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I haven't got any illusions about anything," Joe Strummer said.
"Having said that, I still want to try to change things." That
youthful ambition bursts through the Clash's debut, a machine-gun blast
of songs about unemployment ("Career Opportunities"), race ("White
Riot") and the Clash themselves ("Clash City Rockers").
Most of the guitar was played by Mick Jones, because Strummer considered
studio technique insufficiently punk. The American release was delayed
two years and replaced some of the U.K. tracks with recent singles, including
"Complete Control" -- a complaint about exactly that sort of
record-company shenanigans. (Rolling Stone)
Total album sales: 500,000
Peak chart position: 126
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#77 Melody Maker(2000)
#180 Virgin/Colin Larkin(2000)
#24 Rock Critics Choice(1978)
eins von 1001 Alben, die Ihr hören solltet, bevor das Leben vorbei ist! (2008) 
