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London Calling

by Clash

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All Time

of 455,189

5
1970's

of 2,833

1
1979

of 271

1
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  - Alternative Rock
    
    of 49,094
    
    1
  - Hardcore & Punk
    
    of 14,048
    
    1
  - New Wave & Post-Punk
    
    of 4,754
    
    1
  - British Punk
    
    of 620
    
    1
  - Punk
    
    of 8,740
    
    1
  - New Wave
    
    of 3,352
    
    1
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 18,990
    
    2
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,067
    
    2
- International
  - International
    
    of 74,343
    
    2
  - Europe
    
    of 14,356
    
    2
  - British Isles
    
    of 5,387
    
    2
  - Britain
    
    of 4,725
    
    2
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,638
    
    5
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    4
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,577
    
    4

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.8533 London Calling is ranked overall as 3.8533 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.8229 London Calling has an avg. critic score of 3.8229 out of 4 stars

London Calling Album Reviews

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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. ...more

Rolling Stone

By now, our expectations of the Clash might seem to have become inflated beyond any possibility of fulfillment. ...more

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. ...more

PopMatters

Easily one of the best classic re-releases yet. ...more

Rolling Stone

A serious, ridiculously ambitious punk album

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

As many of the punk bands of the late 70s blew their brains out with a double-barrel shotgun of nihilism, The Clash were given the uneasy honor of making some of the first sounds of a new decade. Punk's remaining trump card pulled out a full betrayal...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

The two predominant popular music forms amongst those with their ears to the ground in London during the late seventies were punk and reggae. The Clash successfully melded those two forms across many of the songs here. Influential is an understatement....read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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