Sandinista!
by The Clash

Sandinista! by The Clash
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-12-12
Overall rank: 684th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 670 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1980 (13th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (105th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (684th)

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The Clash bestography

Sandinista! is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by The Clash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Clash is London Calling which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,059.

The Clash album bestography « Higher ranked (281st)
The Clash
This album (684th)
Sandinista!
Lower ranked (770th) »
Combat Rock

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Sandinista! track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Sandinista! rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 684th | 1980s rank: 105th | 1980 rank: 13th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 670 votes)
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65/100
 
03/31/2026 14:04 Daredevil42  Ratings distribution  2,32873/100
 
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03/25/2026 18:35 Jantje  Ratings distribution  65975/100
 
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02/28/2026 17:43 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/18/2026 18:41 adbrack1988  Ratings distribution  1,07483/100
 
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02/11/2026 22:55 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,70875/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.

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80/100
From 11/21/2022 18:42 | #291458
Explosão criativa e bastante dub!
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Rating:  
75/100
From 08/04/2022 13:58 | #288118
With album could have been three times shorter and then it would be really great, but there is too much experimental or pointless tracks that drags out this album to this length. I would like to highlight the best tracks that in my opinion would create better album without other ones:
The Magnificent Seven
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
Something About England
Somebody Got Murdered
One More Time
Lightning Strikes
Up In Heaven
The Sound Of Sinners
Police On My Back
The Call Up
Washington Bullets
Charlie Don't Surf
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Rating:  
55/100
From 06/02/2022 17:08 | #285938
It's Long, but it's Really good. Some big highlights, and allthough its long, most off the songs are enjoyable. Someone mentioned this is the most ambitious project ever, and i agree. Too ambitious, but still good. Worth a listen.

Best Songs: Somebody got Murdered, the magnificent Seven
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From 04/01/2022 15:42 | #283704
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Rating:  
85/100
From 11/21/2021 12:11 | #276498
the skip button is your best friend here. It's 50-50. Some amazing tracks, some fun tracks and some skippable tracks.
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Rating:  
60/100
From 01/02/2021 20:23 | #263710
The Clash are always capable of some great songs, but this album and the individual tracks themselves often felt self-indulgently long and tedious.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/16/2020 03:45 | #255656
A very uneven album. It doesn't reach the brilliance of London Calling, but some of the album's best moments (The Magnificent Seven, Police On My Back, Somebody Got Murdered, Charlie Don't Surf, etc.) come close. But for every standout gem like Ivan Meets G.I. Joe or The Call Up, there's rubbish like Lose This Skin or a completely unnecessary track like One More Dub. Just too long and too experimental for its own good. There is a fantastic single album and a solid double album hiding in here somewhere. But as a triple album over two hours in length, it's difficult to listen through in one sitting.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 07/10/2020 04:19 | #255350
Yes, it is quite long, however it's very much part of its charm. It makes every re-listen just as exciting and fresh as the first time. It's a record that grows on you. It's not as concise as the previous, but it wasn't trying to be. It retains the diversity and wit of the previous it extends on what they built upon and created more experimental, ambitious, and unique songs that still sound catchy to the untrained ear. It is severely underrated album in my opinion and should get more recognition and praise which it so deserves
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Rating:  
100/100
From 12/07/2019 17:29 | #245425
I don't think there is an album out there that grows more exponentially after every listen. I understand the criticism of its sprawling length but it is tremendous.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/22/2019 02:25 | #238051
Album was way too long. There were several songs I could have done without (One More Time, One More Dub, If Music Could Talk, the entire Side Six). That said, this was an awesome, ambitious album.
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