Released September 1989 Release date September 1989 | Length 45:24 Artist The Mekons Label A&M Records | |
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Recorded Terminal Studios & Berry Street Studio London So Good It Hurts(1988) The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll(1989) Similar The Mekons albums, Alternative rock albums |
The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll is the eighth studio album by The Mekons. Pitchfork named this album #97 on their list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.
Contents
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.
- "Memphis, Egypt" – 3:37
- "Club Mekon" – 3:29
- "Only Darkness Has the Power" – 3:28
- "Ring O' Roses" – 4:07
- "Learning to Live on Your Own" – 4:37
- "Cocaine Lil" – 2:51
- "Empire of the Senseless" – 4:35
- "Someone" – 2:44
- "Amnesia" – 4:31
- "I Am Crazy" – 3:28
- "Heaven and Back" – 3:16
- "Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet" – 3:56
- "Echo" – 4:33
- "When Darkness Falls" – 3:53
The American issue of this album omits "Ring O' Roses" and "Heaven and Back".
Songs
1Memphis - Egypt3:37
2Club Mekon3:29
3Only Darkness Has the Power3:28
References
The Mekons Rock 'n Roll Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA