Over the last couple of weeks I've basically listened to The Clash non-stop. London Calling is probably the best album I've ever heard. I disagree calling it punk though, since it lacks the sound often associated with punk. To me, it's really post-punk, perhaps the first such album. It grasps a vast amount of influences, a trademark of post-punk.
Their first album beats the debut of both the Pistols and the Ramones. I don't mind the Pistols, but the Ramones bores me to death. They just sound like The Beach Boys with x1.5 speed.
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