The Clash (London)
London Calling (1979)
The only double album on my list (after all punk was given more to 7"s than double LPs and this one wouldn't likely have happened if CBS weren't eager for The Clash to breakout), this is another choice that some punk purists would have a problem with. But to dismiss The Clash's genre-bending third album from the punk archives is to discard punk's most innovative variations and sophisticated sensibility.
Representative lyric:
Spanish songs in Andalusia,
The shooting sites in the days of ’39.
Oh, please, leave the ventana open,
Federico Lorca is dead and gone.
Bullet holes in the cemetery walls,
The black cars of the Guardia Civil.
Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica,
I'm flying in on a DC-10 tonight.
(from “Spanish Bombs”)
The Clash, “The Guns of Brixton”
Previously on the Top Ten Punk Albums of All Time:
Intro
Number 10: Suicidal Tendencies / Suicidal Tendencies
Number 9: Minor Threat / Minor Threat
Number 8: Bad Brains / Bad Brains
Number 7: The Clash / The Clash
Number 6: Dead Kennedys / Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Number 5: Operation Ivy / Energy
Number 4: Misfits / Walk Among Us
Number 3: Ramones / Ramones
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Top Ten Punk Albums of All Time: Number 7
The Clash (London)
The Clash (1977)
The Clash wasted no time in establishing themselves as the thinking person's punk band. Compared to other early UK punk acts like the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and the Buzzcocks, The Clash's musical influences are more varied, their social commentary more focused and reflective, and their lyrics more polished. But chances are you knew all that.
Representative lyric:
An’ in the in-tray, lots of work,
But the boss at the firm always thinks he shirks.
But he's just like everyone, he's got a Ford Cortina
That just wont run without fuel.
Fill her up, jacko!
(from “Janie Jones”)
The Clash, “Police & Thieves”
Previously on the Top Ten Punk Albums of All Time:
Intro
Number 10: Suicidal Tendencies / Suicidal Tendencies
Number 9: Minor Threat / Minor Threat
Number 8: Bad Brains / Bad Brains
The Clash (1977)
The Clash wasted no time in establishing themselves as the thinking person's punk band. Compared to other early UK punk acts like the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and the Buzzcocks, The Clash's musical influences are more varied, their social commentary more focused and reflective, and their lyrics more polished. But chances are you knew all that.
Representative lyric:
An’ in the in-tray, lots of work,
But the boss at the firm always thinks he shirks.
But he's just like everyone, he's got a Ford Cortina
That just wont run without fuel.
Fill her up, jacko!
(from “Janie Jones”)
The Clash, “Police & Thieves”
Previously on the Top Ten Punk Albums of All Time:
Intro
Number 10: Suicidal Tendencies / Suicidal Tendencies
Number 9: Minor Threat / Minor Threat
Number 8: Bad Brains / Bad Brains
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