Give Them Rope

Summary

Give Them Rope is the debut full-length album by American metalcore band Coalesce, originally released on June 1, 1997, through Edision Recordings. It was re-released in 2004 in a remastered and remixed format under the name Give Them Rope, She Said with new artwork. A two-disc deluxe compact disc edition was released by Relapse Records in 2011, this time using the original artwork and title. This album has never charted.[5]

Give Them Rope
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 1997 (reissued in 2004)
Recorded1996[1]
StudioRed House Studios
(Lawrence, Kansas)
GenreMetalcore, mathcore
Length38:56
LabelEdision
ProducerEd Rose
Coalesce chronology
Among the Dead We Pray for Light
(1997)
Give Them Rope
(1997)
Functioning on Impatience
(1998)
Alternative cover
2004 re-issue artwork
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Lambgoat[3]
Punknews.org[4]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Have Patience"3:11
2."One on the Ground"3:42
3."Cut to Length"3:07
4."For All You Are"3:30
5."Still It Sells"4:12
6."Chain Smoking"3:41
7."Did It Pay the Rent?"4:54
8."Every Reason To"3:36
9."I Am Not the First"0:58
10."This Is the Last"4:04
11."I Took a Year"4:01

Personnel edit

Coalesce
  • James Dewees - drums
  • Stacey Hilt - bass guitar
  • Sean Ingram - vocals, art direction (2004 edition)
  • Jes Stienger - guitar, liner notes (2011 edition)
Production
  • Dan Askew - design, layout
  • Ed Rose - engineering, production, remixing on reissues
  • Keith Chirgin - mastering
  • Morgan Walker - mastering
  • Dave Matousek - remastering (2004 edition)
  • Reid Otto - remastering (2011 edition)
Artwork
  • Justin Berucki - photography
  • Kevin Lysaght - photography
  • Paul D'Elia - photography
  • Matthew Daley - cover artwork (2004 edition)
  • Joe Chavez - layout (2004 edition)
  • Jacob Spies - art direction, design, layout (2011 edition)
  • Andre Hutchison - photography (2011 edition)
  • Bob Peele - photography (2011 edition)
  • Celeste Peterson - photography (2011 edition)
  • Mike Thomas - photography (2011 edition)

Release history edit

Region Date Label Format Catalog Notes
United States June 1, 1997 Edision Recordings LP, CD, CS edison 006
June 1, 2004 Edision Recordings CD Remastered edition, features new artwork and is titled Give Them Rope, She Said V2.0. LP edition released by No Idea would later be repressed in 2008.
Blue Collar Distro BCD01
No Idea Records LP NIR-153
November 22, 2011 Relapse Records 2xCD RR7160 Two-disc set, first disc is the original mix of the album, the second disc is the 2004 remaster edition.
No Sleep Records 2xLP NSR059

References edit

  1. ^ Gotrich (2011-10-09), Lars. "Coalesce: A Tale of Two Ropes". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 2018-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ York, William. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "Lambgoat review". Lambgoat.com. July 29, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Punknews review". Punknews.org. June 25, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  5. ^ "Give Them Rope - Coalesce". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.

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