The Mekons Rock 'n Roll

Released in 1989, The Mekons Rock 'n Roll is the eighth studio album by English rock band The Mekons. Pitchfork placed the album at number 97 on their list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.[8] In December 2007 the album was ranked number 97 in Blender (magazine)'s 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever [9]. Decades later, critics still remembered it fondly.[10][11]

The Mekons Rock 'n Roll
Studio album by
The Mekons
ReleasedSeptember 1989
RecordedTerminal Studios & Berry Street Studio London
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:24
LabelBlast First
ProducerMekons/Ian Caple
The Mekons chronology
So Good It Hurts
(1988)		 The Mekons Rock 'n Roll
(1989)		 Curse of the Mekons
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Q[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[6]
The Village VoiceA[7]

Track listing

All songs composed by The Mekons (as per label). The BMI database lists all songs as composed by Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford.

  1. "Memphis, Egypt" – 3:37
  2. "Club Mekon" – 3:29
  3. "Only Darkness Has the Power" – 3:28
  4. "Ring O' Roses" – 4:07
  5. "Learning to Live on Your Own" – 4:37
  6. "Cocaine Lil" – 2:51
  7. "Empire of the Senseless" – 4:35
  8. "Someone" – 2:44
  9. "Amnesia" – 4:31
  10. "I Am Crazy" – 3:28
  11. "Heaven and Back" – 3:16
  12. "Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet" – 3:56
  13. "Echo" – 4:33
  14. "When Darkness Falls" – 3:53

The American issue of this album omits "Ring O' Roses" and "Heaven and Back".

References
  1. Dougan, John. "The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll – The Mekons". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. Kot, Greg (9 November 1989). "Mekons: The Mekons Rock `n` Roll (Twin Tone/A & M)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. "Mekons: The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll". Q (37). October 1989.
  4. Young, Jon (8 February 1990). "The Mekons: The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. Considine, J. D.; Hoard, Christian (2004). "The Mekons". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 534–36. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. Christgau, Robert (21 November 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  8. "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  9. "Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  10. Christgau, Robert (24 April 2001). "The Mekons: Rock 'n' Roll". Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  11. Nelson, Elizabeth (18 September 2019). "Handcuffed to History: 'The Mekons Rock 'N' Roll' Is 30 Years Old". The Ringer. Retrieved 2019-12-01.


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