The Clash

Pookie · 12.11.2006, 05:25 AM

Been reading Joe Strummer's biography and it's very good.

So I've been listening to a lot of Clash records and I thought I'd do yet another best album poll.

Richard Pryor on Fire · 12.11.2006, 08:26 AM

London Calling is one of the greatest albums of all time!

NeverMind The Sex Pistols, Here's The Clash!

Better_Than_You · 12.11.2006, 08:29 AM

The Clash get on my nerves. As do the sex pistols.

I think its that accent.

gmku · 12.11.2006, 09:34 AM

More and more I like Give em enough rope. London Calling is great, but it's a very obvious and lazy choice, so I went with the less popular pick.

Richard Pryor on Fire · 12.11.2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by gmku

More and more I like Give em enough rope. London Calling is great, but it's a very obvious and lazy choice, so I went with the less popular pick.

Lazy pick? I've done my research! I'm not gonna pick a different album just becasue I know everyone else is gonna pick London Calling. n00b.

gmku · 12.11.2006, 09:41 AM

I've been told my musical preferences are lazy and obvious so I'm trying to expand.

Your pick is not lazy if you don't think it is.

gmku · 12.11.2006, 10:39 AM

I actually like GEER quite a bit. People bash this one, mostly for the production, but I never got that. Maybe it's just because it's the first Clash I ever bought (got it when it came out), but to me it rocks pretty hard and the writing is on target.

gmku · 12.11.2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

a lazy choice?

yeah, whatever, you know...

sun city girl · 12.11.2006, 10:42 AM

sandinista!

gmku · 12.11.2006, 10:44 AM

^ Yeah, I can't believe I don't have that in my collection yet! It's a good one. Black Market Clash is okay, too.

Actually, there's not much I don't like by the Clash. I even like Combat Rock.

Hip Priest · 12.11.2006, 01:56 PM

It's between London Calling and Sandanista for me. Whilst the former has a great first half (especially the awesome Guns of Brixton), I have to say that I've never enjoyed the second half anywhere near as much.

Sandanista, on the other hand, combines a genuinely impresssive scope with what is for me a better standard overall.

EMMAh · 12.11.2006, 03:13 PM

The Clash bore me.

SynthethicalY · 12.11.2006, 03:17 PM

I haven't listened to them so therefore I am not voting.

k-krack · 12.11.2006, 03:18 PM

Static! Why the name change?

I chose London Calling...

SynthethicalY · 12.11.2006, 03:21 PM

Got bored of the other one.

Pookie · 12.11.2006, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Pryor on Fire

London Calling is one of the greatest albums of all time!

Indeed

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Originally Posted by gmku

More and more I like Give em enough rope.

Me too. It was always my least favourite Clash LP, but in recent years I've liked it more and more.

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Originally Posted by Hip Priest

Sandanista, on the other hand, combines a genuinely impresssive scope with what is for me a better standard overall.

This record blew me away when I bought it in 1980. It got absolutely blasted by the music press at the time, but was like nothing I'd ever heard before. So it probably gets my vote as well.

noisemachine · 12.11.2006, 09:19 PM

London Calling...pure brilliance! Definitely one of the greatest rock albums ever and the best thing the Clash ever did. Although their self titled is a close second. And I like Give 'em Enough Rope but it really has that 'debut album leftovers' vibe.

I know a lot of people will hate me for saying this, but while I like Sandinista, I think it would have been much better if they cut it down to a single disc (or double LP instead of the triple). The album as it is is way too long and has tons of throw-away tracks in the midst of some pretty brilliant ones. Anyways, after Sandinista, they pretty much went downhill.

Norma J · 12.11.2006, 09:36 PM

I voted for the debut. Great album. Although, it is the only Clash album I own, so I am a little biased. I saw Give 'Em Enough Rope on vinyl secondhand this year sometime, went back to buy it another day and it was gone

I Fought the Law is a classic. One of the best songs ever Written. It's one of them songs that I loved when I was a little kid, but didn't know who it was or even cared who it was, until I was older and then went "Ahh, so that's the Clash".

blastscenealibi · 12.11.2006, 09:38 PM

London Calling, The White Album and Daydream Nation to me are all in a special class of album. I'm still waiting for the 4th.

CHOUT · 12.11.2006, 09:55 PM

Like the Black Flag poll, I realized there isn't an entire album I like as a whole from either band. London Calling has a large amount of songs I really like over all the other ones though.

View Poll Results: ...
The Clash	8	22.22%
Give 'Em Enough Rope	4	11.11%
London Calling	15	41.67%
Sandinista	7	19.44%
Black Market Clash	0	0%
Combat Rock	1	2.78%
Cut The Crap	1	2.78%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

12.11.2006, 05:25 AM	#1
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Been reading Joe Strummer's biography and it's very good. So I've been listening to a lot of Clash records and I thought I'd do yet another best album poll.
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12.11.2006, 08:26 AM	#2
Richard Pryor on Fire 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Detroit. Posts: 709	London Calling is one of the greatest albums of all time! NeverMind The Sex Pistols, Here's The Clash! __________________ http://pissingaway.blogspot.com/
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12.11.2006, 08:29 AM	#3
Better_Than_You the destroyed room Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 635	The Clash get on my nerves. As do the sex pistols. I think its that accent. __________________ ze space.
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12.11.2006, 09:34 AM	#4
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	More and more I like Give em enough rope. London Calling is great, but it's a very obvious and lazy choice, so I went with the less popular pick. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.11.2006, 09:41 AM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I've been told my musical preferences are lazy and obvious so I'm trying to expand. Your pick is not lazy if you don't think it is. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.11.2006, 10:39 AM	#7
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I actually like GEER quite a bit. People bash this one, mostly for the production, but I never got that. Maybe it's just because it's the first Clash I ever bought (got it when it came out), but to me it rocks pretty hard and the writing is on target. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.11.2006, 10:42 AM	#9
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	sandinista!
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12.11.2006, 10:44 AM	#10
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	^ Yeah, I can't believe I don't have that in my collection yet! It's a good one. Black Market Clash is okay, too. Actually, there's not much I don't like by the Clash. I even like Combat Rock. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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12.11.2006, 01:56 PM	#11
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	It's between London Calling and Sandanista for me. Whilst the former has a great first half (especially the awesome Guns of Brixton), I have to say that I've never enjoyed the second half anywhere near as much. Sandanista, on the other hand, combines a genuinely impresssive scope with what is for me a better standard overall. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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12.11.2006, 03:13 PM	#12
EMMAh invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,433	The Clash bore me. __________________
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12.11.2006, 03:17 PM	#13
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I haven't listened to them so therefore I am not voting.
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12.11.2006, 03:18 PM	#14
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	Static! Why the name change? I chose London Calling... __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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12.11.2006, 03:21 PM	#15
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Got bored of the other one.
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12.11.2006, 09:19 PM	#17
noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	London Calling...pure brilliance! Definitely one of the greatest rock albums ever and the best thing the Clash ever did. Although their self titled is a close second. And I like Give 'em Enough Rope but it really has that 'debut album leftovers' vibe. I know a lot of people will hate me for saying this, but while I like Sandinista, I think it would have been much better if they cut it down to a single disc (or double LP instead of the triple). The album as it is is way too long and has tons of throw-away tracks in the midst of some pretty brilliant ones. Anyways, after Sandinista, they pretty much went downhill. __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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12.11.2006, 09:36 PM	#18
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I voted for the debut. Great album. Although, it is the only Clash album I own, so I am a little biased. I saw Give 'Em Enough Rope on vinyl secondhand this year sometime, went back to buy it another day and it was gone I Fought the Law is a classic. One of the best songs ever Written. It's one of them songs that I loved when I was a little kid, but didn't know who it was or even cared who it was, until I was older and then went "Ahh, so that's the Clash". __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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12.11.2006, 09:38 PM	#19
blastscenealibi bad moon rising Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Joplin, MO Posts: 185	London Calling, The White Album and Daydream Nation to me are all in a special class of album. I'm still waiting for the 4th.
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12.11.2006, 09:55 PM	#20
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Like the Black Flag poll, I realized there isn't an entire album I like as a whole from either band. London Calling has a large amount of songs I really like over all the other ones though. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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