The Clash - Kingston Calling (1980)
From the very start of their career, The Clash have never been shy about proclaiming their love of reggae, even including a lengthy cover of Junior Murvin's 'Police And Thieves' on their debut album. Over the next few years they covered a variety of classic and lesser known reggae songs, as well as incorporating the style into their own songwriting, and so I thought it would be interesting to collect together the best of their reggae songs onto one album. I've chosen my favourite songs from their first four albums, both covers and originals, as well as some stand-alone singles and the odd b-side to make a great 50 minute reggae album - slightly longer than I'd liked, but I just couldn't pick one song to leave off.
Track listing
01 Police & Thieves02 Revolution Rock03 Pressure Drop04 Rudie Can't Fail05 Armagideon Time06 The Guns Of Brixton07 (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais08 Wrong 'Em Boyo09 Junco Partner10 Bankrobber11 One More Time12 The Magnificent Seven
This looks very cool but the link is dead. This is the kind of construction I like most. A new way of looking at songs that sometimes get lost in the shuffle or are scattered among several albums.
ReplyDeleteLink is working now! Thanks for this
DeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteA nice idea...but Magnificent Seven is no way reggae! :-)
ReplyDeleteApparently Norman Watt-Roy of Ian Dury's Blockheads came up with the bass riff while filling in for Paul Simonon, who was off filming, and after Joe Strummer had come up with some lyrics that he wanted to rap rather than sing. So, strictly speaking, no it's not reggae, but I still feel that it sort of fits in there. And it's a great song.
DeleteTerrific compilation, great fun. Well done!
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