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347:, the front of which was based on a postcard titled "End of the Trail", photographed by Adrian Atwater and featuring Wallace Irving Robertson. The cover of the first US pressings showed the band's name written in block capital letters. Subsequent US pressings used a faux-oriental style font, which was then replaced with the more ornate faux-oriental style font used on the UK release. The original American issue of the album also retitled "All the Young Punks" as "That's No Way to Spend Your Youth". This was revised on later editions. " 3422: 745: 669: 664: 631: 581: 576: 543: 740: 735: 730: 725: 707: 702: 697: 692: 687: 659: 654: 649: 626: 621: 616: 611: 571: 566: 561: 538: 533: 528: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 413:"Safe European Home" describes Strummer's and Jones uneasy writing trip to Jamaica. Jones later commented on the trip by saying, "we went down to the docks and I think we only survived because they mistook us for sailors." The song also contains references of Jamaican culture and buildings like the 792:
as a poised, unpretentious record of "straight English punk with a grip on the future" and "accessible hard rock" showcasing the Clash's unyielding, humorous "vision of public life": "The band's vision of a world strangling on its own contradictions hasn't changed, but their idea of their place in
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The band continued to include contemporary subjects in their lyrics on the album; "Tommy Gun" deals with Middle Eastern terrorism, specifically the hi-jacking of aircraft, while "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" is a commentary on the infamous
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that the album's pessimistic mood and a couple of bad songs or moments made it less listenable than the band's debut studio album, but concluded that most of the songs were "effective melodically as anything on
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praised Jones as "an excellent lead guitarist, both melodic and savage in his playing," dismissed "Last Gang in Town" as "a plodding bore," and lamented the "absence of ... roots reggae stylings."
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included the record in their "100 Best Punk Albums" list, and wrote in retrospect that it was "no more punk than
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Silverton, Peter (17 June 1978). "The Clash: The 'Serious In-Depth Interview' You've Been Waiting For!".
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750) for shooting racing pigeons with an air-gun from the roof of their rehearsal building.
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Though the opening track of side two, "Guns on the Roof", is ostensibly about global
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guitar needed to be taken in for repairs, so he played a hired semi-hollow
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Hilburn, Robert (17 December 1978). "Not for Punks Only". Calendar.
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were arrested and charged with criminal damage (and later fined
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Other songs recorded during the sessions included the single "
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on "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" (uncredited)
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The album marked the first album appearance of drummer
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Index

Cheapskates

Studio album
the Clash
Basing Street
The Automatt
Genre
Punk rock
Label
CBS
Epic
Producer
Sandy Pearlman
The Clash
The Clash
London Calling
Singles
Tommy Gun
English Civil War
punk rock
the Clash
CBS Records
the self-titled studio album
Albums Chart
Billboard 200
Combat Rock
Topper Headon
their first studio album
Joe Strummer
Mick Jones

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