From a ho-hum punk album on day 438 to one of the greats. To be fair, the Clash were barely 'punk' by this stage. The attitude remained, and some of the more direct, raw 'rock' tracks still reflect that side of their sound, but the band were pulling influences from all corners: rockabilly, northern soul, post-punk, ska, reggae... even hints of new-wave.
With a run of 19 tracks, I do tend to get a feeling of 'track fatigue' with it. Most of these tracks are good and I can pick out pretty much any one track and enjoy it, but it just seems as though 65 uninterrupted minutes of Clash is probably slightly too much in one sitting for me.
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