What was the name of the 1978 debut studio album by the Adverts?

The Adverts’ 1978 debut studio album was titled Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts.

Anchor Records released the album in February 1978. It was the first full-length record by the London punk band led by vocalist T. V. Smith and bassist Gaye Advert. The album includes “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes,” one of the group’s best-known songs, along with other tightly arranged and lyrically direct tracks.

The Adverts had formed in 1976 and gained attention through the early British punk circuit. Their music combined urgent guitar-driven arrangements with T. V. Smith’s sharply written lyrics. The debut is often praised for retaining punk’s immediacy while showing a strong sense of structure and songwriting.

The title can be confused with Gary Gilmore’s Eyes, which is a song and single rather than the album name. The Adverts’ later album Cast of Thousands appeared in 1979.