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''Bare Faced Cheek'' is the fourth full-length album by the
Punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
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Toy Dolls The Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. They are best known for their sole UK hit, a punk-rock cover of " Nellie the Elephant". The Toy Dolls' songs expressed a sense of fun, such as "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead", "My Girlfr ...
. Lead singer and guitarist
Michael Algar Michael "Olga" Algar (born 21 September 1959 in Marsden, Tyne and Wear, Marsden, South Shields, England) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who fronts the band Toy Dolls and now plays with the Cockney Rejects. Mainly a lead/rhythm gui ...
is not a fan of the album, recalling that "we've done a few poor records, but I would have to say that ''Bare Faced Cheek'' is the worst; it's awful. The sound was poor; my guitar was broken at the time so I had to use the engineer's guitar with a
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! There is one good track on it though, "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead"."Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984 - Ian Glasper - Google Books
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Track listing

All songs written by Algar # "Bare Faced Cheek" – 0:51 # "
Yul Brynner Yuliy Borisovich Briner (; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (), was a Russian-born actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical ''The King and I'' (19 ...
Was A
Skinhead A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youth in London, England, in the 1960s. It soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working-class skinhead movement emerging worldwide i ...
" – 2:54 # "How Do You Deal With Neal?" – 3:07 # "Howza Bouta Kiss Babe??!" – 2:50 # "Fisticuffs In Frederick Street" – 3:19 # " A. Diamond" – 3:24 # "Quick To Quit The Quentin" – 2:48 # "Nowt Can Compare To Sunderland
Fine Fare Fine Fare was a chain of supermarkets which operated in the United Kingdom from 1951 until 1988. During the 1960s the company was the largest operator of supermarkets in Europe. Their Yellow Pack budget private label, own-label range, introduce ...
" – 3:03 # "Neville Is A Nerd" – 2:43 # "Park Lane Punch Up" – 3:44 # "The
Ashbrooke Ashbrooke is a residential area of Sunderland, North East England directly south and south-west of the city centre. Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb. Originally occupied by large middle-class familie ...
Launderette... (You'll Stink, Your Clothes'll Shrink, Your Whites'll Be Black As Ink)" – 3:29 # "Bare Faced Cheek" – 0:30


Personnel

* Michael "Olga" Algar - Vocals, Guitar * Dean (James) Robson - Bass, Vocals * Martin "Marty" Yule - Drums, Vocals


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Full album lyrics


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The Toy Dolls website
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