History Music / LondonCalling

Together with ''Music/{{Sandinista}}'' it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums]] and it was listed at nr. #8 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]]

Together with ''Music/{{Sandinista}}'' it's often seen as their MagnumOpus. Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums]].

* EasterEgg: An accidental one. "Train in Vain" was meant to be released as a promo for NME magazine. When that fell through, they quickly added it to ''London Calling'' after the packaging had already been printed. As a result, "Train in Vain" wasn't listed on the album cover. This didn't stop it from becoming one of the band's best songs.

** One could consider the whole album an example of DoNotGoGentle, as the original title was "Last Dispatches."

'''''London Calling''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheClash, released in 1979. It is possibly their most popular and critically acclaimed album. It's become one of the essential albums of the 1970s. It's the subject of the book ''[[http://www.marcusgray.co.uk/clash/ Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of ''London Calling'']] by Marcus Gray.

Together with ''Music/{{Sandinista}}'' it's often seen as their MagnumOpus.Magazine/TimeMagazine included the album in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums.]]

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis[=/=]GrowingUpSucks: Young people abandon their old passion and "Death Or Glory" becomes just another story - a rebel who sleeps with nuns eventually joining the church or a pacifist growing up to become a child abuser. Coming from a PunkRock band branching into several styles at once, it could be read as a preemptive defense against accusations of selling out.
* CoverVersion: "Brand New Cadillac", by 50s rockers Vince Taylor and His Playboys, "Wrong 'Em Boyo" by The Rulers, "Revolution Rock" by Danny Ray and the Revolutionaries. "Rudy Can't Fail" opens with a couple of verses of the traditional "Stagger Lee".

** The original CD issue of ''London Calling'' credited "The Guns of Brixton" to Music/PaulSimon instead of Paul Simonon, as well as listing the title track as being five minutes long instead of three.

[[caption-width-right:350:''London Calling''.]]

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[[AC:Side Four]]

Together with ''Music/{{Sandinista}}'' it's often seen as their MagnumOpus.

# "London Calling" - 3:19
# "Brand New Cadillac" - 2:09
# "Jimmy Jazz" - 3:52
# "Hateful" - 2:45
# "Rudie Can't Fail" - 3:26
# "Spanish Bombs" - 3:19
# "The Right Profile" - 3:56
# "Lost In The Supermarket" - 3:47
# "Clampdown" - 3:49
# "The Guns Of Brixton" - 3:07
# "Wrong 'Em Boyo" - 3:10
# "Death Or Glory" - 3:55
# "Koka Kola" - 1:46
# "This Card Cheat" - 3:51
# "Lover's Rock" - 4:01
# "Four Horsemen" - 2:56
# "I'm Not Down" - 3:00
# "Revolution Rock" - 5:37
# "Train In Vain" - 3:09

'''''London Calling''''' is the third studio album by the British punk band Music/TheClash, released in 1979. is possibly their most popular and critically acclaimed album. It's become one of the essential albums of the 1970s. It's the subject of the book ''[[http://www.marcusgray.co.uk/clash/ Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of ''London Calling'']] by Marcus Gray.

-->When they kick down your front door, how you gonna come
-->With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun?

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: The odd line "A nuclear error, but I have no fear/'Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river!" in "London Calling".

# "Rudie Can't Fall" - 3:26

# "Rudie Can't Fall"

* GratuitousSpanish: ""Yo te quiera infinito, yo te quiera, oh mi corazón", from "Spanish Bombs"

* RefrainFromAssuming: The ''"Stand by me"'' chorus of "Train in Vain" got so bad that in the States the single was released as ''"Train in Vain (Stand by Me)."'' The song itself is a last-minute addition and was not featured at the track listing, which makes things worse.

* ShoutOut: The typographic design on the album cover is a shout-out to the debut album "Elvis Presley" (1956) by Music/ElvisPresley.

!!!Disc one

# "Lost in the Supermarket" - 3:47

# "The Guns of Brixton" - 3:07
!!! Disc two

# "Train in Vain" - 3:09

* DoNotGoGentle: "Guns of Brixton"

* DistinctDoubleAlbum

* GratuitousSpanish: "Spanish Bombs"

* MinimalisticCoverArt: Paul Simonon smashing his bass.

* TakeThat:
** "[[Music/{{Wings}} Phony Beatlemania]] has bitten the dust" in "London Calling".

** "Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust" in "London Calling".

# "London Calling"
# "Brand New Cadillac"
# "Jimmy Jazz"
# "Hateful"
# "Rudie Can't Fall"
# "Spanish Bombs"
# "The Right Profile"
# "Lost In The Supermarket"
# "Clampdown"
# "The Guns Of Brixton"
# "Wrong 'Em Boyo"
# "Death Or Glory"
# "Koka Kola"
# "This Card Cheat"
# "Lover's Rock"
# "Four Horsemen"
# "I'm Not Down"
# "Revolution Rock"
# "Train In Vain

!! Bonus Tracks (The Vanilla Tapes):

# "Hateful"
# "Rudie Can't Fall"
# "Paul's Tune"
# "I'm Not Down"
# "Four Horsemen"
# "Koka Kola, Advertising And Cocaine"
# "Death Or Glory"
# "Lover's Rock"
# "Lonesome Me"
# "The Police Walked In 4 Jazz"
# "Lost In The Supermarket"
# "Up-Toon"
# "Walking The Slidewalk"
# "Where You Gonna Go (Soweto)"
# "The Man In Me"
# "Remote Control"
# "Working And Waiting"
# "Heart And Mind"
# "Brand New Cadillac"
# "London Calling"
# "Revolution Rock"

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''London Calling'' the third outing by the British punk band Music/TheClash, is possibly their most popular and critically acclaimed album. It's become one of the essential albums of the 1970s ''and'' the 1980s, since it was released in December 1979 in England and January 1980 in America. It's the subject of the book ''[[http://www.marcusgray.co.uk/clash/ Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of ''London Calling'']] by Marcus Gray.

* EpicRocking: The title track.

''London Calling'' the third outing by the British punk band Music/TheClash, is possibly their most popular and critically acclaimed albums. It's become one of the essential albums of the 1970s ''and'' the 1980s, since it was released in December 1979 in England and January 1980 in America. It's the subject of the book ''[[http://www.marcusgray.co.uk/clash/ Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of ''London Calling'']] by Marcus Gray.

''London Calling'' the third outing by the British punk band Music/TheClash, is possibly their most popular and critically acclaimed albums. It's become one of the essential albums of the 1970s ''and'' the 1980s; it was released in December 1979 in England and January January 1980 in America. It's the subject of the book ''[[http://www.marcusgray.co.uk/clash/ Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of ''London Calling'']] by Marcus Gray.

** "Train In Vain" was technically a secret track on the original ''London Calling'' LP, but wasn't intended to be; the band decided to include the track after the artwork was completed. The original [=CDs=] have it listed as the final track, while the 1999 and 2004 reissues use the original artwork and therefore make no mention of it.

** A more deliberate version from the same album: Alongside the usual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_number matrix number]], the double LP had a message etched into the run-out grooves one word at a time: "TEAR DOWN THE WALLS!"

** A more deliberate version from the same album: Alongside the usual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_number matrix number]], the double LP had a message etched into the run-out grooves one word at a time: "TEAR DOWN WALLS".

* ANuclearError: Happens in "London Calling".

"London Calling" is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed albums by the British punk band Music/TheClash. It was their third outing and has become one of the essential albums of the 1970s.

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