Name: The Clash Hits Back
Brand: Legacy Recordings
SKU: 34811930
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The Clash Hits Back

Rating

Album: The Clash Hits Back
#	Song Title		Time
1)	London Calling	More Info...	0:03
2)	Safe European Home	More Info...	0:04
3)	Know Your Rights	More Info...	0:03
4)	(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais	More Info...	0:04
5)	Janie Jones	More Info...	0:02
6)	The Guns of Brixton	More Info...	0:03
7)	Train in Vain	More Info...	0:03
8)	Bankrobber	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wrong 'Em Boyo	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Magnificant Seven	More Info...	0:05
11)	Police On My Back	More Info...	0:03
12)	Rock the Casbah	More Info...	0:03
13)	Career Opportunities	More Info...	0:02
14)	Police & Thieves	More Info...	0:06
15)	Somebody Got Murdered	More Info...	0:03
16)	Brand New Cadillac	More Info...	0:02
17)	Clampdown	More Info...	0:04

Album: The Clash Hits Back
#	Song Title		Time
1)	London Calling	More Info...	0:03
2)	Safe European Home	More Info...	0:04
3)	Know Your Rights	More Info...	0:03
4)	(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais	More Info...	0:04
5)	Janie Jones	More Info...	0:02
6)	The Guns of Brixton	More Info...	0:03
7)	Train in Vain	More Info...	0:03
8)	Bankrobber	More Info...	0:04
9)	Wrong 'Em Boyo	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Magnificant Seven	More Info...	0:05
11)	Police On My Back	More Info...	0:03
12)	Rock the Casbah	More Info...	0:03
13)	Career Opportunities	More Info...	0:02
14)	Police & Thieves	More Info...	0:06
15)	Somebody Got Murdered	More Info...	0:03
16)	Brand New Cadillac	More Info...	0:02
17)	Clampdown	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Audio Remasterers: Tim Young ; The Clash.
Liner Note Author: Pat Gilbert.
Photographers: Kate Simon ; Julian Yewdall; Pennie Smith; Paul Slattery.
A tie-in to the exhaustive 2013 box set Sound System, the 2013 compilation The Clash Hits Back is a novel approach to a career retrospective: it mirrors the 24-song set list for the band's July 19, 1982 concert at Brixton Fairdeal, then adds eight bonus hits at the end. The Clash Hits Back slightly tweaks the running order of the original set -- "Bankrobber" arrived five songs into the concert but appears eighth here -- but that doesn't matter much, as this swap doesn't alter the impact of the original set. The Clash were plugging Combat Rock so songs from that LP -- the singles "Rock the Casbah," "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" and "Straight to Hell," plus "Ghetto Defendant" and "Know Your Rights," adding up to just under half the album -- sit alongside a heavy chunk of London Calling and early hits, plus a few stabs at Sandinista!. What's added at the end is a mix of their high-octane early material ("White Riot," "Complete Control," "Clash City Rockers," Tommy Gun," "English Civil War") and their more adventurous studio recordings ("The Call Up," "Hitsville UK," "This Is Radio Clash"), adding up to a strong overview of all the band could do. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine