Nobody's Heroes (album)

Nobody's Heroes
Studio album by
Stiff Little Fingers
ReleasedMarch 7, 1980
RecordedJanuary 21, 1980 – February 1, 1980
StudioOlympic Sound Studios, London
Genre
Length38:06
LabelChrysalis
ProducerDoug Bennett
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Inflammable Material
(1979) 		Nobody's Heroes
(1980) 		Go for It
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Smash Hits8/10[4]

Nobody's Heroes is the second album by Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980.

"Doesn't Make It All Right" is a cover of a song from the Specials' debut album, Specials.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fingers and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted.

  1. "Gotta Gettaway" – 3:37
  2. "Wait and See" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:28
  3. "Fly the Flag" – 3:46
  4. "At the Edge" (Fingers) – 2:59
  5. "Nobody's Hero" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:11
  6. "Bloody Dub" (Fingers) – 3:47
  7. "Doesn't Make It All Right" (Dave Goldberg, Jerry Dammers, Mark Harrison) – 5:50
  8. "I Don't Like You" – 2:44
  9. "No Change" – 1:56
  10. "Tin Soldiers" – 4:46

The 2001 EMI CD reissue added the following tracks:

  1. "Bloody Sunday" – 3:24
  2. "Straw Dogs" – 3:30
  3. "You Can't Say Crap on the Radio" – 2:50

The reissue also includes the second part of an interview of Jake Burns by Alan Parker (the first part is included in the reissue of Inflammable Material).

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
United Kingdom
8
Song Singles Chart (1979/80) Peak
position
"Straw Dogs"
United Kingdom
44
"At the Edge"
United Kingdom
15
"Nobody's Hero/Tin Soldiers"
United Kingdom
36

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers
Technical
  • Doug Bennett – producer
  • Laurence Burrage – engineer
  • Nigel Brooke-Harte – engineer
  • Andi Banks – tour manager
  • Shaun Bradley – equipment
  • Agency – cowbell
  • Geoff Halpin – cover lettering
  • Brian Cooke – photography
  • Chris Gabrin – photography
  • Mats Lundgren – photography
  • Barry Plummer – photography

References

  1. ^ a b link
  2. ^ a b "Review: Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 16. 19 April 1980. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ Nicholls, Mike (1 March 1980). "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Record Mirror. p. 15.
  4. ^ Starr, Red. "Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's Heroes". Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.