A Fistful of...4-Skins
Studio album by
The 4-Skins
Released1983
RecordedAlaska Studios, London
GenrePunk rock, Oi!
Length45:37
51:28 (1993 CD reissue)
LabelSyndicate
ProducerIan O'Higgins
The 4-Skins chronology
The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins
(1982)		 A Fistful of...4-Skins
(1983)		 From Chaos to 1984
(1984)

A Fistful of...4-Skins is the second studio album by English punk rock/Oi! band, The 4-Skins, released in 1983 by Syndicate Records. In comparison to The 4-Skins' previous material, "A Fistful Of...4-Skins" featured a slower, heavier, more melodic, hard rock-based sound.

Less successful than its predecessor, the album charted outside the Top 30 on the UK independent chart. The band members claimed that this was due to chart manipulation.[1] The album was later combined with debut LP, The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins (omitting the track "One Law for Them" from that album due to space limitations) and released on a single CD by Link Records in 1987 as A Few 4-Skins More, Vol.1.

Following the breakup of the line-up that recorded the band's previous album, The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins, Hoxton Tom McCourt had assembled a new line-up (the fourth overall) including former The Last Resort singer Roi Pearce, and future Skrewdriver guitarist, Paul Swain.

Track listing

Source: Amazon[2]

All tracks are written by McCourt/Pearce/Bransom/Swain

No.TitleLength
1."5 More Years"3:20
2."Waiting For A Friend"3:36
3."Johnny Go Home"2:59
4."The Gambler"3:30
5."I'll Stick To My Guns"2:53
6."On File"3:57
7."Forgotten Hero"4:01
8."The Spy From Alaska"2:57
9."H.M.P."3:10
10."No Excuse"3:33
11."Betrayed"3:40
12."City Boy"3:51
13."New War"4:10
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."On The Streets"2:46
15."Saturday" (Demo)3:05

Personnel

  • Roi Pearce – lead vocals
  • Hoxton Tom McCourt – bass guitar, lead vocal on "New War"
  • Ian Bransom – drums
  • Paul Swain – guitar
  • Keith Bollock Brother – backing vocals
  • Neil Barker – backing vocals

References

  1. ↑ "The Music of the 4Skins". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "A Fistful Of...4-Skins". Amazon. Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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