Monday, July 28, 2025

101 Essential Rock Records # 94 The Clash - The Clash

 

'I won't open letter bombs for you....'

I've just listened to The Librtines debut album and I'm now listening to The Clash while lying on the sofa as my Monday comes to a close.It's ragged and jagged, driven and there's a certain amount of detectable opportunusm but the whole UK Punk wave was rife with opportunism. Most of the records I like most came later . Including any number by The Clash. This was designed largely to blast the doors down. Make a statement and get a lot of attention. Which it did. But they were already spreading their wings and you can here that everywhere on here. Where they were going next. This feels like a document of a moment of history and a demand and engine for change as much as anything.  ,


  

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