Tell Us the Truth

{{redirect-distinguish|Swear to Tell the Truth|To Tell the Truth (disambiguation)|Tell the Truth (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tell Us the Truth

| type = studio

| artist = Sham 69

| cover = Sham69-tellusthetruth-cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1978

| recorded =

| venue = Marquee Club, 90 Wardour Street, London; The Vortex, 203 Wardour Street, London

| studio =

• Polydor, London
• Pathway, London
• Basing Street, London

| genre = Punk rock

| length = 34:52

| label = {{hlist|Polydor|Sire}}

| producer = {{hlist|Jimmy Pursey|Peter Wilson}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = That's Life

| next_year = 1978

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tell-us-the-truth-mw0000073692|title=Tell Us the Truth – Sham 69|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=28 October 2020}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|chapter=S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=12 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor and Fields|isbn=0-89919-026-X}}

}}

Tell Us the Truth is the debut album by English punk rock band Sham 69, released in 1978. The first side of the album was recorded live in concert, while the other was recorded in the studio. Tell Us the Truth includes one of Sham 69's biggest hits, "Borstal Breakout", on the live side of the album. The album peaked at number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.

Tell Us the Truth and the band's second album That's Life were re-released in 1989 as a double LP.