = "Tell Us the Truth"
(1978)
Next album = "That's Life"
(1978)

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

Tracklisting

:Live side
# "We Got a Fight"
# "Rip Off"
# "Ulster"
# "George Davies Is Innocent"
# "They Don't Understand"
# "Borstal Breakout"
#:Studio side
# "Family Life"
# "Hey Little Rich Boy"
# "I'm a Man, I'm a Boy"
# "What About the Lonely?"
# "Tell Us the Truth"
# "It's Never Too Late"
#" Who's Generation"
#:CD reissue bonus tracks
# "What Have We Got?" (live)
# "Borstal Breakout" (single version)

All songs written by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons.

Personnel

*Jimmy Pursey - 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