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The Clash Album: “London Calling [Japan Mini-LP]”
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London Calling [Japan Mini-LP] |
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Release Date:2005-01-18
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Video Games, Old School Punk Rock
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Label:Japanese Import
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:4562109409475
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Review - :
{^Give 'Em Enough Rope}, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for {$the Clash}, but the double-album {^London Calling} is a remarkable leap forward, incorporating the {\punk} aesthetic into {\rock & roll} mythology and {\roots} music. Before, {$the Clash} had experimented with {\reggae}, but that was no preparation for the dizzying array of styles on {^London Calling}. There's {\punk} and {\reggae}, but there's also {\rockabilly}, {\ska}, {\New Orleans R&B}, {\pop}, {\lounge}-{\jazz}, and {\hard rock}; and while the record isn't tied together by a specific theme, its eclecticism and anthemic {\punk} function as a rallying call. While many of the songs -- particularly {&"London Calling,"} {&"Spanish Bombs,"} and {&"The Guns of Brixton"} -- are explicitly political, by acknowledging no boundaries the music itself is political and revolutionary. But it is also invigorating, rocking harder and with more purpose than most albums, let alone double albums. Over the course of the record, {$Joe Strummer} and {$Mick Jones} (and {$Paul Simonon}, who wrote {&"The Guns of Brixton"}) explore their familiar themes of working-class rebellion and antiestablishment rants, but they also tie them in to old {\rock & roll} traditions and myths, whether it's {\rockabilly} greasers or {&"Stagger Lee,"} as well as mavericks like doomed actor {$Montgomery Clift}. The result is a stunning statement of purpose and one of the greatest {\rock & roll} albums ever recorded. [In 2000 {@Columbia}/{@Legacy} reissued and remastered {^London Calling}.] [This Japanese reissue packages the CD as a scale mini-LP -- re-creating the original album art and inserts.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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