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London Calling

1979 studio album by the Clash
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Summary

London Calling is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,314 views/month, #181 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: post-punk[3], new wave[4], punk rock[5]
  • Producer: Guy Stevens[6]
  • Performer: The Clash[7]
  • Record label: Columbia Records[8], Epic Records[9], Legacy Recordings[10]
  • Place of publication: United Kingdom[11]
  • Part of: The Clash's albums in chronological order[12], The Clash studio albums discography[13]
  • Commons category: The Clash[14]
  • Language of work or name: English[15]
  • Distribution format: 2 × LP[16], music streaming[17], music download[18]
  • Review score: 5[19]
  • Publication date: December 14, 1979[20]
  • Tracklist: London Calling[21], Brand New Cadillac[22], Rudie Can't Fail[23], Lost in the Supermarket[24], Clampdown[25], The Guns of Brixton[26], Train In Vain (Stand By Me)[27]
  • Title: London Calling[28]
  • Has characteristic: double album[29]
  • Different from: London Calling[30]
  • Duration: 3907 seconds[31]
  • Number of parts of this work: 19 audio track[32]
  • Form of creative work: studio album[33]
  • Recording date: 1979[34]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[35]

  • First release date: 1979-12-14[36]

  • Genre(s): new wave, post-punk, punk, punk rock, reggae, reggae rock, rock, rockabilly, ska[37]

  • Community tags: eclectic, energetic, new wave, passionate, political, post-punk, punk, punk rock, rebellious, reggae, reggae rock, rhythmic, rock, rockabilly, ska[38]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8d73e45e-7ca1-3cb4-ae28-6da76196c17c[39]

Why It Matters

London Calling has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Columbia Records Epic Records United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Apple Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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