Give 'Em Enough Rope The Clash

• 1Safe European Home03:49
• 2English Civil War02:35
• 3Tommy Gun03:17
• 4Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad03:02
• 5Last Gang in Town05:13
• 6Guns on the Roof03:15
• 7Drug-Stabbing Time03:43
• 8Stay Free03:40
• 9Cheapskates03:24
• 10All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)04:56
• Total Runtime36:54

Info for Give 'Em Enough Rope

Sensing the emollient rattle of punk was an artistic dead end, the Clash took an abrupt volte-face and invited American Sandy Pearlman to produce their second album. Respected for his work with Blue Oyster Cult and the Dictators, Pearlman introduced a sheen that disturbed purists but introduced the Clash to a wider audience. The clear sound brought a new emphasis to the quartet's internal interplay and allowed the material to stand up in its own right. „Give 'Em Enough Rope“ contains several of the band's most popular songs, which range from the defiant "Tommy Gun" to the sensitive "Stay Free," a contrast confirming the Clash's wider musical ambitions.

"...no more punk than Blondie...[it] shined of quality....their drumming problems were over with the arrival of jazz-trained [Topper] Headon..." (Q-Magazine)

Joe Strummer, lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Mick Jones, ead guitar, vocals
Paul Simonon, bass
Topper Headon, drums
Additional musicians:
Allen Lanier, piano on "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad"

Recorded from March–April 1978, Basing Street Studios, London; and August–September 1978 at The Automatt, San Francisco
Engineered by Corky Stasiak, Dennis Ferranti, Gregg Caruso, Chris Mingo
Produced by Sandy Pearlman

Digitally remastered

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