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The Clash - The Essential Clash

The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, each with a distinctive voice and style. The Clash copped heavily from classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause. As a result, they won a passionately devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. While they became rock & roll heroes in the U.K., second only to the Jam in terms of popularity, it took the Clash several years to break into the American market, and when they finally did in 1982, they imploded several months later. Though the Clash never became the superstars they always threatened to become, they restored passion and protest to rock & roll. For a while, they really did seem like "the only band that mattered."

Some would argue that if you only wanted two Clash discs in your collection, you should skip this 40-track overview and pick up The Clash and London Calling instead. No matter how transcendent those two albums are -- and they are among the very greatest popular music of the 20th century -- that overlooks the fact that the group had many, many great songs not on either album, including "Safe European Home," "Stay Free," "Bankrobber," "Rock the Casbah," "Straight to Hell," "This Is Radio Clash," and "Should I Stay or Should I Go," to begin with. That's where this 2003 compilation comes in. It fills in many of the gaps between those two records, while summarizing The Clash and London Calling well, providing a first-rate overview of the greatest punk band. It's not quite perfect, however: some great singles and B-sides fall through the cracks (notably "Gates of the West," "Jail Guitar Doors," "The Call Up," "Armagedion Time," "The Prisoner," "Protex Blue") and the Sandinista! selections feel nearly as haphazard as the album itself. Nevertheless, this does provide the best, most extensive and logical overview of the band yet assembled, and it's worthwhile not just as an introduction, but as a terrific listen.

Track List:

Disc One

01.White Riot

02.London's Burning

03.Complete Control

04.Clash City Rockers (Original Version)

05.I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.

06.Career Opportunities

07.Hate & War

08.Cheat

09.Police & Thieves

10.Janie Jones

11.Garageland

12.Capital Radio One

13.(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

14.English Civil War

15.Tommy Gun

16.Safe European Home

17.Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad

18.Stay Free

19.Groovy Times

20.I Fought The Law

Disc Two

01.London Calling

02.The Guns Of Brixton

03.Clampdown

04.Rudie Can't Fail

05.Lost In The Supermarket

06.Jimmy Jazz

07.Train In Vain (Stand By Me)

08.Bankrobber

09.The Magnificent Seven

10.Ivan Meets G.I. Joe

11.Police On My Back

12.Stop The World

13.Somebody Got Murdered

14.The Street Parade

15.This Is Radio Clash

16.Ghetto Defendant

17.Rock The Casbah

18.Straight To Hell

19.Should I Stay Or Should I Go

20.This Is England

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