Like Rattle and Hum, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is a messy compilation. It was a fictitious documentation created by manager Malcolm McLaren and incoherently compiled tracks played in various musical styles - punk, rockabilly, disco and even orhestra - in a double album. There are some tracks that the band shouted louder than their original versions ("Anarchy in the U.K."). And there are tracks that prove punk can be taken solemnly with string arrangements ("E.M.I."). To enhance rebellion, they had exiled English prisoner Ronnie Biggs doing his vocal takes on two tracks in Brazil and, moreover, it was great fun to hear Sid Vicious turned "My Way" into raging punk rock.
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