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London Calling has been considered by many critics to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time,including 's , who said that it sounded more purposeful than "most albums, let alone double albums". According to , it is the 6th most ranked record on critics' lists of the all-time greatest albums. In 1987,  of the  named it the fourth-best album of the previous 10 years and said while the Clash's debut was a punk masterpiece, London Callingmarked the genre's "coming of age" as the band led the way into "fertile post-punk territory". In 1989, Rolling Stone ranked it as the best album of the 1980s, despite its 1979 release date. In 1999,  magazine named London Calling the fourth-greatest British album of all time,and wrote that it is "the best Clash album and therefore among the very best albums ever recorded". In 2002, Q included it on its list of the 100 Best Punk Albums, and in 2003,  ranked it twenty second on their list of the Top 50 Punk Albums,while British writer  named it the second-greatest punk album of all time.

London Calling was ranked as the sixth-greatest album of the 1970s by , and the second-best by , whose reviewer  said that it was the Clash's "creative apex" as a "rock band" rather than as a punk band. In 2003, London Calling was ranked number eight on Rolling Stone's list of . 's Tom Sinclair declared it the "Best Album of All Time" in his headline for a 2004 article on the album. In 2007, London Calling was inducted into the , a collection of recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. The album was included in the  2009 Masterpieces Series, marking it as one of the most influential albums of all time, some thirty years after its original release. December 2010, the  reported that a film about the recording of London Calling was in the early stages of production.  and  were executive producers for the film. The script was written by  and shooting was planned to begin in 2011.  and Paul Trijbits had been chosen as the producers.

Track listing wikipedia

All tracks written by  and , except where noted.

Side oneNo.TitleLead vocalsLength1.""Strummer3:192."" (written and originally performed by)Strummer2:093."Jimmy Jazz"Strummer3:524."Hateful"Strummer2:455.""Strummer, Jones3:26Side twoNo.TitleLead vocalsLength6.""Strummer, Jones3:197."The Right Profile"Strummer3:568.""Jones3:479.""Strummer, Jones3:4910."" (written by )Simonon3:07Side threeNo.TitleLead vocalsLength11."Wrong 'Em Boyo" (written by Clive Alphonso; originally performed by the Rulers; including )Strummer3:1012.""Strummer3:5513."Koka Kola"Strummer1:4614."The Card Cheat" (written by Strummer, Jones, Simonon &)Jones3:51Side fourNo.TitleLead vocalsLength15."Lover's Rock"Strummer4:0116."Four Horsemen"Strummer2:5617."I'm Not Down"Jones3:0018."Revolution Rock" (written by , ; originally performed by Danny Ray and the Revolutionaries)Strummer5:3719.""(Song not listed on original back cover)Jones3:09 On the original version of the album, "Train in Vain" was not listed on the sleeve, nor the label on the record itself, but an extraneous sticker indicating the track was affixed to the outer cellophane wrapper. It was also scratched into the vinyl in the run-off area on the fourth side of the album. Later editions included the song in the track listing. .***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************The The album's front cover features a photograph of   smashing his (on display at the Cleveland  as of May 2009) against the stage at  in New York City on 20 September 1979 during the Clash  US tour. Simonon explained in a 2011 interview with Fender that he smashed the bass out of frustration when he learned the bouncers at the concert would not let the audience members stand up out of their seats. , who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and   thought it would make a good album cover. In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment – total loss of control".

The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was an homage to the design of 's , with pink letters down the left side and green text across the bottom.The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by Q magazine in 2001. In 1995,  (a band fronted by former Clash member ) used the same scheme for their  album. The album cover for London Calling was among the ten chosen by the  for a set of "Classic Album Cover"  issued in January 2010.