BILLY IDOL - Whiplash Smile (Reissue) warners-rhino Snapped Ankles have given up

Snapped Ankles have given up trying to make sense of it all

Let's Stay Together and Private Dancer written by Dire Straits singer/guitarist Mark Knopfler

with a 4-page insert containing the lyrics

inhabiting a personality-driven idiom with more charisma and originality than most anyone else

BILLY IDOL - Whiplash Smile (Reissue) warners-rhino Snapped Ankles have given up1LP Black Vinyl (2025 Reissue). The album burst into life with guitarist Steve Stevens suitably muscular riffing on the opening Worlds Forgotten Boy, and its clutch of flashy, hi octane anthems (Dont Need A Gun, Soul Standing By, and Fatal Charm) played to Idols strengths, with their punk and hard rock credentials given a mainstream sheen and embellished with dancefloor friendly beats by producer Keith Forsey.