What I Am Listening To

Reinvigorated by the recent Spotify podcast Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash, the masterpiece London Calling has been stuck in my rotation. While it remains an album I listen too often, lately I have been unable to remove it from at least a brief daily listen. This 1979 classic from the legendary punk rock band The Clash has remained as relevant and powerful as when it was released forty years ago. Listen to Episode 5 of the podcast for the great story of how this album was recorded and then put the album on. Though it spans two records it only is sixty six minutes long, but what a glorious hour. Power, energy, protest and snark all come through on the albums nineteen songs with highlights being the title track, Clampdown, Death or Glory and of course the radio favorite Train In Vain. Here is a brief taste of what truly is one of the best rock records of all time.