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	Rock music album The Clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The album provided a soundtrack to the UK in the late 70s, the subject matter dominated by youthful disenchantment, class and race tension and whole subcultures that had opted (in public at least) out of mainstream society.
		Contrary to popular convention The Clash were accomplished musicians, the sound was rough and in your face, the adjective "buzz saw" has often been applied to the sound and it is hard to think of a better description.
		The Clash can stand alone on its musical merits, it can lay claim to being an influence on generations of musicians down to the present day and is an important piece of musical social history.
	www.history-of-rock-music.com /album.php?album=217 (310 words)

	The Clash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their third album, the late 1979 release London Calling is considered by many critics one of the greatest albums in the entire history of rock music; it was then released in the U.S. in January, 1980 and a decade later Rolling Stone magazine declared it the best album of the 1980s.
		The lettering font on the album cover is a homage to Elvis Presley's self-titled debut RCA LP, while the photo is of Simonon smashing his malfunctioning bass guitar in frustration at a show at the Palladium in New York, 1979, taken by renowned rock photographer Pennie Smith.
		The absence of Topper Headon was crucial to the album's downfall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Clash (3801 words)

	The Clash (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Clash is the first full-length recording released by the English punk band The Clash.
		This first album by the Clash was unusually varied for a punk band, with reggae and dub influences setting the stage for what would be elaborated on with future albums.
		This was another successful American album for The Clash, even though the sales were likely diluted by the longstanding popularity of the UK version on the import market.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Clash_(album) (455 words)

	The Clash Biography and Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They released their first single ("White Riot") and first album (The Clash) in 1977 to considerable success in the UK, though CBS initially declined to release either in the United States, only releasing a modified version of the first album in the US after the UK original had been a bestselling import for two years.
		Give 'em Enough Rope was the first Clash album to be released by a US label (though the UK release of the first album was a bestselling import in the US), and to support it the Clash went on their first tour of the US in early 1979.
		Their first album did not see an official release in the US until July 1979, then in a drastically revisedform from the version that was released elsewhere.
	www.rockul.info /band_the_clash_en.php (1979 words)

	The Clash - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The lettering on the album cover is an homage to Elvis Presley's self-titled first RCA LP, while the photo is of Simonon smashing his bass guitar at the end of a show at the Palladium in New York, 1979, taken by renowned rock photographer Pennie Smith.
		The album's recording sessions were a shambles with manager Bernie Rhodes scrubbing Howard's drumming in favour of a drum machine, drastically re-engineering the songs' live arrangements, and relying on synthesizers and mob choruses.
		Headon's contribution to The Clash was by no means limited to his drumming for the band; he composed and performed the music for "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" and "Rock The Casbah" almost entirely by himself, the latter becoming the band's biggest hit in the U.S. reaching number #8 in 1982.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/The_Clash (3698 words)

	Clash - mp3 file downloads, singles, sandinista! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Clash im so bored with the u s a, london calling 25th anniversary legacy edition cd1, i m so bored with the u s a.
		Clash magnificent seven, spanish bombs the equaliser, the man in me. Clash washington bullets the crooked beat, koka kola advertisting cocaine, rebel waltz.
		Clash this is radio clash tommy gun, londons burning the sound of sinners.
	talantliv.dnip.net /clash.html (2049 words)

	The Clash
		The American version of the album probably doesn't flow as well (but it's not exactly a concept album anyway), but tunes like "Clash* City Rockers," "I Fought The Law" and "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" are great, GREAT tracks and definitely justify their own presences.
		The Clash's lyrics are unsubtle compared to the real art (that's not sarcastic) they'd spin off later in their career, but the point is that, as Lester Bangs astutely observed, when Joe Strummer calls for a "White Riot" it's somehow a positive statement, not a howl of nihilism.
		This is a breakthrough album, not for the Clash so much (though it was their entre to the pop charts in the US, courtesy of the blissful power-pop anthem "Train In Vain") but for the best the '80s would offer.
	starling.rinet.ru /music/clashc.htm (6367 words)

	VH1.com : The Clash : Biography
		In the spring, the Clash's first single, "White Riot," and eponymous debut album were released to great critical acclaim and sales in the U.K., peaking at number 12 on the charts.
		The album was the Clash's most commercially successful effort, entering the U.K. charts at number two and climbing into the American Top Ten in early 1983, thanks to the Top Ten hit single "Rock the Casbah." During the fall of 1982, the Clash opened for the Who on their farewell tour.
		Although the Clash were at the height of their commercial powers in 1983, the band was beginning fall apart.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/clash/bio.jhtml (1750 words)

	The Clash Websites
		Clash City Rocker - Fan community with band history, discography, photographs, message board, and fan profiles.
		Clash City Rockers - Features a biography, discography, lyrics, audio clips, and notes about the tribute albums and bands related to the Clash.
		Kabish.com: The Clash - Guitar tablature and chords.
	www.iq451.com /music/sites/clash-web.htm (704 words)

	Adrian's Album Reviews : The Clash
		If you just focus on that group you'll see that it overshadows the whole album so much so that despite all the throwaways(that are really quite good in their way among the greatness of the other songs) that group of songs, ultimately, is a better clash album than any of the others.
		Like you, I consider the Clash gruesomely overrated (at least in terms of enjoyability, if not influence), and I find their debut album a shining example of why Robert Christgau is a horned Satanic devil who should not be trusted by anyone ever.
		The artwork, the albums title, one or two of the songs seem to be an effort to move The Clash back to their punk roots.
	www.adriandenning.co.uk /clash.html (5984 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Clash
		That the Clash survived as long as they did — and, in fact, proved commercially viable in both the UK and US — is a clear testament to their rugged integrity and stubborn refusal to buckle despite enormous adversity, much of it self-induced.
		The Clash received no small amount of criticism over the years: damned for their integrity (or lack thereof); assailed for absorbing fl musical styles; attacked for injecting politics into their songs; blamed for changing; blamed for not changing; ridiculed for having ideals; accused of abandoning them.
		The eponymous debut album — an exceedingly clever commercial sublimation of unassailable source material (rockabilly, reggae, punk, power-pop) stripped of any edge or conviction — is clearly the work of experienced pros making something presentably adult out of what they can recall of their long-gone youth.
	www.trouserpress.com /bandpages/CLASH.html (2229 words)

	The Clash
		The downside of this album is the filler in the second half, and although very little of it is truly offensive, it definitely kills the album's momentum.
		While the album's diversity is in large part due to Strummer and Jones' improved songwriting (and willingness to take musical risks), the other thing that really stands out about this album is the prominence of the rhythm section.
		The Clash take their left-wing politics even further here, taking the American government to task on the inflammatory 'Washington Bullets,' and taking on the Cold War with the hilarious-yet-frightening 'Ivan Meets GI Joe.' Good stuff, and still relevant today.
	www.iansmusicreviews.com /clash/clash.htm (3335 words)

	Album reviews - The Clash - The Clash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Look at an all time album chart and there it'll be, popping up at around position 20 or so.
		And in certain respects they are right - it was the first album which really captured the raw rough un-cultured attitude of punk, and so as a historical piece it is important.
		I would say that the Clash were still to do their best work, and it was the first few singles which are really outstanding as songs - Complete Control, Clash City Rockers, White Man In Hammersmith Palais, none of which are bettered by anything on the album, except perhaps Garageland.
	www.mypunkcollection.co.uk /Reviews/The_Clash.htm (203 words)

	The Clash - London Calling Review from Music Emissions
		With the release of the first (legal) Clash live album comes all of their other albums being reissued and getting the remastering treatment.
		These are albums where the songs never get old and I can't choose my favorite song from it because they're all so good.
		The Clash's masterpiece "London Calling" is one of the only albums that did this to me. Everything about this album impresses and only calling it the best album of the 80's (according to Rolling Stone magazine, though the album officialy came out in '79 in Britian) is an understatement.
	www.musicemissions.com /artists/albums/index.php?artist_id=349&album_id=402 (412 words)

	Punknews.org \| About The Clash
		The Clash was one of the most successful British punk rock groups that existed from 1976 to 1986.
		From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their mus...
		From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their musicianship, as well as their lyrics; the passionate, righteous political idealism in the lyrics by frontmen Joe Strummer and Mick Jones was a definite contrast to the nihilism of the Sex Pistols and the simplicity of The Ramones.
	www.punknews.org /bands/theclash (367 words)

	Gene Hyde-The Clash
		Upon release of their first album in 1977, it was apparent The Clash was unlike others in the British punk movement.
		What made The Clash members different was their ability to absorb influences and recast them within the punk ethos while constantly using their music as a platform for profound political statements.
		The album seemed to symbolize the very antithesis of The Clash's ethics and signaled the decline of the band's artistic vision.
	www.radford.edu /~wehyde/clash.html (1292 words)

	The Clash
		The Clash used a lot of classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause.
		The American division of the record label decided the first album, The Clash, wasn't fit for radio play, so it decided to not release the album in the U.S. But the import of the record became the largest-selling import of all-time.
		The album was hugely successful in both the UK and U.S. The band released four additional albums, with mixed critical reviews—receiving more favorable reviews from American critics than the UK.
	www.the-wallflowers.net /people_clash.htm (752 words)

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		The Clash - 7" single "Complete Control"/"City of the Dead" - CBS 5664, U.K. pressing, 1977.
		The Clash - 7" single "Tommy Gun"/"1-2 Crush On You" - CBS 6788, U.K. pressing, 1978.
		The Clash - 12" single "Straight to Hell" (edited version)/"Should I Stay or Should I Go" - CBS A B-2646, U.K. pressing, 1982.
	www.endlessgroove.com /issue6/nwgal01.htm (260 words)

	SALON: The Clash
		But the complex mix of corrosive sociology and sheer force of albums like "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" and "The Clash" -- or even a bit of blithe timelessness like the Ramones' "Rocket to Russia" -- were by then a bit distant, a bit married to their place and time.
		Never had I been so shocked at the very sight of a record: On the cover was surely one of the most visceral rock photographs ever taken -- Paul Simenon doubled over, legs planted wide apart, ready to smash his bass down on the stage of New York's Palladium.
		The title track began with a comically animated guitar-and-bass introduction that quickly lost its sense of humor; it was followed by a dizzying song cycle that remains giddy and fractious to this day.
	www.salon.com /weekly/clash960617.html (350 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: London Calling: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		London Calling is one of the greatest double albums ever, from the cover shot of Paul Simenon destroying his bass and the Pink and Green lettering shamelessly stolen from Elvis Presleys first album to the infectious Bo Diddley groove of "Hateful".
		Having listened to the whole album time and time again over the years, Lost In The Supermarket has emerged as my favourite track on the album, while Clampdown, Spanish Bombs and Death Or Glory are also standouts (along with the famous ones I mentioned earlier).
		This album has such an eclectic mix of genres that it's more or less impossible to describe the overall feel, but I suppose the best way to put it is as great rock music, sometimes moving sometimes funny, bolstered by some excellent saxophone here and there.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00002MVQO (1173 words)

	The Clash
		Cut for cut, this may be the greatest rock and roll album (plus limited-edition bonus single) ever manufactured in the U.S. It offers ten of the fourteen titles of the band's British debut as well as seven of the thirteen available only on forty-five.
		US readers should note that "Police and Thieves" was a cover of a reggae favourite of the period and that "I Fought the Law" was the Sonny Curtis composition the Bobby Fuller Four immortalized (and vice versa).
		The revised U.S. version of The Clash's first album, containing most of the vital punk anthems of that record, plus such later tunes as "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" and "I Fought the Law." This and the sole Sex Pistols album,
	www.superseventies.com /spclash2.html (794 words)

	The Clash
		Following the Sex Pistols’ dissolution in January 1978, the Clash became the central voice of the punk movement and remained at the forefront for five years.
		April 8, 1977: The Clash, the British punk group’s debut album, is released in the U.K. With drummer Topper Headon on-board, the Clash undertake their first headlining tour.
		February 1981: The triple LP Sandinista!, by the Clash, is released in the U.S., two months after it appeared in the U.K. May 26, 1981: The Clash begin the first of 15 shows in 17 days at Bonds, a former men’s clothing store turned performance space in New York City’s Times Square.
	www.rockhall.com /hof/inductee.asp?id=2023 (1590 words)

	The Clash - Cut The Crap Review - sputnikmusic
		In fact, it is odd that the band claim 'We are The Clash' even though after listening to the record even the most die-hard Clash fan would have to concede that they are blatantly not, and will wonder if this would have been the resulting album had Mick Jones not been fired.
		Cut The Crap is really for completists only or those wondering what The Clash did next, especially as 'This Is England' is also available on The Essential Clash compilation.
		With this album there is no Mick Jones or Topper so that is what brings the wuality of the album down a lot, plus Joe was heading in another direction.
	www.sputnikmusic.com /review_5042 (948 words)

	The Covers Project: The Clash
		The original version of this song appears on the The Clash album Clash on Broadway (disc 3).
		The original version of this song appears on the The Clash album London to Jamaica.
		The original version of this song appears on the The Clash album 35 Years of Rock and Roll (disc 2).
	www.coversproject.com /artist/clash (2504 words)

	Nude as the News: The Clash: London Calling, Legacy Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The statement album for the Clash, the album they had to make in order to survive -- even if it meant alienating their hardcore fan base that wanted the band to remain true to their punk roots.
		The album that had such an impact on rock music in general that Rolling Stone named it the Number One album of the 1980s, edging out such best-sellers and better-known albums like Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The USA, and U2’s The Joshua Tree.
		The album is both revered and despised by long-time Clash fans, as it introduced the band to the mainstream for the first time, but did so on their terms.
	www.nudeasthenews.com /reviews/1163 (926 words)

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