Nobody's Heroes

Stiff Little Fingers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B000003BGP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,103 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gotta Gettaway

2. Wait and See

3. Fly the Flag

4. At the Edge

5. Nobody's Hero

6. Bloody Dub

7. Doesn't Make It All Right

8. I Don't Like You

9. No Change

10. Tin Soldiers

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This inspired and underrated Northern Ireland punk band never sounded better. On Nobody's Heroes, the group began to forge a way out of the genre's dead-end street with articulate lyrics, refined playing, and a slight softening of vocalist Jake Burns's barking delivery. Fortunately, these improvements did nothing to blunt the group's impact or visceral appeal. They sound defiant as ever as they reflect the tough urban realities of their Belfast home. Highlights include the title track, "I Don't Like You," and "Wait and See," a collective "up yours" directed at the establishment and other nefarious types. Also included is a great, hopped-up version of the Specials' "It Doesn't Make It Alright." --Mike Corrigan

Product Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top quality punk, March 14, 2002

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"skak1" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nobody's Heroes (Audio CD)

The group have been described as the Irish Clash and the description is apt, such is the similarity of sound and philosophy. Like the Clash this group mixed punk with Jamaican-influenced sounds- this album contains a cover version of the Specials' Ska classic 'Doesn't make it alright' and a dubbed up version of the song they previously released as 'Bloody Sunday'. SLF were probably better than the Clash- the situations they described were much more directly inspired from their personal experience- this was not rich kids' rebellion. The group which hailed from Northern Ireland took the conscious decision not to include any songs about the political situation of their hometown on this follow-up to their highly acclaimed 'Inflammable Material' (which had been almost entirely devoted to Belfast protest songs). Some of the best material the group recorded is on this album although it also contains two fillers ('I don't like you' and 'No change' are both very weak). The subject matter here is diverse ranging form attacks on the conservative party ('Fly the Flag') to songs about trying to get out of situations in which you feel trapped ('Tin Soldiers', 'At the Edge', 'Gotta Getaway'). This is an album of the highest quality. Powerful guitar-driven punk. Some of the best lyrics you'll ever hear. Poltical protest mixed with teenage angst. SLF are still going today and continue to produce interesting material and phenomenal live shows... Their die-hard following is still with them. It is ironic that the group who sang 'don't wanna be nobody's hero' should be the object of such cult fanaticism even to this day- but that speaks volumes for the quality of their music and lyrics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SLF at their best, March 29, 2001

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C. Chambers (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nobody's Heroes (Audio CD)

This is the best SLF album, and also one of the best punk albims ever. It's very catchy and aggressive, positive and angry. If you like punk, there's no way you won't like this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can find it, buy it, May 10, 2000

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Matthew A. Goodin ""my too sense"" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nobody's Heroes (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, this album is difficult to find, but if you do find it, buy it immediately. If you think early UK punk started and ended with the Pistols, The Damned and the Clash, you're in for a big surprise. This is early, anthemic UK punk at its best. Some of these songs you may have heard on various greatest hits compilations, e.g. Gotta Getaway, Tin Soldiers, Nobody's Heroes, and Doesn't Make it Allright all appear on the "All the Best" double CD (which is a great intro to SLF) but there are other gems here, such as Fly the Flag (play it at 11) and I Don't Like You. Like the Clash, SLF combines straight ahead punk with UK pop hooks, and also experiment with dub and reggae influences, e.g. Bloody Dub and their remake of the Specials' Doesn't Make it Allright. If you like the Clash, you will like this, no questions asked.