It's not easy being the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band (a tag the Clash inherited from the Rolling Stones, who had traded their emotional commitment for tax exile). What you do after changing the world with your first few releases? The previous SANDINISTA was the Clash's WHITE ALBUM, exploring just about every musical style they could think of over the course of three LP's. COMBAT ROCK, then, could be their LET IT BE, an attempt to focus on visceral, accessible material, kidney-punching instead of bobbing and weaving.
There's an increased focus on funk here, as on the unlikely hit "Rock the Casbah" and "Overpowered by Funk." Naturally, there's also a pronounced political element to the lyrics (the anti-authoritarian rant of "Know Your Rights," the post-Vietnam morality play of the moving "Straight to Hell.") Despite the renewed sense of focus, though, there's still a high degree of artistic ambition revealed in both the polysyllabic lyrics and the textured, overdub-heavy arrangements.
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Track Listing:
Disc 1:
- Know Your Rights
- Car Jamming
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- Rock The Casbah
- Red Angel Dragnet
- Straight To Hell
- Overpowered By Funk
- Atom Tan
- Sean Flynn
- Ghetto Defendant
- Innoculated City
- Death Is A Star
Release date Australia
May 25th, 2005
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Label
Legacy Recordings
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
2005
Box Dimensions (mm)
142x125x10
UPC
9399700070743
Product ID
1558746
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