- punk rock, punk, new wave, rock
- 65 min
- 19 tracks
- CBS
London Calling is the third studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was originally released as a double album in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 by CBS Records, and in the United States and Canada in January 1980 by Epic Records.
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Character
Grave, spare, relentless and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 100/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times4/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Select5/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1 1London Calling3:19
- 1 2Brand New Cadillac2:08
- 1 3Jimmy Jazz3:54
- 1 4Hateful2:44
- 1 5Rudie Can’t Fail3:27
- 2 1Spanish Bombs3:19
- 2 2The Right Profile3:53
- 2 3Lost in the Supermarket3:46
- 2 4Clampdown3:47
- 2 5The Guns of Brixton3:08
- 3 1Wrong ’Em Boyo3:10
- 3 2Death or Glory3:55
- 3 3Koka Kola1:48
- 3 4The Card Cheat3:49
- 4 1Lover’s Rock4:03
- 4 2Four Horsemen2:56
- 4 3I’m Not Down3:06
- 4 4Revolution Rock5:33
- 4 5Train in Vain3:07
19 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Clash
- Label
- CBS
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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