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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | 
| Artist: The Sex Pistols
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 24896
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 077778787624
EAN: 0077778787624
ASIN: B000025IQA
Release Date: May 10, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | God Save The Queen (Symphony) | | • | Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | | • | You Need Hands - McLaren, Malcolm | | • | Silly Thing | | • | Lonely Boy | | • | Something Else | | • | We're Gonna Rock Around The Clock | | • | C'mon Everybody | | • | Who Killed Bambi | | • | No One Is Innocent - Biggs, Ronnie | | • | L'anarchie Pour Le UK | | • | My Way |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Given that punk was supposed to blow away the hegemony of self-appointed "albums" artists, it's perhaps a little optimistic to expect a classic album by the Sex Pistols. Some would say that iNever Mind The Bollocks/i was indeed such a thing; few though, would make the same claim about this, the accompanying album to the band's eponymous movie. That's not, however, to say that iThe Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle/i doesn't yield some top moments: "God Save The Queen" and "Anarchy In The UK" still remain as beautifully nihilistic as pop can get. Alas though, Glen Matlock didn't stick around long enough to write a few more. What fills the gaps, in his absence, is a slew of occasionally amusing novelty songs ("Who Killed Bambi", Sid's "My Way", "Friggin In The Riggin"), lame covers ("Substitute", "Johnny B Goode", the afro-funk Pistols medley "Black Arabs") and a charming cameo from great train robber Ronnie Biggs on "Belsen Was A Gas". Perhaps you had to be there. i--Peter Paphides/i
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 It's A Swindle! February 28, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Forget objectivity this album is so obviously an insult to it's intended audience that it's beyond a joke.Then why do i find it so incredibly entertaining then? Punk rock always had a sense of the ridiculous.That was often missed by it's detractors but as it was an antedote to the po faced mush that preceeded it we can understand that.It's a mixed bag based on a film that was never really a film and contains all kinds of curios that many Pistols purists still find beneath contempt.As a collection of music it is fine, and like it or not, a part of the Pistols legend.
God save the Queen 'eh John? March 17, 2001
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Sex Pistols were musically revolutionary and produced a brilliant first album, but it was all over too quickly. Their second was the soundtrack to their film of the same name. It is a collection of bottom barrellers. New version of Anarchy, early recording impro of Johnny B Good, Sid Vicious My Way, Belsen was a Gas. Otherwise there are some dreadful songs recorded after the band had pretty much broken up or by other bands. The Black arabs? The Great Rock N' Roll Swindle preformed by a guy who went onto to host The Crystal Maze? (the one who had hair) No wonder Johnny Rotten wanted out. Friggin' in the riggin' is however classic football chant. I suggest you buy this if you are bored of Never Mind the Bollocks. It is the only other album with other original material.
Guaranteed to Upset the Neighbours! December 14, 1999
4 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you only every buy one punk album, then make it this one. This is loud, obnoxious, offensive and irreverent all rolled into one with a heavy hint of sarcasm for good measure. Don't take it seriously, just enjoy!
 Listen to this if you feel like something different November 14, 1999
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
An absolutely mad album. Takes you back to the days when rebellion and anarchy were cool and makes you want to do something outrageous. Not for listening to on a lazy afternoon, but when you really fancy something different. I especially like Sid Vicious's versions of Something Else and My Way.
Less is more June 16, 2007
AGC2070 (Ashford, Kent, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would seriously reccommend the 12-track highlights album as opposed to the 24-track sprawling mess. Firstly when dealing with erratic material like this, the sequencing makes or breaks the album. The highlights album begins with Malcolm McLaren's voiceover and then crashes into Rock n Roll Swindle - a good start. It includes all the best of the rock n roll songs like Something Else and Lonely Boy but none of the dross like Johnny Be Good and Road Runner where Johnny Rotten struggles to remember any of the words and consequently swears a lot! The Ten Pole Tudor songs are completely insane but seem to fit in better on the 12-track album than on the longer version.
br /However, the lyrics are still shocking, yet have none of the political oomph of the first pistols album. Perhaps this is the Pistols as Malcolm McLaren would have liked them - a charicature of punk rock with nothing much to say.
br /Personally, I would prefer a 17-track album with the 'highlights' dozen followed by the amusing French style Anarchy in the UK, then the first Belsen was a Gas, Don't give me no lip, I'm not your stepping stone and the Black Arabs medley as a fittingly daft finisher. With the 24-track album this parody is placed before one of the songs it is parodying (No one is innocent) which seems absurd.
br /Whereas Johnny Rotten's 'Belsen was a gas' seems to express disgust at the Nazi regime with the repeated 'Be a man, kill someone', the Ronnie Biggs' version seems much too light hearted for the shocking subject matter, but then I suppose it would have been a bit much to expect pathos from one of the great train robbers! As for the dirty rugby song done punk style which concludes the longer album, if nothing has offended you so far, this one might just do it. Thankfully the highlights album omits this! All in all, this album proves just how pivotal Matlock was to the Sex Pistols being a serious band.
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