Lollipop Magazine

Sham 69 – The A Files – Review

October 1, 1997

The A Files is Sham 69 like Sham always was: three chord punk (and a little reggae) and the dumbest lyrics this side of Jon Spencer

Sham 69 – Kings and Queens – Review

June 1, 1997

The songs collected on this disc, recorded between 1976 and 1978, hold up today. Actually, better than most first- and second-generation U.K. punk.

Oi! Greatest Hits – Volume One – Review

December 1, 1996

Documented here is England circa the late ’70s and early ’80s, a time when the statement “oi! oi! oi!” really meant something.

Sham 69 – The Game – Review

June 1, 1996

They attempted to sound like their earlier recordings, but the production was too slick for its own good, and they were losing their trademark innocence.

Sham 69 – That’s Life – Review

June 1, 1996

Sham’s two 1978 releases, That’s Life and Tell Us The Truth, show them at their rawest.

Sham 69 – Tell Us The Truth – Review

June 1, 1996

Split down the middle between studio recordings and live material. The sound quality is surprisingly clear and their rapport with the audience is excellent.

Sham 69 – The Adventures of Hersham Boys – Review

June 1, 1996

Songs that rivaled those of Never Mind The Bollocks and X-Ray Spex’s Germ Free Adolescents as definitive documentation of that particular time and place.