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The most well-known lineup of the Clash post breakup. Top: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones; Bottom: Paul Simonon, Topper Headon This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the English punk rock band the Clash that have been officially released.
The Clash's first official recording was the single for "White Riot", released by CBS Records in March 1977. In April, CBS released their self-titled debut album, The Clash, in the United Kingdom, but refused to release it in the United States, saying that the sound was not "radio friendly". [1]
The Clash presaged the band's future works with their cover of the reggae song "Police and Thieves". The band had been influenced by the subject matter, slogans and lyrics of reggae, which they often played in rehearsals but recording "Police and Thieves" was an important step that was only taken after a lot of discussion within the group.
The Essential Clash is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Clash first released in 2003. It is part of the ongoing 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series. The album is dedicated to Joe Strummer , who died during its compilation.
Though the composition was credited to the Clash, Mick Jones was its principal songwriter. [5] Its melody and chord structure shared resemblance with "Little Latin Lupe Lu", [5] which was written by Bill Medley in 1962 and provided a hit for his act the Righteous Brothers the following year, [6] as well as for the Kingsmen in 1964 [7] and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels in 1966.
The Clash Hits Back is a 2-CD, 3-LP best of collection by the Clash released in September 2013. [1]The set was released simultaneously with an eleven disc box set titled Sound System along with 5 Album Studio Set, which contains the band's first five studio albums.
It should only contain pages that are The Clash songs or lists of The Clash songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about The Clash songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
The Clash is the debut studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash, released on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records.Recorded and mixed over three weeks in February 1977 for £4,000, it would go on to reach No. 12 on the UK charts, and has been included on many retrospective rankings as one of the greatest punk albums of all time.