Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. London Calling
2. Brand New Cadillac
3. Jimmy Jazz
4. Hateful
5. Rudie Can't Fail
6. Spanish Bombs
7. Right Profile, The
8. Lost in the Supermarket
9. Clampdown
10. Guns of Brixton, The
11. Wrong 'Em Boyo
12. Death or Glory
13. Koka Kola
14. Card Cheat, The
15. Lover's Rock
16. Four Horsemen
17. I'm Not Down
18. Revolution Rock
19. Train in Vain
| | Details | | Playing time: | 66 min. | | Producer: | Guy Stevens | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
| | Album notes | Also available in a 3-pack with THE CLASH and COMBAT ROCK.
The Clash: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (vocals, guitar); Paul Simonon (vocals, bass); Topper Headon (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Baker Glare (whistling); The Irish Horns (brass); Micky Gallagher (organ).
Digitally remastered by Ray Staff & Bob Whitney (Whitfield Street Studios, London, England).
If punk rejected pop history, LONDON CALLING reclaimed it, albeit with a knowing perspective. The scope of this double set is breathtaking, encompassing reggae, rockabilly, and the group's own furious mettle. Such a combination might seem over-ambitious, but the Clash accomplish it with swaggering panache. Guy Stevens, who produced the group's first demos, returns to the helm to provide a confident, cohesive sound equal to the set's brilliant array of material. Boldly assertive and superbly focused, London Calling contains many of the quartet's finest songs and is, by extension, virtually faultless.
| | Editorial reviews | Ranked #6 in NME's list of The Greatest Albums Of The '70s - ...To hear a group blam away so fluently is a joy...
NME (09/11/1993)
Ranked #1 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums Of The Eighties survey.
Rolling Stone (11/01/1989)
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe (12/01/1999)
Ranked #4 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums
Q (06/01/2000)
5 stars out of 5 - ...19-track, filler-free double album....the best Clash album and therefore among the very best albums ever recorded...
Q (12/01/1999)
4 out of 5 - ...This is a definitive album in rock's pantheon, and surely a WHITE ALBUM for the sub-generation lost between hippie idealism and MTV digitalism...
Alternative Press (03/01/2000)
Included in AP's 10 Essential '80s Albums.
Alternative Press (08/01/2001)
Ranked #22 in Mojo's Top 50 Punk Albums - ...The iconic sleeve shot of a bass-shredding Paul Simonon is well matched by the music...
Mojo (03/01/2003)
Included in Q's 100 Best Punk Albums.
Q
Ranked #3 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980.
CMJ (01/05/2004)
Big, arena-friendly anthems, infectious blue-beat winners and punch-drunk, New Orleans-style R&B workouts....[S]imply one of the era's landmark records.
Magnet
5 stars out of 5 - LONDON CALLING engages soul riffs, reggae beats and vintage rock'n'roll as a band of true blood brothers define their battle-scarred universe. As remarkable now as it was 25 years ago.
Uncut
5 stars out of 5 - The Clash demonstrated beyond any doubt that they had grown beyond their apocalyptic but parochial West London horizons to become a world-class band with a world-wide vision.
Mojo
5 stars out of 5 - [The album] sounds crucial right now because of righteous blasts such as the title track.
Rolling Stone
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