Give 'Em Enough Rope The Clash

• 1 Safe European Home 03:49
• 2 English Civil War 02:35
• 3 Tommy Gun 03:17
• 4 Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad 03:02
• 5 Last Gang in Town 05:13
• 6 Guns on the Roof 03:15
• 7 Drug-Stabbing Time 03:43
• 8 Stay Free 03:40
• 9 Cheapskates 03:24
• 10 All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts) 04:56
• Total Runtime 36:54

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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