View our grading guide.
The Clash – Give 'Em Enough Rope (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1978
- Description
- Release details
- Tracklist
-
Give 'Em Enough Rope is an LP by The Clash from 1978 released on the CBS label.
About this album
Give 'Em Enough Rope sharpened The Clash’s attack, pushing their punk fury into a tighter, heavier rock framework. Produced by Sandy Pearlman and recorded in 1978, it was the band’s second album and their first with US ambitions clearly in view, giving songs such as Safe European Home, Tommy Gun and Stay Free a bigger, more hard-hitting sound. The record deepened Joe Strummer and Mick Jones’s writing with sharper social commentary and stronger hooks, helping establish The Clash as one of the most vital bands of the era. It remains a crucial early statement in British punk’s evolution.
Genre: Punk & Alternative
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:A1 Safe European Home
A2 English Civil War
A3 Tommy Gun
A4 Julie'S Been Working For The Drug Squad
A5 Last Gang In Town
B1 Guns On The Roof
B2 Drug-Stabbing Time
B3 Stay Free
B4 Cheapskates
B5 All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)