The Clash

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Clash is the British punk band's debut album, released on 8 April 1977 on CBS. The songs were largely written on the eighteenth floor of a tower block on Harrow Road in London, in a flat rented by Mick Jones's grandmother. Recording took three weeks in February 1977 and cost four thousand pounds. Mickey Foote, the group's sound engineer, produced. Drummer Terry Chimes played only on this album.

Joe Strummer and Jones wrote almost all the songs. Janie Jones is about a well-known London brothel keeper. Career Opportunities is about the lack of work. White Riot is short and intense, with a two-chord chorus, and is about class and race. Police and Thieves is a reggae cover. The album is musically varied for a punk band and reached number twelve in Great Britain. Later it appeared in many lists of the best punk albums.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Janie Jones (2013 Remastered)2:08Apple Music ↗
2. 2Remote Control (2013 Remastered)3:03Apple Music ↗
3. 3I'm so Bored with the U.S.A. (2013 Remastered)2:25Apple Music ↗
4. 4White Riot (2013 Remastered)1:56Apple Music ↗
5. 5Hate & War (2013 Remastered)2:07Apple Music ↗
6. 6What's My Name (2013 Remastered)1:41Apple Music ↗
7. 7Deny (2013 Remastered)3:07Apple Music ↗
8. 8London's Burning (2013 Remastered)2:11Apple Music ↗
9. 9Career Opportunities (2013 Remastered)1:54Apple Music ↗
10. 10Cheat (2013 Remastered)2:06Apple Music ↗
11. 11Protex Blue (2013 Remastered)1:47Apple Music ↗
12. 12Police & Thieves (2013 Remastered)6:03Apple Music ↗
13. 1348 Hours (2013 Remastered)1:36Apple Music ↗
14. 14Garageland (2013 Remastered)3:12Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Sources

1. Wikipedia (en): The Clash
2. Wikipedia (en): London Calling
3. Wikipedia (en): London Calling (song