The Clash ?Give 'Em Enough Rope LP 1978 new wave Australian NM
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The Clash ?Give 'Em Enough Rope LP 1978 new wave Australian NM
Original Australian pressing on CBS (Mushroom Publishing credits)
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the United States, preceding the U.S. version of The Clash. The album was well received by critics and fans, peaking at number two in the United Kingdom Albums Chart, and number 128 in the Billboard 200.
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Greil Marcus hailed Give 'Em Enough Rope as a poised, unpretentious record of "straight English punk with a grip on the future" and "accessible hard rock" showcasing the Clash's unyielding, humorous "vision of public life": "The band's vision of a world strangling on its own contradictions hasn't changed, but their idea of their place in that world has." Robert Christgau wrote in The Village Voice that the album's pessimistic mood and a couple of bad songs or moments made it less listenable than the band's debut record, but concluded that most of the songs were "effective melodically as anything on The Clash, and even the band's ruminations on the star as culture hero become more resonant as you hear them over and over again. This isn't among the greatest rock albums ever, but it is among the finest of the year." He named it the fourth best album of 1978 in his list for the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics in which Give 'Em Enough Rope also finished fourth. Sounds magazine named it the year's best record.
In 1993, Give 'Em Enough Rope was named the 87th greatest album of all time in NME magazine. Q included the record in their "100 Best Punk Albums" list, and wrote in retrospect, "...no more punk than Blondie...[it] shined of quality....their drumming problems were over with the arrival of jazz-trained [Topper] Headon."
Safe European Home 3:45
English Civil War 2:34
Tommy Gun 3:12
Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad 3:01
Last Gang In Town 5:08
Guns On The Roof 3:13
Drug-Stabbing Time 3:40
Stay Free 3:36
Cheapskates 3:22
All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts) 4:52
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