Best Clash Album? (punk, rock, debut album, albums, quote)

tdoc210 · 12-22-2008, 10:52 PM

sandinista pour moi

idk i like ivan and gi joe alot

Alfred · 12-22-2008, 10:54 PM

Hitsville UK has become one of my favorite Clash songs.

empty cup · 01-04-2009, 03:44 PM

London Calling is monumental. i have the 25th anniversary edition and love the 2nd disc as well. i think i own this album in some form or other about 4 times over.

other than that, i do have a soft spot for Rockers Galore . . .

oh hell, i love it all . . .

Gavin B. · 01-08-2009, 05:51 AM

Nearly every song on London Calling is a jewel. The album was controversial among a few punk rockers because the Clash's quest for new musical horizons was regarded as a sell-out by some of the Clash's hardcore fans. I thought London Calling was freakin' brilliant and spent endless hours in drunken debates with fellow punk fans defending the Clash's musical integrity.

The Black Market Clash EP was well conceived dub experiment with Mikey Dread at the controls. The Black Market album cover of the lone dread sufferer confronting a batillion of London bobbies during the Brixton uprising is the most striking album cover I've ever seen. The album cover is a sublime political statement that all captures the turbulent mood and social disorder of the Thatcher era in a single dramatic photograph.

The Clash really lost me with Sandinista because much of the album's material is threadbare filler that took the ecclecticism of London Calling to ridiculous extremes. There's hardly enough good songs on Sandinista for a single album let alone a three volume package.

After London Calling on the Clash lost their creative disipline but managed to maintain their political integrity to the bitter end. Like many of the bands of punk era the Clash had a difficult time confronting the internal contradictions of being anti-capitalist band in a hyper-capitalist music business and a hyper-capitalist society.

I think a lot of younger fans of the Clash don't understand how bold and revolutionary the Clash's musical and political approach really was. By the time Nirvana came along, political anger and social deviation was downright fashionable.

SuspectDevice · 01-13-2009, 07:26 PM

I Like the experimental ****, but the self-titled is the only one I can listen to all the way through; over and over again.

Shihad · 01-14-2009, 11:16 PM

As expected London Calling dominates this poll, and so it should. By far the greatest Clash album and one of the greatest albums of all time. Death Or Glory, Guns Of Brixton, Train In Vain all amazing tracks.

Nick The Stripper · 01-15-2009, 11:51 PM

The debut album for me. White Man and Complete Control are the Clash's two best two songs (IMO) and they are both on the first LP, and that's good enough for me. Not that London Calling or Rope for that matter aren't good

Roemilca · 01-24-2009, 05:15 PM

London Calling, followed by two albums that I can't decide on being better than the other, the self-titled and Sandinista!.

MartyDuffy · 02-07-2009, 09:17 AM

Either Combat Rock or the debut album for me.

heart_jenny792 · 02-13-2009, 11:56 PM

London calling definately....i love the clash but when i heard this i was like holy sh*t

View Poll Results: Best Clash Album?
The Clash	61	20.82%
Give Em' Enough Rope	10	3.41%
London Calling	182	62.12%
Sandinista!	25	8.53%
Combat Rock	12	4.10%
Cut The Crap	3	1.02%
Voters: 293. You may not vote on this poll

12-22-2008, 10:52 PM	#91 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	sandinista pour moi idk i like ivan and gi joe alot __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

12-22-2008, 10:54 PM	#92 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Hitsville UK has become one of my favorite Clash songs. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

01-04-2009, 03:44 PM	#93 (permalink)
empty cup Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5	London Calling is monumental. i have the 25th anniversary edition and love the 2nd disc as well. i think i own this album in some form or other about 4 times over. other than that, i do have a soft spot for Rockers Galore . . . oh hell, i love it all . . . __________________ please disregard any attempt at sensical expression on my behalf . . . i a merely seeking some semblance of collective effervesence among my many selves . . . emptiness in a warm cup . . . sip sip oh yeah . . .

01-08-2009, 05:51 AM	#94 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Nearly every song on London Calling is a jewel. The album was controversial among a few punk rockers because the Clash's quest for new musical horizons was regarded as a sell-out by some of the Clash's hardcore fans. I thought London Calling was freakin' brilliant and spent endless hours in drunken debates with fellow punk fans defending the Clash's musical integrity. The Black Market Clash EP was well conceived dub experiment with Mikey Dread at the controls. The Black Market album cover of the lone dread sufferer confronting a batillion of London bobbies during the Brixton uprising is the most striking album cover I've ever seen. The album cover is a sublime political statement that all captures the turbulent mood and social disorder of the Thatcher era in a single dramatic photograph. The Clash really lost me with Sandinista because much of the album's material is threadbare filler that took the ecclecticism of London Calling to ridiculous extremes. There's hardly enough good songs on Sandinista for a single album let alone a three volume package. After London Calling on the Clash lost their creative disipline but managed to maintain their political integrity to the bitter end. Like many of the bands of punk era the Clash had a difficult time confronting the internal contradictions of being anti-capitalist band in a hyper-capitalist music business and a hyper-capitalist society. I think a lot of younger fans of the Clash don't understand how bold and revolutionary the Clash's musical and political approach really was. By the time Nirvana came along, political anger and social deviation was downright fashionable.

01-13-2009, 07:26 PM	#95 (permalink)
SuspectDevice Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 4	I Like the experimental ****, but the self-titled is the only one I can listen to all the way through; over and over again.

01-14-2009, 11:16 PM	#96 (permalink)
Shihad Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8	As expected London Calling dominates this poll, and so it should. By far the greatest Clash album and one of the greatest albums of all time. Death Or Glory, Guns Of Brixton, Train In Vain all amazing tracks.

01-15-2009, 11:51 PM	#97 (permalink)
Nick The Stripper Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St Kilda (Berlin by the Sea) Posts: 2	The debut album for me. White Man and Complete Control are the Clash's two best two songs (IMO) and they are both on the first LP, and that's good enough for me. Not that London Calling or Rope for that matter aren't good

01-24-2009, 05:15 PM	#98 (permalink)
Roemilca Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 412	London Calling, followed by two albums that I can't decide on being better than the other, the self-titled and Sandinista!.

02-07-2009, 09:17 AM	#99 (permalink)
MartyDuffy Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dudley Posts: 2	Either Combat Rock or the debut album for me.

02-13-2009, 11:56 PM	#100 (permalink)
heart_jenny792 Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 19	London calling definately....i love the clash but when i heard this i was like holy sh*t