Album · Bad Manners
Forging Ahead by Bad Manners
Forging Ahead is an album by Bad Manners, released in 1982. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Samson and Delilah”, on 1 list with a best position of #494.
Forging Ahead was Bad Manners' fourth album, released in 1982, and their farewell to Magnet Records. By then Buster Bloodvessel's crew had been riding the ska revival alongside Madness and the Specials, and it was the last of four straight albums to make the charts.
The formula hasn't changed much: a bouncing offbeat, a party-hall stomp and Buster bellowing over the top like the loudest man at the party. "Samson and Delilah" is the cut that made the countdowns. The American edition didn't appear until two years later, in 1984, with a shuffled track list. Klass came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Forging Ahead on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samson and Delilah | 1 | #494 | – | 1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.