Tell Us the Truth


Tell Us the Truth is the debut album by English punk rock band Sham 69, released in 1978. The first side of the album was recorded live in concert, while the other was recorded in the studio. Tell Us the Truth includes one of Sham 69's biggest hits, "Borstal Breakout", on the live side of the album. The album peaked at number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.
Tell Us the Truth and the band's second album That's Life were re-released in 1989 as a double LP.

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons

  1. "We Got a Fight"
  2. "Rip Off"
  3. "Ulster"
  4. "George Davis Is Innocent"
  5. "They Don’t Understand"
  6. "Borstal Breakout"
  7. :Studio side
  8. "Family Life"
  9. "Hey Little Rich Boy"
  10. "I’m a Man, I’m a Boy"
  11. "What About the Lonely?"
  12. "Tell Us the Truth"
  13. "It’s Never Too Late"
  14. "Who's Generation!"
  15. :Captain Oi! bonus tracks
  16. "What Have We Got"
  17. "I Don't Wanna" produced by John Cale
  18. "Red London" produced by John Cale
  19. "Ulster" produced by John Cale
  20. "Borstal Breakout"
  21. "George Davis Is Innocent" produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
  22. "They Don't Understand" produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
  23. "Borstal Breakout" produced by Howard Thompson and Sham 69; engineered by Steve Lillywhite
Sham 69
  • Jimmy Pursey – vocals, production, liner notes
  • Dave Parsons – guitars, liner notes
  • Dave "Kermit" Tregunna – bass guitar
  • Mark "Dodie" Cain – drums
with:
  • Albie "Slider" Maskell – bass guitar on tracks 15–17 and 19–21
Technical
  • Peter Wilson – production
  • Brian Burrows – remixing
  • Steve Hammonds – project coordinator
  • Jo Mirowski – art direction, design
  • Alwyn Clayden – package design
  • Martyn Goddard – photography
  • Barry Plummer – photography

    Charts

Release history