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'The Boys' is chock full of fast, tuneful and powerful songs and still stands as probably their best record. From the Brats re-treads of “Sick On You” and “Tumble With Me” to the set closer “Living In The City“ it‘s a breeze of fresh air and this wonderful record debuted at number 50 in the album start and then promptly disappeared. Blame for this has been apportioned to the recent death of Elvis Presley meaning that the pressing plants couldn’t cope with producing enough records, but in truth it was probably more down to the hapless NEMS label’s shortcomings.

Sick On You; I Call Your Name; Tumble With Me; Tonight; I Don’t Care; Soda Pressing; No Money; First Time; Box Number; Kiss Like A Nun; Cop Cars; Keep Running; Tenement Kids; Living In The City.

Reviews: NME 10.9.77 | Sounds 30.7.77

Undeterred the second LP “Alternative Chartbusters” appeared only 6 months after the debut. Treading a slightly more poppy path than the debut, this still featured fine songs in the shape of the “Brickfield Nights” single and “TCP”, it was a worthy follow up but did nothing sales-wise and the band, unhappy with the support they had been receiving from NEMS sought to sit out the remainder of their contract without issuing another record.

Brickfield Nights; USI; Taking On The World; Sway (Quien Sera); Do The Contract; Heroine; Not Ready; Classified Susie; TCP; Neighborhood Brats; Stop Stop Stop; Talking; Backstage Pass; Cast Of Thousands.

Reviews: Zigzag 81 Feb/March 1978

"Rue Morgue" is an absolute delight with great chord and rhythm changes.  "You can't hurt a Memory" is a power ballad that is intense and heartfelt and very John Lennonish. "Lonely Cowboy" is just downright fun and it rocks. Matt Dangerfield really shines here as a guitar player too. More Pop Rock than Punk, this is a great album."*

Sabre Dance; Rue Morgue; Terminal Love; See Ya Later; You Can’t Hurt A Memory; Kamikaze; Lonely Cowboy; Waiting For The Lady; Bad Day; Independent Girl.

Weekend; Wrong Arm Of The Law; Poor Little Rich Girl; Monotony; Nothing Ventured; Wonderful World; Scrubber; Satisfaction Guaranteed; Gabrielle; Miss You; Little White Lifeline; Let It Rain.