The 4 Skins - A Fistful Of.....4-Skins

Original Release Date

1983

Release Information

UK LP 1983 (Syndicate - syn1)
UK CD 1993 (Captain Oi! - AHOY CD 8)

1 Five More Years 3:20
2 Waiting For A Friend 3:34
3 Johnny Go Home 3:00
4 The Gambler 3:28
5 I'll Stick To My Guns 2:58
6 On File 2:57
7 Forgotten Hero 4:00
8 The Spy From Alaska 2:54
9 H.M.P. 3:11
10 No Excuse 3:32
11 Betrayed 3:40
12 City Boy 3:52
13 New War 4:13
CD Bonus Tracks
14 On The Streets 2:47
15 Saturday (Demo) 3:06

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 11, 4 wks

Credits

LP:

Roi Pearce - vocals
Tom McCourt - bass
Ian Bramson - drums
Paul Swain - guitar

Produced by O'Higgins
Backing vocals: Keith from the B.B.'s. Neil Barber

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CD:

Roi Pearce - vocals
Tom McCourt - bass
Ian Bramson - drums
Paul Swain - guitars

Produced by O'Higgins at Alaska Studios

Additional Credits

CD Bonus Tracks:
14: From Son Of Oi! compilation LP, released November 1983 1983
15: Demo

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: The freshness of the first album is utterly absent, the production undetectable and the songs are plodding, lifeless and almost entirely without merit, with predictable chord sequences and thicko vocals by Roi Pearce (late of The Last Resort). Surprisingly, there's an attempt at a nostalgic spy movie instrumental ('The Spy From Alaska'), but they simply don't have the ability to pull it off. Its one bright spot is 'Five More Years', an amusingly lowbrow look at the virtues of not working. A terrible LP.

PAUL CASTLES, PUNK LIVES #11, 1983: This release certainly isn't an improvement on the 4-Skins first LP [read full review here]

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UK LP 1983 (Syndicate - syn1). Click here for more

UK CD 1993 (Captain Oi! - AHOY CD 8). Click here for more