The Clash
by The Clash

Album
The Clash by The Clash
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-04-08
Overall rank: 287th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,312 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1977 (10th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1970s (70th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (287th)

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The Clash bestography

The Clash is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by The Clash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Clash is London Calling which is ranked number 20 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 28,917.

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London Calling This album (287th)
The Clash Lower ranked (692nd) »
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The Clash track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Track pick (870 - 284 votes)
Janie Jones
Average Rating: 87 (284 votes)Comments: View 4
2.
Remote Control
Average Rating: 82 (228 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
I'm So Bored With The USA
Average Rating: 84 (222 votes)Comments: View 1
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White Riot
Average Rating: 87 (295 votes)Comments: View 2
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Hate & War
Average Rating: 81 (204 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
What's My Name
Average Rating: 81 (205 votes)Comments: View 0
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Deny
Average Rating: 80 (197 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
London's Burning
Average Rating: 84 (229 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Career Opportunities
Average Rating: 85 (218 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Cheat
Average Rating: 80 (191 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Protex Blue
Average Rating: 79 (193 votes)Comments: View 0
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Police & Thieves
Average Rating: 88 (270 votes)Comments: View 1
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48 Hours
Average Rating: 79 (189 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Garageland
Average Rating: 83 (205 votes)Comments: View 0

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The Clash rankings

The Clash rankings summary
Overall rank: 287th | 1970s rank: 70th | 1977 rank: 10th  Overall chart history
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The Clash ratings

Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,312 votes)
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 !		09/01/2026 15:20 AndyLish79  Ratings distribution  50581/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.


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The Clash forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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85/100
From 04/30/2023 20:45 | #296510
Still holds up as raucous fun and prescient rebellion. (Edited)
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From 03/18/2023 10:05 | #295139
3th track is a masterpiece ??? (Edited)
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80/100
From 02/27/2023 00:42 | #294489 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A solid punk album that demonstrates how good the Clash are and is a great starter album for anyone looking to get into punk. It is 35 minutes of classic punk with a slight intermission for the slower, but excellent, Police & Thieves. You really can't go wrong with this record and it is tough to not fall in love with its rawness and also its energy. It was the first Clash record that I connected with and while it may not be their best it is definitely still a great record and has some Clash classics on here. Overall, this is a must listen album full of great music and it is thoroughly enjoyable. (Edited)
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From 09/06/2022 17:38 | #289417
Great record (Edited)
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55/100
From 06/02/2022 08:25 | #285927
One of the best early classic Punk-albums, and only surpassed by Sex Pistols imo. Police and thieves could easily fit onto London Calling, and i like Deny/White Riot as well. London Calling, Combat Rock and Maybe Sandinista are better albums for me, but this is a great beginning
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Best Albums of  1977
1. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
2. Animals by Pink Floyd
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. Low by David Bowie
5. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
6. Aja by Steely Dan
7. The Stranger by Billy Joel
8. Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
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