Tell No Tales

This article is about the TNT album. For the 1939 film, see Tell No Tales (film).

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 TNT
Released	13 April 1987
Recorded	Norsk Sound Studios, Trondheim / Sound Ideas, New York City
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal
Length	30:26
Label	PolyGram
Producer	Bjørn Nessjø
TNT chronology
Knights of the New Thunder (1984) Tell No Tales (1987) Intuition (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everyone's a Star"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:21
2.	"10,000 Lovers (In One)"	Harnell, Le Tekrø, Diesel Dahl	2:54
3.	"As Far as the Eye Can See"	Harnell, Le Tekrø	3:41
4.	"Sapphire" (instrumental)	Le Tekrø	1:14
5.	"Child's Play"	Harnell, Le Tekrø	4:25
6.	"Smooth Syncopation" (instrumental)	Harnell, Le Tekrø	0:50
7.	"Listen to Your Heart"	Harnell, Le Tekrø	3:18
8.	"Desperate Night"	Harnell, Le Tekrø	3:33
9.	"Northern Lights"	Harnell, Le Tekrø, Bjørn Nessjø	4:10
10.	"Incipits" (instrumental)	Harnell, Le Tekrø	0:50
11.	"Tell No Tales"	Harnell, Le Tekrø, Dahl	2:21

Personnel

Band

• Tony Harnell – vocals
• Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, guitar synthesizer
• Morty Black – bass guitar, pedal synthesizer
• Diesel Dahl – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

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

Charts

Album

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

Singles

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

Certification

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

Album credits

• 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.