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1.Know Your Rights – The Clash 03:40
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2.Car Jamming – The Clash 04:00
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3.Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash 03:09
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4.Rock the Casbah – The Clash 03:43
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5.Red Angel Dragnet – The Clash 03:45
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6.Straight to Hell – The Clash 05:32
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7.Overpowered by Funk – The Clash 04:52
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8.Atom Tan – The Clash 02:30
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9.Sean Flynn – The Clash 04:32
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10.Ghetto Defendant – The Clash 04:44
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11.Inoculated City – The Clash 02:41
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12.Death Is a Star – The Clash 03:13
On the surface of things, Combat Rock appears to be a retreat from the sprawling stylistic explorations of London Calling and Sandinista The pounding arena rock of "Should I Stay or Should I Go" makes the Clash sound like an arena rock band, and much of the album boasts a muscular, heavy sound courtesy of producer Glyn Johns. But things aren't quite that simple. Combat Rock contains heavy flirtations with rap, funk, and reggae, and it even has a cameo by poet Allen Ginsberg -- if this album is, as it has often been claimed, the Clash's sellout effort, it's a very strange way to sell out. Even with the infectious, dance-inflected new wave pop of "Rock the Casbah" leading the way, there aren't many overt attempts at crossover success, mainly because the group is tearing in two separate directions. Mick Jones wants the Clash to inherit the Who's righteous arena rock stance, and Joe Strummer wants to forge ahead into black music. The result is an album that is nearly as inconsistent as Sandinista, even though its finest moments -- "Should I Stay or Should I Go," "Rock the Casbah," "Straight to Hell" -- illustrate why the Clash were able to reach a larger audience than ever before with the record. [In 2000 Columbia/Legacy reissued and remastered Combat Rock.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Category Punk, Dance-Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, British Punk, Hard Rock
- Label: SONY
- Format: CD
- Release Date: January 25, 2000
- Artist: Clash [1]
- Additional Artist: Mick Jones (Vocals), Tymon Dogg (Vocals), Ellen Foley (Vocals), Joe Strummer (Vocals), Joe Ely (Vocals), Allen Ginsberg (Vocals)