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Combat Rock [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

The ClashAudio CD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (145 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
  • Original Release Date: 1982
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Epic/Sony
  • ASIN: B00004C4L3
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (145 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,526 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The final album by the Clash's original Strummer/Jones incarnation is also their most inconsistent. There were musical and ideological rifts developing within the band, and it shows: the experimentation is almost as wild as Sandanista!'s (and the biggest experiment is heading away from their punk shiftiness and into a commercial rock sound), but they seem to be enjoying it less. The band's stabs at funk and poetry aren't terribly successful, but it all came together for two massive hits: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" has the biggest, stupidest, most perfect riff this side of "Louie Louie," and "Rock the Casbah" pulls the band's politics, fine-honed sarcasm, and saw-toothed guitar sound into the service of a dance-floor beat. --Douglas Wolk

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Media Type: CD
Artist: CLASH
Title: COMBAT ROCK
Street Release Date: 01/25/2000
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Genre: ROCK/POP

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48 of 56 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing July 20, 2005
Format:Audio CD
I usually hate it when people cry "underrated!!" like it's going to do anything, but I feel that "Combat Rock" (as well as "Sandinista") deserve the complaint.

The first Clash record I seriously fell in love with was "Sandinista." It was wildly experimental, fun, and almost always consistently interesting. It was after that album that I started listening to their more appreciated work (the two albums -- you know which ones).

What stopped me from listening to this album was the surplus of negative reviews and opinions attached to it. People seem to like it even less than "Sandinista," and there are a lot of people who find that triple album repulsive.

But I finally gave it a listen. "Know Your Rights" sounds like a tossed off one-note experiment at first. I was a bit disappointed. But by "Car Jamming," something happened.

I really, really liked it! It's so catchy and weird at the same time. In fact, that goes for the entire album, minus the more "normal" hits -- catchy and absolutely weird. (Sell out? Pfft.) Take the last track for example. "Death Is a Star." Does that even sound like the Clash?

No, not really. In fact, not at all. But for what it is, it's not half bad! That's the beauty of The Clash circa "Sandinista!" and "Combat Rock" -- they tried so many genres and almost always succeeded in some various way. And if they didn't, it was at least an interesting failure.

This one is like "Sandinista!" edited down to a single disc, making it an extremely cohesive album. In fact, it's probably their most cohesive album. Even more so than the perfection of "London Calling."

Hell, even the hits ("Should I Stay or Should I Go" and "Rock the Casbah") are great. They're not as overplayed as some on here make them out to be.

Every single song has something to offer. "Inoculated City" is perfect pop, "Overpowered by Funk" is The Clash doing (good) disco, "Ghetto Defendant" is an interesting mess of tense drumming, seemingly computerized voices and tight rhythms.

And last but certainly not least, we get "Straight to Hell" on here. What's not to like?
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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars No Sell-out December 3, 1999
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Format:Audio CD
If I read any more ignorance about this being The Clash's "Sell-out" record I'm going to go mad. Listen, selling out is putting out the same record 10 times and being afraid to take chances. The Clash were way ahead of their time with this experimental album, and while there are a few missteps ("Should I Stay", "Overpowered By Funk"), there is also absolute brilliance on this album: "Ghetto Defendant", "Straight To Hell", "Inoculated City", and yes even "Rock The Casbah". "Death Is A Star" has out of tune vocals which somehow almost makes it avant-garde. I put this album up there with "The Clash" and "London Calling". Remember, "selling out" is someone deciding what is, and is not, punk. Punk is someone deciding for themself they're not afraid to take chances, even if they might fail. The Clash, here, try and succeed. Buy this.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I'll take this over the Offspring anyday... October 28, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Is it their finest hour? No, but Combat Rock far surpasses the third rate, so-called 'punk rock' of recent years. I'll never forget the teenage me watching the Clash on late-night live tv playing 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'; I was completely in awe---fatigues? A mohawk? I didn't even have cable, this was unbelievably exciting stuff. Today, when I hear 'Rock the Casbah' on the radio during one of those insidious 'remember the eighties' hours, sandwiched between one-hit wonder novelty nonsense, I'm angered that the Clash aren't acknowledged in their proper context---a British punk rock band who wrote brilliant pop songs, introduced reggae music and culture to white kids, and changed my life for the better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars MANY GREAT SONGS!!!
COMBAT ROCK is the last album from the legendary THE CLASH with their classic line up!!!!!I really like all the songs, some are classics like KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, ROCK THE CASBAH,... Read more
Published 5 days ago by FLUMINENSE
5.0 out of 5 stars A+
The first time I heard this album I was 5 years old, and the countless times spent listening to the Clash in the family van remain some of my happiest memories. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cornelius Xanadu
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
My truck still has a cassette player in it, due to the fact I live in an area where upgraded stereos are frequently stolen ive made no effort to upgrade, so instead i buy... Read more
Published 2 months ago by g lopez
4.0 out of 5 stars Combat Rock (vinyl)
First Clash album I ever heard, back in high school riding in the back of some mohican's car. Hooked me! Read more
Published 2 months ago by KendoPt4
4.0 out of 5 stars my husband likes it
we have quite different tastes in music, but he wanted it, so i bought it. he is a kind man, and listens to it with his head phones on when i'm around.
Published 2 months ago by Theresa M. Desautels
5.0 out of 5 stars This is The Clash
I've owned this album multiple times - on 33 LP when it was first released, cassette twice, and now as an MP3 download - and it still stands as a strong recording. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars the band's last best effort
Combat Rock shows the band's continuous success about to come to a conclusion with the implication from some song titles, especially Should I Stay or Should I Go after the firing... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Aidi Hou
1.0 out of 5 stars The Clash should write better songs, it would make them a better band.
Hey! Good morning everybody.
Listened to Clash's Combat Rock on the way to work today...
Bros Bros Bros...
Hurting.
Never liked the Clash. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Robert M. Flynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best band to emerge from the Punk era!
I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm not a huge fan of Punk. I'm not a huge fan of Reggae. I'm definitely not a huge fan of Rap/Hip Hop, but the Clash were probably the only band... Read more
Published 12 months ago by C. Sorenson
5.0 out of 5 stars LAST CLASH ALBUM!!!
COMBAT ROCK is the last album featuring the classic CLASH lineup...All the songs are good, with the hits SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO, ROCK THE CASBAH, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS and... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Rio Fluzăo
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