release date: Dec. 14, 1979
format: vinyl 2 lp (CBS 88478) / cd
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,68]
producer: Guy Stevens, Mick Jones
label: CBS Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: A) 1. "London Calling" (5 / 5) (live) - 4. "Hateful" (5 / 5) - - B) 1. "Spanish Bombs" (5 / 5) - 3. "Lost in the Supermarket" (5 / 5) - 5. "The Guns of Brixton" (4,5 / 5) - - C) 2. "Death or Glory" (4,5 / 5) - 4. "The Card Cheat" (4,5 / 5) - - D) 1. "Lover's Rock" (4,5 / 5) - 2. "Four Horseman" (4 / 5) - 3. "I'm Not Down" (4 / 5) - 4. "Revolution Rock" (4,5 / 5) - 5. "Train in Vain" (5 / 5) (live)
3rd studio album by The Clash is a double vinyl album regarded as the band's best album. The style has evolved to a more quiet, subdued punk rock combined with ska, reggae, rockabilly / rock & roll, and jazz. Almost all tracks are co-written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, commonly known with Strummer as the lyricist and Jones as the musical composer - sometimes vice-versa. I recall, buying the album one or perhaps two years after its release, and the album was for a period of time, my most beloved album, although, this was at a time with so much new music coming to my attention that it was hard to keep an album as favourite for more than a few weeks. I really loved the energy of the punk rock era, and was of the impression that this was not entirely as great as Give 'Em Enough Rope, which I till this day still feel. The album was, and still is, considered a milestone of modern rock. Some claim that it's the first real post-punk album in the sense that a genuine punk rock band explores and incorporates other styles and genres from a punk rock perspective. The album is enlisted at the very top of numerous best of lists comprising the best albums of all time, and naturally, it's also in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
btw.: The front cover design is inspired by the debut album (1956) by Elvis Presley.
[ allmusic.com, Sputnikmusic, Rolling Stone, Q Magazine 5 / 5 stars ]
1979 Favourite releases: 1. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures - 2. The Jam Setting Sons - 3. The Clash London Calling
"Collector's item".
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