Tell No Tales is the third studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black.[2] This album diverted from the power metal style of Knights of the New Thunder into a more glam metal direction.[3] Rock Candy Records reissused a remastered CD of the album in February 2022.

Tell No Tales
Studio album by
Released13 April 1987
RecordedNorsk Sound Studios, Trondheim / Sound Ideas, New York City
GenreHard rock, glam metal, heavy metal
Length30:26
LabelPolyGram
ProducerBjørn Nessjø
TNT chronology
Knights of the New Thunder
(1984)
Tell No Tales
(1987)
Intuition
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everyone's a Star"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø3:21
2."10,000 Lovers (In One)"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Diesel Dahl2:54
3."As Far as the Eye Can See"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:41
4."Sapphire" (instrumental)Le Tekrø1:14
5."Child's Play"Harnell, Le Tekrø4:25
6."Smooth Syncopation" (instrumental)Harnell, Le Tekrø0:50
7."Listen to Your Heart"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:18
8."Desperate Night"Harnell, Le Tekrø3:33
9."Northern Lights"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Bjørn Nessjø4:10
10."Incipits" (instrumental)Harnell, Le Tekrø0:50
11."Tell No Tales"Harnell, Le Tekrø, Dahl2:21

Personnel

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Band
Additional personnel
  • Håkon Iversen – background vocals
  • Bård Svendsen – keyboards and programming
  • Bjørn Nessjø – keyboards and programming
  • Carlos Waadeland – keyboards and programming[4]

Charts

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Album

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Year Country Position
1987 Norway 1
Sweden 41
United States[5] 100

Singles

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Year Single Chart Position
1987 "10,000 Lovers (In One)" Norway 2
"Everyone's a Star" Norway -

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[6] Gold 50,000[6]

Album credits

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  • Bjørn Nessjø – producer
  • Rune Nordahl – engineer
  • Mario Rodriguez – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Mark Weiss – photography
  • Jackie Murphy – cover design
  • Koppel & Scher – cover design[4] Tom Schwab-Bits and pieces. Dale Matson-Bits and pieces.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r20255
  2. ^ "Album of the Week: TNT – "Tell No Tales" (1987)". Ning.com.
  3. ^ "TNT – "Tell No Tales" (1987)". Wordpress.com.
  4. ^ a b "TNT (15) – Tell No Tales". Discogs.com.
  5. ^ "TNT Top 200". Billboard. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music & Media. 26 December 1987. p. 44. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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