Sham 69 - That's Life
Original Release Date
1978Release Information
UK LP 1978 (Polydor - POLD 5010)
UK CD 2005 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 612)
1 Leave Me Alone 3:25
2 Who Gives A Damn 4:04
3 Everybody's Right, Everybody's Wrong 5:08
4 That's Life 2:52
5 Win Or Lose 3:37
6 Hurry Up Harry 3:53
7 Evil Way 2:36
8 Reggae Pick Up Part 1 1:24
9 Sunday Morning Nightmare 2:29
10 Reggae Pick Up Part 2 2:40
11 Angels With Dirty Faces 2:55
12 Is This Me Or Is This You 3:33
CD Bonus Tracks
13 The Cockney Kids Are Innocent 1:54
14 If The Kids Are United 3:46
15 No Entry 2:31
Chart Placings
UK Chart Hit: 27, 11 wksCredits
Produced by Jimmy Pursey and Peter Wilson
Engineered by Peter Wilson
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Additional Credits on CD:
Mastered by Tim Turan
Additional Credits
Jimmy Pursey - lead vocals
Dave Parsons - guitar
Dave Treganna - bass
Mark "Dodie" Cain - drums
CD Bonus Tracks:
13: B-Side of Angels With Dirty Faces, released April 1978
14: A-Side of If The Kids Are United, released July 1978
15: AA-Side of Hurry Up Harry / No Entry, released October 1978
Reviews & Opinions
PUNKY GIBBON: Taking the top prize for the dumbest, most obvious concept album ever, That's Life chronicles a day in the life of a working class kid: he gets up, can't get in the bathroom for a piss, gets moaned at by his mum, ignored by his dad, gets into work late, gets sacked, wins on the horses, goes out on the pull, gets in a fight, and crashes a stolen car. The songs - some of which are amongst their best - are interspersed with fairly amusing "slice of life" dialogue. The production is much enhanced (these guitars are loud!) and Pursey even attempts ballads, but mainly it's uptempo fret-damage all the way. Songs like 'Hurry Up Harry', the anthemic 'Angels With Dirty Faces' and the hilarious 'Sunday Morning Nightmare' shouldn't be tenable, but they are, with mammoth refrains and lots of wideboy Cockney bravado. A corker.Additional Notes
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Images
UK LP 1978 (Polydor - POLD 5010). Initial run with poster/stickered sleeve. Click here for more
UK LP 1978 (Polydor - POLD 5010). Click here for more
UK CD 2005 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 612). Digipak. Click here for more
