''Nobody's Heroes'' is the second album by Irish

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band

Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles, which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep P ...

, released in 1980. "Doesn't Make It All Right" is a cover of a song from

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' debut album, '' Specials''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

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and Gordon Ogilvie; except where noted. #"Gotta Gettaway" – 3:37 #"Wait and See" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:28 #"Fly the Flag" – 3:46 #"At the Edge" (Fingers) – 2:59 #"Nobody's Hero" (Jake Burns, Gordon Ogilvie) – 4:11 #"Bloody Dub" (Fingers) – 3:47 #"Doesn't Make It All Right" (Dave Goldberg,

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, Mark Harrison) – 5:50 #"I Don't Like You" – 2:44 #"No Change" – 1:56 #"Tin Soldiers" – 4:46 The 2001 EMI CD reissue added the following tracks: The reissue also includes the second part of an interview of Jake Burns by

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(the first part is included in the reissue of ''

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'').

Charts

Personnel

;Stiff Little Fingers *

Jake Burns John "Jake" Burns (born 21 February 1958) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers, although he has also recorded with Jake Burns and the Big Wheel, 3 Men + Black, and as a solo artist. Early life ...

– vocals,

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Jim Reilly James G. Reilly (born 9 May 1957) is the second drummer for the Northern Ireland based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981. He played on the LPs '' Nobody's Heroes'', '' Go for It'' and ''Hanx''. In 1981, he ...

–

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Henry Cluney Henry Cluney (born 4 August 1957) is a guitarist and former member of the band Stiff Little Fingers. He remained with the group until lead singer Jake Burns disbanded them in 1983. He toured briefly with the band Dark Lady supporting Jake Bur ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

Ali McMordie Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist, best known as a founding member of Stiff Little Fingers, playing with the band from 1977 until they broke up in 1983, and joined them on the ...

–

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;Technical *Doug Bennett – producer *Laurence Burrage – engineer *Nigel Brooke-Harte – engineer *Andi Banks – tour manager *Shaun Bradley – equipment *Agency –

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*Geoff Halpin – cover lettering *Brian Cooke –

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*Chris Gabrin – photography *Mats Lundgren – photography *Barry Plummer – photography

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Stiff Little Fingers albums Chrysalis Records albums albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios