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Give 'Em Enough Rope – The ClashNovember 10th, 1978  or  iTunes Price: $9.90 Genre: Pop Released: Nov 10, 1978 Customer Ratings (44 Ratings)
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View More By The Clash Our ReviewProduced 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.. Customer ReviewsAmong their best (4 stars)The problem with this album is that it is so often overlooked and never heard or appreciated for what it is. Casual fans of the Clash will get the singles or, God forbid, Combat Rock. Hardcore Clash fans tend to prefer The Clash and London Calling. And then those who loved the Clash's experimental side pick up Sandinsta!. (Those who hate good music buy Cut the Crap...) Historically, this album never sold well and is a victim of timing and pe Not the best the Clash have to offer but worthwhile (4 stars) This album was maligned mostly due to when it was released. Even though the Clash simply recorded the songs they had saved up they were accused of catering to the American market, especially since their producer was American. But in today's light tunes such as Safe European Home, Tommy Gun, and one of my favorite but less glamorous Mick Jones' songs Stay Free. This album might surprise you and if your listening to the Clash anyway means y The ONLY band that Ever Mattered... (5 stars) ...Or so it was said. Here's your reason why. More polished than the 1st album, but containing all of the explosiveness of their live performances, " Rope" finds Mick Jones firing off minimalist supercharged guitar licks, under Joe Strummer's primal scream political indictments, while Topper & Paul keep it nailed down tight while pushing it forward like a runaway locomotive out of hell. There is no fat on this album, and your a BiographyFormed: 1976 in London, EnglandGenre: Rock Years Active: '70s, '80s The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones,...
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