Clash On Broadway - The Clash

Presented in a nice slipcase with tons of liner notes to skim through, this collection is well worth the £15 you're likely to find it selling for. The notes include lyrics to most of the songs, plenty of black and white photos, and a lot of people's stories about the band, which makes an interesting read. That you can fill 3 CDs with The Clash's best songs, and still have people complaining that tracks like "Remote Control" is purely a testament to the band, and shouldn't be a reason not to buy this set. The first disc documents their early days of punk with a few of their early demos, like "Janie Jones", as well as live versions of the ...  Read the complete review

It's always nice to get a lot for your money. You certainly get that with Clash on Broadway, a 3-CD, 63 track celebration of the perhaps most genuine of punk bands. Put quite simply, if you want to have practically the whole catalogue of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones' work, you should buy this album. Each CD deals with the three distinct stages of the Clash's career, and is a tribute to their longevity compared to their contemporary acts. CD 1 is what they began with, the agression of 77-style punk, and their first flirtations with reggae. The whole of their debut album is contained on this CD, along with favourites like 'Complete Control', ...  Read the complete review