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Track Listing
DISC 1: LONDON CALLING:
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
DISC 2: THE VANILLA TAPES:
1. Hateful
2. Rudie Can't Fail
3. Paul's Tune
4. I'm Not Down
5. 4 Horsemen
6. Koka Kola, Advertising & Cocaine
7. Death or Glory
8. Lover's Rock
9. Lonesome Me - (previously unreleased)
10. Police Walked in 4 Jazz, The
11. Lost in the Supermarket
12. Up-Toon - (instrumental)
13. Walking the Sidewalk - (previously unreleased)
14. Where You Gonna Go (Soweto) - (previously unreleased)
15. Man in Me, The - (previously unreleased)
16. Remote Control
17. Working and Waiting
18. Heart & Mind - (previously unreleased)
19. Brand New Cadillac
20. London Calling
21. Revolution Rock
| Details | | Producer: | Guy Stevens | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
LONDON CALLING: THE LEGACY EDITION includes a bonus DVD featuring an exclusive 45 minute documentary on the making of the album.
The Clash: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (vocals, guitar); Paul Simonon (vocals, bass instrument); Topper Headon (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Baker Glare (whistling); The Irish Horns (brass); Micky Gallagher (organ).
Recording information: Wessex Studios, England (07/1979 - 08/1979).
If punk rejected pop history, LONDON CALLING reclaimed it, albeit with a knowing perspective. The scope of this double set is breaktaking, encompassing reggae, rockabilly and the group's own furious mettle. Where such a combination might have proved over-ambitious, 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.
Industry 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.
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.
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