Give Them Rope

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 Coalesce
Released	June 1, 1997
Recorded	1996[1]
Studio	Red House Studios, Lawrence, Kansas
Genre	Metalcore, mathcore
Length	38:56
Label	Edision
Producer	Ed 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Lambgoat	9/10[3]
Punknews.org	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Coalesce

• James Dewees – drums
• Stacey Hilt – bass guitar
• Sean Ingram – vocals, art direction (2004 edition)
• Jes Stienger – guitar, liner notes (2011 edition)

Production

• Ed Rose – engineering, production, remixing on reissues
• Keith Chirgin – mastering
• Morgan Walker – mastering
• Dave Matousek – remastering (2004 edition)
• Reid Otto – remastering (2011 edition)

Artwork

• Dan Askew – design, layout
• 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

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