Best Clash Album?

Mondo Bungle · 11-03-2016, 12:58 PM

I'm with the popular opinion, London Calling.

It's easily their most thorough, dynamic, and thought out work.

Funtage · 12-11-2016, 09:56 AM

London calling mate.

~~Snowman999~~ · 02-20-2017, 10:08 PM

London Calling is CLASSIC. Without a doubt their best.

Sandinista would have been a magnificent single album.

Cut the Crap is crap. They replaced Jones with two guitarists and it was still weak and awful.

I had tickets for all 8 original shows at Bonds Casino in NYC.

Opening night they overpacked the place by double and when I left (I was upfront and it took a while) there were fire marshalls at each door counting heads. They had to double the amount of shows or cancel the remaining shows.

I saw 8 of the 16 shows. All were MAGNIFICENT.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first opening act opening night, and they were booed off stage. My friend was drinking a bottle of pre-mixed vodka/orange juice. When he was done, I told him to throw the bottle at the band, which he did. Grandmaster stopped and they started yelling that The Clash asked them to perform... The audience just booed them off the stage. They really sucked. I saw them a few times after that, and they always sucked. But, The Message in my opinion is the best rap song ever.

Cthulhuhat · 06-15-2017, 05:44 PM

I would have said London Calling in the past but then I discovered the Vanilla Tapes album, the fire in soweto cover has been my go to chill out song ever since.

Dylstew · 06-16-2017, 07:27 AM

As a punk record, the first is the best.
As a rock in general record, London Calling is the best.

JOEYROCKS · 08-04-2017, 08:27 AM

London Calling closely followed by their first album

HisGrace · 08-28-2017, 12:19 PM

I honestly would go with Combat Rock, even though it's not the most popular choice. It's their most complete and unified work, closely followed by their debut, but the aggregate quality isn't as high on that one as on Combat Rock, IMO. London Calling and Sandinista! have their best music, but those both have loads of filler and even bad songs and would have been much better if condensed to single discs.

Not much to say about Give Em' Enough Rope. It's just there. I haven't even bothered listening to Cut the Crap out of the assumption that it's as bad as everyone says.

The Batlord · 08-30-2017, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

But nah London Calling does not have filler **** outta here

Last half of the second album can take a hike afaic.

Zhanteimi · 08-30-2017, 07:58 AM

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The Batlord · 08-30-2017, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

Die.

Are you honestly going to tell me that "Lover's Rock" isn't dull ****? And I don't even know how anyone in the band thought "Guns of Brixton" was worth recording. I guess they just wanted to throw Paul Simonon a bone.

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%
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12-11-2016, 09:56 AM	#252 (permalink)
Funtage Groupie Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 3	London calling mate.

02-20-2017, 10:08 PM	#253 (permalink)
~~Snowman999~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 27	London Calling is CLASSIC. Without a doubt their best. Sandinista would have been a magnificent single album. Cut the Crap is crap. They replaced Jones with two guitarists and it was still weak and awful. I had tickets for all 8 original shows at Bonds Casino in NYC. Opening night they overpacked the place by double and when I left (I was upfront and it took a while) there were fire marshalls at each door counting heads. They had to double the amount of shows or cancel the remaining shows. I saw 8 of the 16 shows. All were MAGNIFICENT. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first opening act opening night, and they were booed off stage. My friend was drinking a bottle of pre-mixed vodka/orange juice. When he was done, I told him to throw the bottle at the band, which he did. Grandmaster stopped and they started yelling that The Clash asked them to perform... The audience just booed them off the stage. They really sucked. I saw them a few times after that, and they always sucked. But, The Message in my opinion is the best rap song ever.

06-15-2017, 05:44 PM	#254 (permalink)
Cthulhuhat Groupie Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 2	I would have said London Calling in the past but then I discovered the Vanilla Tapes album, the fire in soweto cover has been my go to chill out song ever since.

06-16-2017, 07:27 AM	#255 (permalink)
Dylstew Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,366	As a punk record, the first is the best. As a rock in general record, London Calling is the best.

08-04-2017, 08:27 AM	#256 (permalink)
JOEYROCKS Groupie Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 6	London Calling closely followed by their first album

08-28-2017, 12:19 PM	#257 (permalink)
HisGrace Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 60	I honestly would go with Combat Rock, even though it's not the most popular choice. It's their most complete and unified work, closely followed by their debut, but the aggregate quality isn't as high on that one as on Combat Rock, IMO. London Calling and Sandinista! have their best music, but those both have loads of filler and even bad songs and would have been much better if condensed to single discs. Not much to say about Give Em' Enough Rope. It's just there. I haven't even bothered listening to Cut the Crap out of the assumption that it's as bad as everyone says.