- punk rock, new wave, dub, funk
- 46 min
- 12 tracks
- Epic
Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Clash, released on 14 May 1982 through CBS Records. In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number 2, spending 23 weeks in the UK charts and peaked at number 7 in the United States, spending 61 weeks on the chart.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and relentless.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Alternative Press3/5
- Blender4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Select4/5
- Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- A1Know Your Rights3:42
- A2Car Jamming4:01
- A3Should I Stay or Should I Go3:10
- A4Rock the Casbah3:44
- A5Red Angel Dragnet3:46
- A6Straight to Hell5:33
- B1Overpowered by Funk4:54
- B2Atom Tan2:31
- B3Sean Flynn4:33
- B4Ghetto Defendant4:45
- B5Inoculated City2:11
- B6Death Is a Star3:10
12 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Clash
- Label
- Epic
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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