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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I feel weird about London Calling. One the one hand, it's a great pop record with memorable songs that stick in your head for years, and a solid 8/10 (sorry, but the second half of the second disc is just dull). On the other, all those "experimentations" on the album just end up feeling shallow. Like they just threw some random bits of different styles of music onto some punk influenced pop in order to give them some more flavor, but the experimentation just feels skin deep. Catchy as fuck, but over rated.
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I rate the debut at about a 8/10, London Calling bores me for the most part, probably a 6/10. I will say the 25th anniversary edition with the Vanilla tapes, the original recordings without filler was better then the final recording. The debut will always be my go to Clash, its their best record by a long shot.