Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts

by The Adverts

Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts cover art

Although it didn't achieve the massive commercial glory of peers like The Clash, The Adverts' debut is widely considered one of the most vital, intelligent albums of the 1977 UK punk explosion. Driven by T.V. Smith's fiercely conscious, highly sarcastic lyricism, the record delivers an incredibly raw, remarkably melodic, and deeply rebellious burst of urban energy.

Genres

  • Punk Rock

Tracklist

  1. One Chord Wonders
  2. Bored Teenagers
  3. New Church
  4. On the Roof
  5. Newboys
  6. Gary Gilmore's Eyes
  7. Bombsite Boy
  8. No Time to Be 21
  9. Safety in Numbers
  10. New Day Dawns
  11. Drowning Men
  12. On Wheels
  13. Great British Mistake
  14. One Chord Wonders - Radio Edit
  15. Quickstep
  16. Gary Gilmore's Eyes - Radio Edit
  17. Bored Teenagers - Radio Edit
  18. Safety in Numbers - Radio Edit
  19. We Who Wait
  20. On Wheels - Live
  21. Newboys - Live
  22. New Church - Live
  23. Gary Gilmore's Eyes - Live
  24. Drowning Men - Live
  25. No Time to Be 21 - Live