Album Rating: 3.5
Y'know I actually forgot how many sides this has! Ha ha, I'll give it a whirl again for old times sake. If memory serves me right, it has to be at least six or seven lol!
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Who could ever listen to this in full, seriously
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lol 36 songs talk about delusions of grandeur
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"The problem with Sandinista! is that lurking within this triple album, lays an ambitious sextuple album that would have been truly remarkable. The Clash wimped out and only gave us thirty-six songs. Strummer and co. deserve some credit though; they relinquished all their profits on the first 200 000 copies sold, if the great men at Columbia Records would price the album as a double and not a triple. The suits agreed, because record executives are swell guys - all integrity, every one of them.
I digress. Enough of the history lesson and back to my disappointment:
What could have the Clash put on Sandanista! sides 7-12? How 'bout some barbershop harmonies, a bit of doo-wop, a charity single (heck, why not two?), arm pit fart noises, a cover of Stiff Little Fingers' "Nobody's Hero" LP, a sequel to "West Side Story", one of those duo - 'Michael Row Your Boat Ashore' deals, a xylophone solo(s), some spoken word poetry by Topper Headon about his love affair with needle drugs, some Latino disco, a how-to-win-at-blackjack self-hypnosis track, a couple of knock-knock jokes, and re-recorded the second side to Give 'Em Enough Rope.
I mean seriously, you're the freakin' Clash! Get creative, fellas! These three-dozen songs are alright, but would it have killed them to even try and be a little more prolific? We are left to live with the missed potential of Sandinista!, a short teaser to what could of been a Homeric styled epic of an album."
lol what gold
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Album Rating: 2.5
While I love the previous one, and the next one is also very good, I could never enjoy Sandinista :/
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Album Rating: 4.5
This is honestly way better than I expected. I mean, it's so damn long, but the instrumental tracks are surprisingly engaging listening, considering they're usually, like, a fairly simple bassline with some cooked sound effects over the top.
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Album Rating: 3.5
there’s some material on here that’s the best stuff hey ever did
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This album would have made a good single. "The Magnificent Seven" and then it ends. It would have been perfect.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Nah, most of this is pretty great. It should've been maybe pared down to a double album, but the only track I'm not that into is the kiddy version of Career Opportunities, the rest actually works pretty well, even the dub versions of the old tracks are different enough to stay I reckon
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Album Rating: 3.0
I don't think I've ever made it through this whole thing
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Album Rating: 4.5
better change that then, fam. maybe try one disc at a time.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I think I've made it through the first disc once
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Album Rating: 4.5
disc two's about as good. the patchy stuff is mainly on the third disc, but even that's not as bad as you'd expect
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Album Rating: 3.0
i just can't bring myself to listen to this when I could listen to london calling instead
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Album Rating: 4.5
fair call tbh
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Album Rating: 4.5
Have you ever asked yourself who holds the key that winds up Big Ben?
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Album Rating: 3.0
Big Ben Roethlisberger
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Album Rating: 4.0
I definitely wouldn't argue that this is the best record from these guys by a long shot, but it is my favourite. I have always loved the dub influence here, but with age, I have somehow grown to love and appreciate it all the more.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Has some great songs for sure, but overall it's a pretty rough listen imo
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Album Rating: 2.5
I've never tried this one. Let's see if I can get all the way through it.
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