Well I can't see how you can go wrong, the only way you woulndn't like this ablum (if your a Clash fan anyway) is if you only like one stage of the Clashs development. The album start off being very punk and slowly turn more towards pop and blues. This CD spans there whole career.
Its very ... Read review
Advantages: Every song is great Disadvantages: Very varied styles though out
Well I can't see how you can go wrong, the only way you woulndn't like this ablum (if your a Clash fan anyway) is if you only like one stage of the Clashs development. The album start off being very punk and slowly turn more towards pop and blues. This CD spans there whole career.
Its very hard to give this ablum a general vibe as the track are all very different. If you haven't really heard of the Clash this is a great ablum to start ... ...the tracks you like (as the album is in cronalocical order).
The album for me have 3 high lights, one right at the start, one in middle and one at the very end. These track at White Riot, London Calling and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. All of which I'll sure you've heard.
I would recomend this CD to anyone without much idea of what the Clash are about. The is a great album to start off your Clash collection. ... more
Well I can't see how you can go wrong, the only way you woulndn't like this ablum (if your a Clash fan anyway) is if you only like one stage of the Clashs development. The album start off being very punk and slowly turn more towards pop and blues. This CD spans there whole career.
Its very hard to give this ablum a general vibe as the track are all very different. If you haven't really heard of the Clash this is a great ablum to start off with as you can by there other albums around the tracks you like (as the album is in cronalocical order).
The album for me have 3 high lights, one right at the start, one in middle and one at the very end. These track at White Riot, London Calling and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. All of which I'll sure you've heard.
I would recomend this CD to anyone without much idea of what the Clash are about. The is a great album to start off your Clash collection.
Advantages: Plenty of great tunes to keep you listening Disadvantages: Obvious lack of some classics that weren't singles
This is a great compilation that charts the development and journey of the Clash from their early days as hedonistic punks, to their later days of commercial success in the US.
There are loads of great tunes on this album, and one can but wonder why none of them were UK Top Ten Hits during the band's lifetime. All the key phases of The Clash are represented here, and this CD, with its wide range of genre-spanning tracks is a great testiment to the ... ...an avowed Clash fan, you probably own several Clash CDs already, and therefore perhaps you may find this album an unneccesary addition to your collection. Also, to get a true reflection of the Clash, one must also consider the quality of many album-only tracks which aren't featured on this compliation for obvious reasons. This does not detract from what a great album this is, with the ability to appeal to a wide and diverse audience. ...
MrEvans101 27.05.2008
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Product details
Title
Singles, The [Remastered]
Performer
Clash (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Punk Rock
Release Date
13/12/2004
Recomended Retail Price
10.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Columbia / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5099749535329
Catalogue Number
4953532
Additional notes
Album Notes
The Clash: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (vocals, guitar); Paul Simonon (bass); Topper Headon (drums). Producers include: Mickey Foote, Lee Perry, Bill Price, Sandy Pearlman, Guy Stevens. Amidst all the punk history and revolutionary rhetoric, it's easy to forget that the Clash was one hell of a singles band, capable of releasing one propulsively catchy song after another. This collection, which moves chronologically from the band's early days at the heart of the UK punk movement to the funk experimentation of its latter career, serves as both stunning career resume and perfect introduction for the neophyte. The raging, righteous anger and blazing guitars of punk anthems "White Riot" and "Complete Control" rub shoulders with the reggae rhythms of "White Man in Hammersmith Palais." Rap and funk rear their heads (in a distinctly British way) on "The Magnificent Seven" and "Radio Clash." Manic, post-punk rockabilly accompanies Joe Strummer's state-of-the-union address on "Know Your Rights," and the Mick Jones-sung "Should I Stay or Should I Go" makes a case for itself as a garage-rock classic on the order of "Louie Louie." For all the political smarts the group consistently displayed in its lyrics, THE SINGLES shows that the band's music was never less than enthralling. No matter how stern the Marxist theories to which the band members subscribed in their early days, they could never resist an old-fashioned rock & roll hook.
Album Reviews
Q Magazine - (5/02 SE, p.135) - 3 stars out of 5 - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums" - "...The most album-worthy of the early albums and deserve at-length listens..." Alternative Press (3/00, pp.74-5) - 5 out of 5 - "...for non-completists...collects the a-sides - showcasing the band's every stylistic move, from '1977' (sheer ferocity) to 'Train In Vain' (soulish ebullience)..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
White Riot
2.
Remote Control
3.
Complete Control
4.
Clash City Rockers
5.
White Man In Hammersmith Palais
6.
Tommy Gun
7.
English Civil War
8.
I Fought The Law
9.
London Calling
10.
Train In Vain
11.
Bankrobber
12.
Call Up
13.
Hitsville UK
14.
Magnificent Seven
15.
This Is Radio Clash
16.
Know Your Rights
17.
Rock The Casbah
18.
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
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