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	metacritic.com: Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Streetcore negotiates a resolution between the ethnocentric beats that hallmarked the two previous Mescaleros albums and the classic Clash sound that remained pivotal to Joe's live performances.
		Streetcore is an amalgam of all that made Joe Strummer, the musician and the man, so great.
		Streetcore isn't exactly London Calling, but with his sweet, ragged voice sounding as strident as ever, Strummer improves on such hit-and-miss affairs as 1999's Rock Art and the X-Ray Style.
	www.metacritic.com /print/music/artists/strummerjoeandthemescaleros/streetcore (431 words)

	SEE Magazine: October 16, 2003
		Streetcore is tighter and more raucous than Strummer’s previous offerings, Rock Art and The X-Ray Style and Global A Go Go.
		From high volume ravers ("All In A Day") to rustic, acoustic numbers ("Long Shadow"), Streetcore is musically equivalent to a really good weekend...the kind that happens spontaneously, takes in all the sights, and leaves a smile on your face until next Wednesday.
		The quiet highlight of Streetcore is "Midnight Jam," an instrumental that features vocal samples from Strummer’s BBC radio show London Calling.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2003/1016/cd1.htm (332 words)

	JS Online: CD Spotlight: Joe Strummer's 'Streetcore'
		"Streetcore," released this week is the final album by Strummer.
		"Streetcore," released this week as the final album by Strummer and his rotating-roster post-Clash band, The Mescaleros, is a fitting celebration of the punk pioneer.
		The pair of covers on "Streetcore," including a spare, earnest rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song," provide some of the album's most poignant moments.
	www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/music/oct03/179473.asp?format=print (236 words)

	Paste Magazine :: Review :: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore :: Hellcat (Page 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Streetcore may not be the finished product the Mescaleros intended, but the best cuts of Strummer’s second go-round reside here.
		In contrast, Streetcore, albeit unfinished, pruned a lot of the techno and world-beat influences that were center-stage on the first two records.
		Instead, the new record focuses on the amalgamation of rock and reggae The Clash invented, for Strummer was as comfortable with his syncopated ‘cheese grater against the grain’ style as he was rocking in straight 4/4.
	www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=302 (688 words)

	Epitaph Records: Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Streetcore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In November of 2002 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros had been on an extensive UK tour, the "Bringing It All Back Home Tour", and were blending new songs into their set, which were recorded in December before Joe passed away and now appear on Streetcore.
		Streetcore is a collection of new material, which reflected the Mescaleros' life on the road together, combined with distilling their collective vast knowledge of musical genres.
		His diagrams and illustrations are put into a montage style - offering insight into his and the bands creative process behind the concept, truly depicting his vision and lyrical ideas for Streetcore.
	store.epitaph.com /item.php?id=108 (289 words)

	Streetcore Reviews
		October 20, 2003 New Musical Express A good of "Streetcore" by Stephen Dalton who gives it a 7 out of 10.
		October 17, 2003 Guardian.co.uk A 5 star review of "Streetcore" by Dave Simpson in the daily UK paper the Guardian.
		October 17, 2003 Independent.co.uk A disappointing 2 star review of "Streetcore" in the daily UK paper the Independent.
	www.strummernews.com /streetcorereviews.html (821 words)

	Joe Strummer: Streetcore - PopMatters Music Review
		In many ways that album, Streetcore, is a tragic testament to Strummer's gifts as a songwriter and musician, a political and spiritual disc, a great rock-and-roll record that questions the state of the world and somehow simultaneously looks both forward and backward.
		The former Clash frontman died unexpectedly in December of a heart attack at the age of 50, leaving bandmates Martin Slattery and Scott Shields, acting as producers, to finish what proves to be Strummer's best solo effort and one of the best rock records of the year.
		Streetcore is a rocking, rumbling record, a pastiche of straight-on rockers, ‘60s rave-ups, folk and Third World rhythms, upon which Strummer sets his most focused lyrics since his days with The Clash.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/strummerjoe-streetcore.shtml (990 words)

	Telegraph \| Arts \| CD of the week: always rock'n'roll
		Cash's passing was perhaps easier for fans to accept: one generation older, ill for years, he had at the last achieved a creative state of grace with his final four spellbinding albums, made with producer Rick Rubin.
		Tragically, Streetcore proves that Strummer was on his way to a similar place, close to matching his best work with the Clash.
		Streetcore was completed posthumously by the Mescaleros, and finds Strummer coming to terms with the legacy of his youth, kicking up the Clash's kind of racket.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/10/18/cdweek18.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/10/18/ixartleft.html (253 words)

	Criminal Records - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros : Streetcore * (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		STREETCORE marks his third album since that '99 re-emergence, and possibly his strongest solo album to date.
		Things never spiral out of control, as his lyrics are the most focused he'd written since his Clash days--simultaneously political and playful.
		STREETCORE closest with a cover of Bobby Charles's "Grow Too Old" (retitled "Silver and Gold"), a vow to live life to its fullest that would seem tragic in context had not its singer done exactly that all the way to the end.
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=93&upc=04577804542 (488 words)

	Punk International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Streetcore" is the last work he produced in his lifetime before passing away in 2002, but there's no question that in twenty or fifty years from now people will be asking themselves "has Joe Strummer really been gone this long?
		Cash, who passed away just a few months before "Streetcore" hit the streets, is also the inspiration behind the song "Long Shadow".
		Whereas Joe Strummer's previous record "Global A Go-Go" was a showcase of world music inspirations, "Streetcore" goes back to the roots of rock and roll, borrowing slightly, as I mentioned earlier, from the classics of reggae and country.
	www.punkinternational.com /reviews/joestrummer1.html (337 words)

	Punk rock and roll (phillyBurbs.com) \| Music for pleasure
		"Streetcore" is the third and final album by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros.
		Strummer was in the midst of recording the album when he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 50.
		"Streetcore" has its share of intimate moments such as "Long Shadow," a country-tinged ballad written for Johnny Cash, who died before he was able to record the song.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/259-11132003-195237.html (1971 words)

	Punknews.org \| Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore
		Streetcore is a 10 in my books because on a scale of 1-10, everything on the record comes together in unison to form the sound of love for life, humanity, and music itself, and a 9 would imply that it could have been better.
		Streetcore is not the greatest record ever written, but it's one damn solid record that should be at least respected by any person with a soul that has the same respect for music and other people.
		Streetcore would be the living shit out of Sasscore or Fashioncore anyday of the fucking week.
	www.punknews.org /reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=2373 (3179 words)

	Epitaph Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With the release of Steetcore, the electric axes are back, with a couple of unplugged-style tunes included - "Silver & Gold", and a song Joe was inspired to write for Johnny Cash called "The Long Shadow", whom he performs with Smokey Hormel as...
		Like Muddy Waters, whose final albums were among the best in his catalog, Streetcore by Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros (Martin Slattery, Tymon Dogg, Simon Stanford, and Scott Shields) sends Strummer into rock & roll heaven a roaring, laughi...
		The posthumous testament of Joseph Edward Mellor; a valiant and moving last hurrah from the Clash hero Joe Strummer's sudden death last December seemingly brought the career of one of our greatest rockers to an abrupt end.
	www.epitaph.com /bands/index.php?id=327 (527 words)

	Stinkweeds Online Music: Your independent source for indie, rare, new, import CDs, LPs and reviews.
		In notes scrawled on the back of the CD case, Strummer defines the album as such: “This is a distillation thru the mindbending coil condensing — Streetcore.” He sees this album as the result of knowledge and combination of reggae, dub, funk, blues, jazz, fok and hip-hop.
		“Streetcore” is a solid, finished album with a place among Strummer’s finest work.
		This is just one nugget of wisdom found on “Streetcore,” and it’s a shame we aren’t going to have any more.
	www.stinkweeds.com /review_detail.cfm?rvID=323 (578 words)

	Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros -- “Streetcore” (printable version)
		The starting point for this misery may have been Strummer’s death on Dec. 22, 2002 “Streetcore” was close to completion then, and his bandmates pulled together to complete the tracks.
		Acoustic numbers like “Long Shadow” and his jagged but endearing cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” (both in mind for Cash to record) are mixed with noisier rockers and floating midtempo tunes (including one with Strummer samples from his stint as a radio DJ).
		This is not the case: the best of “Streetcore” is as good as his Clash work, in the most bittersweet way imaginable — it holds so much promise that won’t be fulfilled, yet it’s great to hear Strummer at the peak of his powers.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=58963 (269 words)

	Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Streetcore ---Ink Blot Magazine
		In 2003, the remaining members of the Mescaleros finished the partially completed Streetcore, an album that sees Joe saying farewell in fine style.
		At least some satisfaction can be taken form the fact that Streetcore, which was pieced together posthumously by the remaining Mescaleros, is about perfect in it's encapsulation of the form he created.
		If Streetcore surpasses, it will be because, like most things about Joe Strummer, it continues to get better and better with time.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Joe_Strummer_Streetcore.htm (634 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Streetcore - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros at Epinions.com
		They combined the ten tracks together and produced Streetcore, the new, and final, album from Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros.
		Streetcore puts a lid of the amazing career of the man who has inspired countless artists around the world.
		It's definitely not for everyone, but it is an album which will be remembered for a long time.
	www.epinions.com /content_122458771076 (373 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Streetcore
		Posthumous albums carry with them a weight that can leave fans aching for what was and will never be.
		'Streetcore', however, is an exception to cherish: one that leaves you more uplifted after hearing it than you were before.
		Largely recorded just months before Strummer's death last December and completed by bandmates this year, it burns brightly with all the styles he called his own during his life.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2003/1128/strummerj.html (214 words)

	News
		I've added a "Streetcore Review Section" to the Strummer News Message Board for fans to submit their thoughts on Joe's final album.
		According to them, "Streetcore" will now be released on October 21st in the US and October 20th in Europe and the rest of the world.
		The title is said to be "Streetcore" and it will include "Long Shadow" as well as a version of "Redemption Song" that Joe recorded with Rick Rubin.
	www.strummernews.com /latestnews.html (11757 words)

	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Given that Strummer's death last December from a heart attack came entirely unexpected, Streetcore brims with previously untraveled aesthetic directions, bittersweetly forward-gazing lyrics, and most of all, the overwhelmingly celebratory insurgence of rock 'n' roll-- decidedly not the trappings of pondering mortality.
		Ironically, it's a record that refuses to acknowledge endings; the album's aesthetics are an inconsistent but moving string of conflated genres, including rocksteady, dub, blues and folk, that thankfully avoid the hokey world-music-influenced pitfalls of Strummer's previous solo outings.
		One of the most surprising aspects of Streetcore is that whenever Strummer indulges these Jamaican influences, the results are less than noteworthy-- which is saying something for a man who historically helped merge the worlds of reggae and punk rock.
	pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/s/strummer_joe/streetcore.shtml (658 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Streetcore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As much as this is a cohesive piece of work, and as much as it was a victory for Strummer, Streetcore is also an intensely bitterwseet listen.
		Regardless of the tragedy, this is an awesome eulogoy to one of the most influential and significant voices in rock music, and his visions of how effective music can be are clearly defined and fully realized on Streetcore.
		Streetcore is a return to rock in many ways, but Joe doesn't ignore the vast amount of influences such as reggae, dub, blues, and folk.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CD5FN (1417 words)

	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros — Streetcore - Shakefire.com Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Now, with the posthumous release of ‘Streetcore,’ Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros prove that he still had some great music in him.
		Sadly, it almost seems as if he saw his end coming and wanted his swan song to be legendary, as was he.
		It is an example of a modern classic with a twinge of old punk.
	www.shakefire.com /reviews/joestrummerandthemescaleros-streetcore.html (139 words)

	Coolfer: Comment on Friday Shorts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I agree that the fact Joe Strummer died has led to Streetcore getting better reviews than it would have otherwise.
		I can imagine a world in which he didn't pass away, and I would think in that world, his previous effort "Global A Go-Go" would rank higher than the "Streetcore" we have (then again, he would have continued to do more work on "Streetcore" and maybe it would have reached "Global"'s level).
		When I first heard Streetcore, I didn't think it was up to snuff.
	www.coolfer.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=285 (231 words)

	whenskiesaregrey.com - Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An objective review of this album was always going to be a difficult ask, however, I'm sure Joe would not have wanted any sentimentality to creep into proceedings and the album be judged solely on its merits and its merits alone.
		Streetcore does count two cover versions amongst its number, Strummer's take on Bob Marley's Redemption Song and most notably closing number Silver And Gold, a retitled Bobby Charles song, during which Strummer poignantly proclaims the line "I've got to hurry up before I grow too old".
		Throughout Streetcore Joe Strummer's genius shines through both musically and lyrically, it is quite simply a masterful record and an essential purchase.
	leedsunited.rivals.net /default.asp?sid=887&p=2&stid=8326630 (376 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Streetcore - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros at Epinions.com
		And when Streetcore, his final album, was released last year, I resisted the sentimental urge to own it, figuring that I was better off paying tribute to Joe’s memory by just listening to the old Clash records again.
		Eventually, though, the combination of strong word-of-mouth, some impressed listens to the album at work and the lack of very many interesting new releases for me to concentrate my attention on in the first few months of 2004 soon convinced me otherwise.
		While Streetcore stands as a testament to Strummer's continued artistic vitality, it may be somewhat odd, then, that my two very favorite moments here are both covers.
	www.epinions.com /content_137615085188 (1226 words)

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