Combat Rock
by The Clash
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
The Clash bestography
Combat Rock is ranked 4th 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 28,929.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Combat Rock on YouTube
Combat Rock track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Combat Rock rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 28/55 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1982 | 23/64 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 53 Music Albums of 1982 | 9/53 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 51 Music Albums of 1982 | 44/51 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1982 | 9/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 25 Music Albums of 1982 | 7/25 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 462 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,189 | |||
Combat Rock collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 348 members
Combat Rock ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 731 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/31/2026 20:30 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 10:20 | AledJames | 1,689 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 18:17 |  Prisma | 2 | 90/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
Combat Rock favourites
Showing latest 10 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 75 members
Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5434): By Taric BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendoCombat Rock comments
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Three iconic songs - Straight To Hell, Should I Stay, Rock The Casbah - but the rest of the album is really lacking quality. Sean Flynn, Red Angel Dragnet and even the first track Know Your Rights are particularly poor. Nowhere near the standard of London Calling, which I enjoyed. (Edited)
Under-rated Clash record, much more consistent than Sandinista. (Edited)
In terms of consistency it is similar to their previous one Sandinista! but much shorter which is improvement. There are 4 great songs that stand out Know Your Rights, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, Rock The Casbah and Straight To Hell, the ret is either forgettable or pointless and boring.
Jboy56 03/31/2022 07:28 | #283631
Uneven, with 2 hits
Larcx13 11/21/2021 12:33 | #276500
I didnt get Straight to Hell but Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay are obviously great, as is Know Your Rights. That being said, unlike most commenters I've seen, I also quite enjoyed songs like Overpowered by Funk and Red Angel Dragnet. As for Atom Tan, Sean Flynn, Ghetto Defendant and Inoculated City, they are not the greatest songs ever written BUT in their own right are enjoyable songs. Sean Flynn might not be for everyone but I've learned to appreciate a track like that. It's not the Clash's best work, BUT I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it.
Your feedback for Combat Rock
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
