The Singles – The ClashJuly 25th, 1991 or iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Rock Released: 1991 Customer Ratings (58 Ratings)
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The Singles – The ClashView More By The Clash Our ReviewHaving reached a pinnacle of commercial success before breaking up in 1986, it’s easy to forget that The Clash’s music was first thought too aggressive for the U.S. airwaves. Listening now to the radio friendly “Rock the Casbah,” their faithful cover of the 1950s classic, “I Fought the Law,” or the (now) easy listening punk of “Remote Control,” one almost wonders what all the fuss was about. But for every soft-focus “Train in Vain,” there was a fiery “White Riot” or a “Clash City Rockers,” their aggressive, four-chord punk contextualized by the band’s use of numerous touchstones of pop culture (the Elvis homage on the cover of London Calling; the liberal borrowing of rockabilly, dub and reggae rhythms; their unabashed fondness for soul and pop in the middle of the safety-pin revolution, etc.). Comprised of the band’s U.K. single A-sides (actually, there were 19 of them; “Train in Vain” is included here as an honorary U.K. single when in truth it was a hit single in the U.S.), this collection will do fine for the true fan who needs an easy, single-disc size collection of some of the band’s greatest work; it will also serve the casual fan in showcasing all facets of The Clash sound.. Customer ReviewsA great buy (5 stars)if you like punk or the clash or whatever, 20 awesome songs for 10 bucks is a steal, i paid 40 for the box set Mostly good with some bad (4 stars) If you know little about the clash and are just looking for a greatest hits album than this is for you.The only thing i do not like about this is album is it has some lousy pop songs like hitsville UK, this is england, the call up and bankrobber. But the good punk songs like tommy gun and complete control outway the bad.So overall for $10 it's a good buy. WOW! (5 stars) I already own almost all the songs on this album, so I didn't buy it. But you should. Or at least buy London Calling. Seriously, it's good. BiographyFormed: 1976 in London, EnglandGenre: Rock Years Active: '70s, '80s 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,...
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