The Essential Clash

~ Release by The Clash (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1White Riot
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
White Riot
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
31:59
2London’s Burning
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
London’s Burning
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.752:11
3Complete Control
producer:
Mickey Foote and Lee Perry (aka The Upsetter)
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 362)
recording of:
Complete Control
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
43:14
4Clash City Rockers (original version)
recording of:
Clash City Rockers
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3:57
5I’m So Bored With the U.S.A.
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
I’m So Bored With the U.S.A.
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
publisher:
Nineden Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3.752:25
6Career Opportunities
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Career Opportunities
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
41:53
7Hate & War
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Hate & War
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.652:06
8Cheat
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Cheat
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
52:06
9Police & Thieves
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
cover recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
3.656:00
10Janie Jones
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Janie Jones
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
4.22:06
11Garageland
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Garageland
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.353:13
12Capital Radio One
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Capital Radio (Capital Radio One)
writer and composer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
2:10
13(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 340) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 430)
recording of:
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.44:01
14English Civil War
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
arranger:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
English Civil War (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
arranger:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
is based on:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad.)
3.52:37
15Tommy Gun
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Tommy Gun
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.73:17
16Safe European Home
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Safe European Home
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.653:51
17Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
recording of:
Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.23:05
18Stay Free
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Stay Free
writer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
3.43:40
19Groovy Times
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band) and Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
recording of:
Groovy Times
composer:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
33:31
20I Fought the Law
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band) and Bill Price (UK producer/engineer)
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (on 1978-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon (on 1978-12-28)
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (on 1978-12-28) and Joe Strummer (on 1978-12-28)
guitar:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
background vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) (on 1978-12-28) and Paul Simonon (on 1978-12-28)
lead vocals:
Joe Strummer (on 1978-12-28)
vocals:
Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite) and Joe Strummer
recorded at:
Lyceum Theatre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-12-28)
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 33) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 266)
live cover recording of:
I Fought the Law (on 1978-12-28)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
4.32:39
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