 | The Clash London Calling: Legacy Edition
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| 4.0 excellent | Joeeddstealschickens | September 9th 08 |
London Calling is undeniably a classic album, so it is nice to see it reissued. The bonus stuff is okay:
The Vanilla Tapes are interesting but you wont listen to them more than once or twice. Of the five new songs on there only Hearts and Minds is really any good (and even that deviates into a 101ers cover at the end). The rest include a cover of Dylan's The Man In Me, a pointless blues instrumental, A Don Gibson country song called Lonesome Me. The only otheroriginal Clash composition here is a by-the-numbers quasi-reggae tune called Where You Gonna Go, which is pretty boring. Other than that it is London Calling demos and a run through of Remote Control.
Most of the docmentary is bits from Westway To The World about the making of London Calling interspersed with a new Kosmo Vinyl interview. This is a bit disappointing, as you will probably have already seen it. Also included is the London Calling video, plus two awesome live vids of Clampdown and Train In Vain. However, all three are included on The Essential Clash DVD anyway. Not essential stuff by any means.
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| 5.0 classic | M@rty | December 16th 06 |
The original London Calling LP is undoubtedly one of history's greatest albums.
Not only is it The Clash at their very best, but also because the album is absolutely unique in my ears. The album crosses so many different genres and styles it is a real beauty to listen to for the first time, as you never know exactly what the next song is going to be like, quite unlike other punk bands like The Ramones, who (though also brilliant) can become a tad monotonous.
Personal favourites include London Calling, I'm Not Down, Guns of Brixton and Clampdown.
And the Vanilla Tapes really complete the album. Though a lot of the songs are the same, some of the songs that didn't make the cut are IMO very, very good.
The documentary is also well worth checking out. It tells the story of The Clash and this album like no other documentary about the band thus far. Excellent stuff.
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| 2.5 average | PedroH | September 27th 10 |
Like Spanish Bombs and a couple of other songs. The rest is poor - vocals bellow average and instrumentally plain simple (like a beginners amateur band).
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| 4.0 excellent | LetoAtreides | March 27th 10 |
Accidentally rated this instead of the actual album and now I can't it. Blah.
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| 4.5 superb | FightOffYourDemons | March 9th 07 |
You both summed it up decently well....I also love the album cover....one of the greatest covers ever
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| 5.0 classic | T_L_H | March 8th 07 |
This is easily one of the best albums of all time. There's not a lot I can say about it...just...go listen to it. You'll understand.
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| 5.0 classic | pabcel | October 16th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Phate72 | January 16th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | November 30th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | camdc27 | September 15th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Fleeba | November 21st 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Magnaza | November 28th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Centre | October 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | KirrVlad | September 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | SadGonzo | September 17th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | djigor | August 1st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zoso4 | July 31st 10 |
| 5.0 classic | mppwns | June 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Gogol | March 25th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Vance | February 20th 10 |
| 2.5 average | 03TTAM | February 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hisfoot | February 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DonDijk | January 10th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | megajon | October 15th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Fuff24 | October 12th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Anguish | September 28th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Zerms4 | September 26th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | snowii | September 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | amorphis | September 6th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | kord | September 2nd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | cubbzor | August 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JONT | July 26th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | FufF | July 22nd 09 |
| 4.5 superb | DhA | July 2nd 09 |
| 2.5 average | shade | June 14th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | NLY | May 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | JES | February 5th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | iFudge | January 2nd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Monkbo | November 7th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laki | September 10th 08 |
| 2.5 average | gbowles | August 23rd 08 |
| 5.0 classic | Pause | April 21st 08 |
| 4.5 superb | R3DFx | March 28th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | evansne | February 16th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Balboa6 | January 20th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | spudnik | January 10th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | spazelf | November 23rd 07 |
| 5.0 classic | systool | November 17th 07 |
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