The Clash - The Singles
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Artist: The ClashEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-12-20
Music Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Soundtracks:
- White Riot
- Remote Control
- Complete Control
- Clash City Rockers
- (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
- Tommy Gun
- English Civil War
- I Fought the Law
- London Calling
- Train in Vain
- Bankrobber
- Call Up
- Hitsville U.K.
- Magnificent Seven
- This Is Radio Clash
- Know Your Rights
- Rock the Casbah
- Should I Stay or Should I Go
Free Music Notes for The Singles
Free Music Review: Another recording destroyed by the "loudness war".
Hit: 1 Stars
I don't really see the need to comment on the musical merits of the album, seeing as how you can review the track listing and decide whether it represents the Clash as you want them represented. Furthermore, others have already weighed in aplenty.
The problem here is the intolerable, grating wall of noise that the record company has reduced this music to. Folks, don't buy compilations or "remasters" that were done after the mid-'90s. The record companies have inexplicably and systematically destroyed every recording of the last decade in an attempt to make it "louder", with no conceivable justification or benefit. I have 45s of Clash songs that blow this CD away sonically, meaning that you can actually stand to listen to them.
This CD will have you turning it down and then simply turning it off. It is THAT irritating to listen to. Drums have no punch. Cymbals don't peek (or peak) through the muddy, crushed mix. The record companies' destruction of cherished recordings with dynamic compression will stand as one of the bigger artistic crimes of our time. Look it up: the loudness war, and dynamic compression. IT'S AN OUTRAGE.
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European only Gold-Disc pressing is housed in a die-cut slip case, exposing the gold disc. In a few short years, the Clash transformed themselves from one of English punk's hardest-edged bands to an adventurous outfit with their hands in reggae, dub, dance, and funk. Nowhere is that range more evident than in this collection of singles spanning their entire career, from the three-chord fury of 'White Riot' through the swooning pop of 'Train in Vain' to the dance groove of 'Rock the Casbah'. While no substitute for the likes of the self-titled debut, London Calling, or Sandinista!, The Singles does offer up a succession of tunes that helped make the Clash the world's biggest punk band. The addition of two tunes not released on any of their original albums ('Bankrobber' and 'This Is Radio Clash') add to the value of this retrospective. 18 total tracks. BMG. 2005.In a few short years, the Clash transformed themselves from one of English punk's hardest-edged bands to an adventurous outfit with their hands in reggae, dub, dance, and funk. Nowhere is that range more evident than this collection of singles spanning their entire career, from the three-chord fury of "White Riot" through the swooning pop of "Train in Vain" to the dance groove of "Rock the Casbah." While no substitute for the likes of the self-titled debut, London Calling, or Sandinista!, The Singles does offer up a succession of tunes that helped make the Clash the world's biggest punk band. The addition of two tunes not released on any of their original albums ("Bankrobber" and "This Is Radio Clash") add to the value of this retrospective. --Rob O'Connor
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