title: Tales Told
text: # Tales Told
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Guardian | |
  | Pitchfork Media | 5.9/10 |
  
  Tales Told is British singer/songwriter Ian Broudie's debut release, staging a return to his roots with traditional instruments - real drums, acoustic guitars and fiddles with no studio trickery.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs on the album are written by Ian Broudie, except "Smoke Rings", which Broudie co-wrote with Terry Hall.
  
  * "Song for No One"
  * "Whenever I Do" (Ian Broudie, James Skelly)
  * "He Sails Tonight" (Broudie, Skelly)
  * "Smoke Rings" (Broudie, Terry Hall)
  * "Got No Plans"
  * "Always Knocking" (Broudie, Skelly)
  * "Tales Told"
  * "Lipstick"
  * "Super Cinema"
  * "Home from Home"
  * "Something Street" (Broudie, Nick Power)
  * "Broudie's Blues" (Secret track)
  