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THE CLASH - The Singles
| Jam! | Some box sets are made for the casual listener. And some are made for the dedicated fan. The mammoth limited-edition Clash box The Singles clearly exists for the latter.
After all, who else but a Clash fanatic would have the patience, to say nothing of the desire, to wade through a 19-disc box of CD singles and EPs? But for those who do take the time, this meticulously assembled 66-song box is rich in rewards....full text |
| | NME | | The influence of The Clash on everybody and everything that came after is incalculable. Imagining how life would have turned out without the original politico punks is akin to considering a world without the internet - impossible and hugely frustrating. The singles in this collection, timed around the band's 30th anniversary, are like cool old friends you wish would call more often. The punk-rock rawness of 'White Riot' has never been bettered, while the aeroplane-engine-like roar at the start of 'London Calling' remains one of rock'n'roll's best ever two-fisted clarion calls. ...full text |
| | PitchFork | | Only an enterprise as fucked as the record business could, or would, consistently wring new material out of permanently defunct outfits-- labels of all sizes continue scrambling for new (and sometimes appalling) ways to re-package, remaster, reissue, re-release, and re-squeeze artist catalogs dry-- and then some. The heartbreaking part is that sometimes all that industry hustle yields devastating results: Last November, Sony released a 19xCD box set of the Clash's 19 U.S.- and UK-charted singles from 1977 to 1985, complete with B-sides, promotional bits, accompanying 12" mixes, and the Capital Radio EP (which was originally given away with copies of the NME, and previously unavailable commercially, although the Clash fan club did reissue the collection in 1977)....full text |
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