Sandinista! - The Clash
As much as I love The Clash, they pretty much sucked after this album. They should have stuck with what they were good at. Honest, straightforawrd punk rock. Instead, they tried to experiment with R&B, Pop, Funk, and Raggae. And you know what? I hate it. I know London Calling only had "Koka Kola", "London Calling", "Clampdown" and maybe one or two other songs that were actually Punk Rock, but at least they did a good job of incorporating other genres. "The Right Profile", "The Card Cheat", "I'm Not Down", "Spanish Bombs", "Rudie Can't Fail", "Guns Of Brixton" and their covers of "Brand New Caddillac" and "Wrong Em' Boyo" is among their best work, and it was arguably not punk. But Sandinista and afterwards, blah. They rarely did anything with punk after that. It was all this experimental garbage that sucked. I love the Clash, but I would love them more if they actually stayed punk (and maybe throw in a few raggae or rockabilly ones, I guess).
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