Shock Troops (album)

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Released1983
GenrePunk rock
Length37:32 (1993 CD reissue)
LabelRazor
Shock Troops
Studio album by
Cock Sparrer
Released1983
GenrePunk rock
Length37:32 (1993 CD reissue)
LabelRazor
ProducerCock Sparrer
Cock Sparrer chronology
Cock Sparrer
(1978)		 Shock Troops
(1983)		 Running Riot in '84
(1984)
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Shock Troops is the second album, and the first widely distributed, by punk rock band Cock Sparrer.[2] It was released in 1983 on Razor Records.[3] The lineup on the photograph on the sleeve from left to right is Chris Skepis, Steve Bruce, Colin McFaull, Steve Burgess, and Shug O'Neill.

Original release

All titles written by Cock Sparrer

Side A

  1. "Where Are They Now"
  2. "Riot Squad"
  3. "Working"
  4. "Take 'em All"
  5. "We're Coming Back"

Side B

  1. "Watch Your Back"
  2. "I Got Your Number"
  3. "Secret Army"
  4. "Droogs Don't Run"
  5. "Out on an Island"

Subsequent releases

  1. "Where Are They Now"
  2. "Riot Squad"
  3. "Working"
  4. "Take 'em All"
  5. "We're Coming Back"
  6. "England Belongs to Me"
  7. "Watch Your Back"
  8. "I Got Your Number"
  9. "Secret Army"
  10. "Droogs Don't Run"
  11. "Out on an Island"
  12. "Argy Bargy"

1993 bonus track

  2. "Colonel Bogey"

2001 bonus tracks

  2. "I Need a Witness"
  3. "Platinum Blonde"
  4. "What's It Like to Be Old?"
  5. "Teenage Heart"
  6. "Run for Cover"

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Notes
UK 1983 Razor Records LP RAZ 009 10-track
UK 1991 Link Records LP LINK LP 141 12-track
UK 1993 Captain Oi! Records CD/LP AHOY 004 13-track
UK 1993 Step-1 Music CD STEP CD 028 13-track + Running Riot in '84
US 2001 Taang! Records CD/LP TAANG! 152 Deluxe Edition, 18-track
UK 2009 Captain Oi Records LP AHOY PD4 13-track picture disc

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