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The Adverts

The Adverts

26 songs
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1986
Album
Dec 1986
The Peel Sessions

1 track

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Album
Dec 1986
The Peel Sessions

1 track

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1979
Album
Oct 1979
Cast of Thousands

10 tracks

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Album
Oct 1979
Cast of Thousands

10 tracks

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1979
Single
Jan 1979
My Place
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Single
Jan 1979
My Place
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1978
Album
Aug 1978
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts

14 tracks

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Album
Aug 1978
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts

14 tracks

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1976
Single
Jan 1976
One Chord Wonders
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Single
Jan 1976
One Chord Wonders
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Top Songs

#1
My Place
#2
We Who Wait
#3
The Adverts
#4
Television’s Over
#5
Safety in Numbers
#6
Quickstep
#7
One Chord Wonders
#8
On Wheels

About The Adverts

Discography

Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
14 tracks · 1978
Cast of Thousands
10 tracks · 1979
The Peel Sessions
1 track · 1986

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Popular lyrics by The Adverts

My Place

Someone must've spewed me up I'll lie in the street 'til the sun comes up When I've come to my senses again I'll survey the waste Here it is…

We Who Wait

Who wait in the cafe and magazine Who wait for morning or fag machine Who leave it all unfinalised And undecided... We who wait Who wait in …

The Adverts

I am your friend Yeah this world is full of strangers Everywhere We will end up braver We won't be scared I'm not that kind I am your friend…

Television’s Over

Time to pull out the plugs But we run out of la-la-la-la-la-love But we're being deserted, or let loose I've just seen the dead walk by, and…

Safety in Numbers

[Verse 1] What are you gonna do with your new ways? What are you gonna do with your new wave? Maybe it's that you no longer care You're so g…

Quickstep

I knew my youth couldn't last forever I knew some chords so I got the band together Sick of sleeping and beating up my mother Forget those l…

One Chord Wonders

I wonder what we'll play for you tonight Something heavy or something light Something to set your soul alight I wonder how we'll answer when…

On Wheels

What's left in the wheelchair? Who bothers what's in there? Who worries what life's like on wheels? No body to speak of No willpower, voice,…

On the Roof

Blank-faced Was this what our elders taught? Dim the lights and live like storybook I can't focus for the pinball I'm all shook up and I thi…

No Time to Be 21

[Verse 1] Life's short, don't make a mess of it To the ends of the earth, you'll look for a sense in it No chances, no plans I'll smash the …

Discography at a glance

26

Songs on Lyrks

3

Albums

1

Singles

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The Adverts is a music artist with 26 songs on Lyrks.

Popular tracks by The Adverts include My Place, We Who Wait, The Adverts, Television’s Over, Safety in Numbers. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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