Library Rock's Backpages

The Clash: London Calling (Epic)

Kris Needs, New York Rocker, December 1979

A DOUBLE album from the Clash, two discs for the price of one — but that's not the only surprise. Because the speed-rush buzzsaw roar of anger which characterized The Clash and (to a lesser degree) Give 'Em Enough Rope is nowhere to be found. No, think instead of 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais', 'Stay Free', 'Gates Of The West', Stax soul, Tom Waits, Exile On Main Street, Lee Perry, Gene Vincent, Phil Spector...

Total word count of piece: 581

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.