London Calling (1979) Album Review

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Music critics combined give London Calling a score of 3.8229 out of 4

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Music critics combined give London Calling a score of 4 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

In 1979,London Callingwas sold with a sticker declaring that the Clash were the only band that matters, and they acted as if they believed their own hype. Read more about London Calling on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

By now, our expectations of the Clash might seem to have become inflated beyond any possibility of fulfillment. Read more about London Calling on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Recorded in 1979 in London, which was then wrenched by surging unemployment and drug addiction, and released in America in January 1980, the dawn of an uncertain decade, London Calling is nineteen songs of apocalypse fueled by an unbending faith in rock & roll to beat back the darkness. Read more about London Calling on Rolling Stone

PopMatters

Easily one of the best classic re-releases yet. Read more about London Calling on PopMatters

Rolling Stone

A serious, ridiculously ambitious punk album

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London Calling

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All Time

of 456,880

6

1970's

of 2,829

1

1979

of 271

1
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,284
    
    1
  - Hardcore & Punk
    
    of 14,074
    
    1
  - New Wave & Post-Pun
    
    of 4,757
    
    1
  - British Punk
    
    of 620
    
    1
  - Punk
    
    of 8,757
    
    1
  - New Wave
    
    of 3,355
    
    1
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,073
    
    2
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,073
    
    2
- International
  - International
    
    of 74,357
    
    2
  - Europe
    
    of 14,363
    
    2
  - British Isles
    
    of 5,393
    
    2
  - Britain
    
    of 4,730
    
    2
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 264,652
    
    6
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,981
    
    5
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 108,255
    
    5