The Clash - The Clash: Well, I'll start this off by saying that I've been looking forward to this, and as soon as the album started I...was...really disappointed. “Janie Jones” was okay, but it was pretty boring...then it went to “Remote Control” and it...was...well, still just pretty good. I was sad to find the album missing that spark that I love in punk music, and sad to be disappointed by another older album. Then “I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.” happened and from then on the album was fucking wonderful, to say the least. There were parts that were less awesome, but I can safely say that, from that point on, I was pretty enthralled, especially the more they experimented and manipulated the harsher elements of punk, sometimes mixing it with other genres.”What's My Name?” was the first “oh wow” moment, I think. “Police & Thieves”, however, almost blew my mind. It would easily be my favourite, but I'll admit I was disappointed to find out it wasn't even their song. Granted, it's their unique interpretation of it, but I think it was more impressive thinking it was born solely of their own artistry. It's still amazing and possibly my favourite song on the album, but now much more of a toss-up. My favourite songs are, in no real order, “What's My Name?” (which was great), “London's Burning” (which is delightfully punk and awesome), “Career Opportunities” (which is both great musically and lyrically relevant still), “Police & Thieves” (the guitar-work of which tickles my eardrums in a happy way) and “Garageland” (which is surprisingly pretty and probably the perfect closer to the album). As I mentioned in IRC as I listened, I really like how The Clash know to keep their songs only as long as necessary, rather than extending them with more choruses and bridges and choruses and such. I wish less artists were scared to only have their songs be a minute and a half or two minutes, 'cause too many songs suffer from this problem and could be much improved by being trimmed like hell. These songs are just exactly as long as they need to be, and benefit wonderfully from it. So yes, this was awesome and I will be listening more. Your best recommendation yet, Saddam.