Crossing the Red Sea [Original recording reissued]

Adverts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 13, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Fire UK
• ASIN: B0000633G1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

'Ultimate' edition of the UK punk's classic 1978 debut includes 12 bonus tracks. 'One Chord Wonders', 'Quickstep', 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes', 'Bored Teenagers', 'Safety In Numbers' & 'We Who Wait' are taken from singles. 'On Wheels', 'Newboys', 'New Church', 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes', 'Drowning Men' & 'No Time To Be 21' are previously unreleased live tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the defining statements of the punk era., January 14, 2007

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Chet L. Young - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crossing the Red Sea (Audio CD)

If you own the debut albums of the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash, then you should have "Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts", as well. Punk doesn't get any more sincere and passionate than this. You can read about the Adverts in Jon Savage's *very* detailed "England's Dreaming".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Early Punk Classic, May 2, 2008

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Mike B. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crossing the Red Sea (Audio CD)

The Adverts released one perfect punk album, and another that wasn't very good. Then they broke up.

"Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts" has always been one of my favorite albums of early British punk, and comes very close to matching the classic debuts of the Pistols, Clash, and Stranglers. It's that good. This is the remastered "ultimate edition", with bonus singles and "live" tracks.

All their best singles are accounted for here: "One Chord Wonders", "Bored Teenagers", "Gary Gilmore's Eyes", and "No Time To Be 21". As much as I love these, my favorites are the less heralded album tracks "Bombsite Boy" and "Great British Mistake". Every song is good, but these 2 are stand-outs.

So I was confused when their follow-up album "Cast Of Thousands" didn't even have one good song. I had to buy Thousands again recently because it comes with a great bonus disc of all their "live" appearances on John Peel's radio show. This bonus CD is the same sought-after collectable previously called "The Wonders Don't Care".

They were an energetic and intelligent foursome - T.V. Smith was a good frontman and guitarist, and bassist Gaye Advert (later his wife) was one of the first girls to establish a punk "look". They toured a lot and opened for groups like the Damned and Generation X, but didn't achieve their level of acclaim. After disbanding, T.V. (Tim) Smith formed the Explorers, and still makes solo appearances. I stopped keeping up with him, so I don't know if he's good.

But I know at one time he was terrific, and "Crossing The Red Sea" proves it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware! about the Live tracks, sounds really BAD!, March 7, 2011

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E. Mora (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crossing the Red Sea (Audio CD)

great about album and singles, but the live tracks sounds like a really poor bootleg!

tracks 20 to 25 = live tracks = poor sound