The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea

Crossing the Red Sea With….The Adverts was the summation of a year's worth of gigging, honing a repertoire that (jagged, jarring, and frequently underplayed though it was) nevertheless bristled with hits, both commercial and cultural. "No Time to Be 21," "One Chord Wonders," and "Bored Teenagers" were already established among the most potent rallying cries of the entire new wave, catch phrases for a generation that had no time for anthems; "Bombsite Boy," "Safety in Numbers," and "Great British Mistake" offered salvation to the movement's disaffected hordes; and the whole thing was cut with such numbingly widescreen energy that, even with the volume turned down, it still shakes the foundations.

The band's original vision saw a rerecording of "Gary Gilmore's Eyes," a Top 20 hit during summer 1977, included on the album, being dropped (for space considerations) at the last minute. It's one of the few punk songs that truly deserved to be called a classic. Although excluded from the initial release of the album, the mistake is corrected by this 2002 re-release of the album and it's included no less than three times. Talk about over compensating.

As well as the three version of 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes' this re-release throws in a pile of additional extras including live tracks and some songs that weren't included on the original album. Crossing The Red Sea With….The Adverts, with the addition of the mysteriously excluded 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes', stands up well on its own, the added extras merely seal the deal.

It's time to put away your dubstep albums and your witch house white labels and get an infusion of old school punk into your veins courtesy of the Adverts.

 

Taken from the 2002 Devils Own 2 CD Reissue to MP3 @ 320kbps

Track List

Disc 1

1.      One Chord Wonders

2.      Bored Teenagers

3.      New Church

4.      On The Roof

5.      New Boys

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

Disc 2

1.      One Chord Wonders

2.      Quickstep

3.      Gary Gilmore’s Eyes

4.      Bored Teenagers

5.      Safety In Numbers

6.      We Who Wait

7.      On Wheels

8.      New Boys

9.      New Church

10.   Gary Gilmore’s Eyes

11.   Drowning Men

12.   No Time To Be 21

Notes;

Track 1-5 original album tracks
Track 6 bonus track
Track 7-9 original album tracks
Track 10 bonus track
Track 12-13 original album tracks
Track 1-6 (CD 2) bonus tracks (single versions and b-sides)
Track 7-12 (CD 2) bonus tracks (live)