Create account Log in

Give 'Em Enough Rope

[Edit]

Download links and information about Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash. This album was released in 1978 and it belongs to Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, Heavy Metal, Alternative genres. It contains 10 tracks with total duration of 36:55 minutes.

Artist: The Clash
Release date: 1978
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Tracks: 10
Duration: 36:55
Buy on iTunes $8.99
Buy on Amazon $8.99

Tracks

[Edit]
No. Title Length
1. Safe European Home 3:49
2. English Civil War 2:35
3. Tommy Gun 3:17
4. Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad 3:03
5. Last Gang In Town 5:13
6. Guns On the Roof 3:15
7. Drug-Stabbing Time 3:43
8. Stay Free 3:40
9. Cheapskates 3:24
10. All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts) 4:56

Details

[Edit]

Produced by Blue Oyster Cult guru Sandy Pearlman, the Clash’s sophomore album was a conscious attempt to give the band a more commercial sound. Although Give ‘Em Enough Rope doesn’t pack quite the punch or purpose of the band’s debut, “Safe European Home,” “Tommy Gun,” and “Drug-Stabbing Time” show a growing synergy in the songwriting partnership between Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. The rollicking R&B of “Julie’s Been Working For the Drug Squad” presages the stylistic breakthrough of London Calling, while “English Civil War” offers the band’s punk audience one last furious anthem. In addition to the chemistry they display here, Strummer and Jones also show how well they can do on their own. Jones’s “Stay Free” is a disarmingly sweet song about lost friendship, but as usual, Strummer’s songs act as the group’s conscience. “Cheapskates” and “All the Young Punks” address the illusory nature of success, and both songs function as bitter goodbyes to the band’s punk roots.