Cock Sparrer - The Albums 1978-87
Original Release Date
2018
Release Information
UK 4xCD 2018 (Captain Oi! - AHOYBX355)
Disc 1 - Cock Sparrer
1 We Love You 3:54
2 Sister Suzie 3:39
3 Platinum Blonde 3:09
4 Taken For A Ride 2:03
5 Again And Again 2:41
6 Runnin' Riot 3:11
7 Chip On My Shoulder 2:04
8 Watcha Gonna Do About It 3:07
9 Teenage Heart 2:22
10 I Need A Witness 3:41
Bonus Tracks
11 Sunday Stripper 3:39
12 Trouble On The Terraces 4:10
13 What's It Like To Be Old 3:16
14 Run For Cover 3:15
15 What's It Like To Be Old (Version 2) 3:16
Disc 2 - Shock Troops
1 Where Are They Now 2:57
2 Riot Squad 2:47
3 Working 2:47
4 Take 'Em All 2:35
5 We're Coming Back 3:22
6 Watch Your Back 2:20
7 I Got Your Number 2:48
8 Secret Army 1:57
9 Droogs Don't Run 2:55
10 Out On An Island 4:40
Bonus Tracks
11 England Belongs To Me 3:03
12 Argy Bargy 2:36
13 Colonel Bogey 2:53
Disc 3 - Running Riot In '84
1 Run With The Blind 3:22
2 Is Anybody There? 4:00
3 Price Too High To Pay 2:58
4 Think Again 3:47
5 Don't Say A Word 2:51
6 The Sun Says 3:25
7 They Mean Murder 2:35
8 Closedown 2:59
9 Chip On My Shoulder (Live) 1:57
10 Runnin' Riot (Live) 3:18
Disc 4 - Live And Loud!!
1 Riot Squad 3:08
2 Watch Your Back 2:12
3 I Got Your Number 2:44
4 Take' Em All 2:25
5 We Love You 3:28
6 Working 3:24
7 Argy Bargy 2:24
8 Where Are They Now 3:53
9 White Riot 1:51
10 Running Riot 2:59
11 The Sun Days 3:10
12 Secret Army 1:57
13 England Belongs To Me 4:46
14 Chip On My Shoulder 1:58
Chart Placings
NoneCredits
Mastered by James Bragg
Project co-ordination for Captain Oi!: Mark Brennan
Additional Credits
(Adapted from booklet information)
Disc 1:
1-10: Cock Sparrer LP, released 1978 in Spain only
6 and 2 also previously issued as Runnin' Riot 7", released May 1977
1 and 7 also previously issued as We Love You 7"/12", released November 1977
11: From Oi! The Album compilation LP, released October 1980
[Punky Gibbon note: 12-15: Demos from same period, originally issued on Rarities, 1992)
Colin McFaull
- vocals
Micky Beaufoy - guitar
Garrie Lammin - guitar
Steve Burgess - bass
Steve Bruce - drums
Disc 2:
1-10:
Shock Troops LP, released November 1983
11-12: England Belongs To Me 7", released November 1982
[Punky Gibbon note: 13: recorded circa 1982/83, originally issued on Shock Troops / Runnin Riot In '84 twofer]
Colin McFaull
- vocals
Shug O'Neil - guitars
Steve Burgess - bass
Steve Bruce - drums
Chris Skepis - guitars
Disc 3:
Running Riot In '84 LP, released October 1984
9 also previously issued on Son Of Oi! compilation LP, released November 1983
Colin McFaull - vocals
Steve Burgess - bass
Steve Bruce - drums
Chris Skepis - guitar
Shugs O'Neil - guitar
Disc 4:
Originally released April 1987 as Live And Loud!!
Recorded in the studio at The Work House, Old Kent Road, London
Colin McFaull
- vocals
Micky Beaufoy - guitar
Steve Burgess - bass
Steve Bruce - drums
Chris Skepis - guitars
Reviews & Opinions
None yetAdditional Notes
Clamshell box containing 4 discs in mini-LP replica sleeves, with a booklet. Would have been perfect had they not missed The Oi! Of Sex version of "The Sun Says" (it even mentions this recording in the bloody booklet, just to rub it in!)