Cockney Kids Are Innocent: The Best of Sham 69

by Sham 69

Cockney Kids Are Innocent: The Best of Sham 69 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2001-01-01
  • Label: Sanctuary Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 56:37
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Jimmy Pursey, Barry Plummer, Simon Cowburn, Brian Hugg, Hugh Gilmour, Mike Hugg, Jill Furmanovsky, Dave Parsons

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'The Best of Sham 69', 'Cockney Kids Are Innocent' compiles the singles of Jimmy Pursey's band, including 'Borstal Breakout' and 'If the Kids Are United'. Sham 69's terrace-chant punk made them the populist wing of the Oi! movement's first wave.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, fast, melodic, gang-vocals, retro

Tracklist

  1. Hurry Up Harry (3:26)
  2. Angels With Dirty Faces (2:33)
  3. If The Kids Are United (3:46)
  4. Hersham Boys (3:25)
  5. Questions And Answers (3:19)
  6. Borstal Breakout (2:10)
  7. Tell Us The Truth (2:08)
  8. Family Life (2:12)
  9. Cockney Kids Are Innocent (1:54)
  10. That's Life (2:27)
  11. You're A Better Man Than I (3:13)
  12. Money (3:14)
  13. Joey's On The Street (3:05)
  14. Tell The Children (3:38)
  15. Unite And Win (3:40)
  16. Poor Cow (3:22)
  17. The Game (2:58)
  18. What Have We Got (2:39)
  19. Hey Little Rich Boy (1:41)
  20. We Gotta Fight (1:47)

Credits

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