We are working our way through the catalogue of The Clash and reflecting on a career charged with authenticity and ranking their albums in order of greatness ...

Yet even an uneven Clash album contains more greatness than most, and along with the two hit singles, the highlight of “Combat Rock” is the vividly atmospheric “Straight to Hell.” ...

The Clash's official studio output makes up more ... is back to three) -- gathers a bunch of live cuts, demos, a DVD, non-album singles, B-sides and rarities from the vaults.

Over the course of six studio albums and a handful of non-album singles, The Clash continually demonstrated that they were capable of achieving just about anything they desired. Exactly 40 years ...

When they first entered a recording studio, demoing tracks for Polydor in November 1977, it’s unlikely The Clash imagined that, 35 years later, they’d be one of rock’s biggest heritage acts. For a ...

To be sure, London Calling would have almost certainly been The Clash’s most popular album to date, even if “Train in Vain” hadn’t become an unlikely hit single. Punk was already beginning ...

When Nicky “Topper” Headon’s single-shot snare report ... Rolling Stone’s #8 Greatest Album of All Time: ‘London Calling’ by The Clash Across the room, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon ...

The Clash released London Calling in ... hence the idea of releasing a single each month, not necessarily from an album. CBS Records did not have the same philosophy. Said guitarist Mick Jones ...

And the Clash made six vastly different albums in quick succession ... one more dynamite pop song — nearly given away as a free single with a magazine — that you’ve decided to add to ...