Hits Back by The Clash

Hits Back

The Clash

2013

Hits Back is a Punk album by The Clash, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Punk
  • Punk Rock
  • raw
  • aggressive
  • punky

About

In celebration of the exhaustive <i>Sound System</i> box set, The Clash saw fit to also release this concise career overview. The compilation is sequenced from Joe Strummer's 24-song setlist for the Brixton Fairdeal show in 1982, plus eight additional essential Clash tracks. The deluxe edition adds videos and live concert footage of 10 songs—including "Clampdown" and "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" live at the Lewisham Odeon and "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and "Career Opportunities" from the band's Shea Stadium concert. As an overview, it includes the hits ("Train in Vain," "This Is Radio Clash," "Rock the Casbah" in its Bob Clearmountain mix, and "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"), plus core essentials ("Safe European Home," "Know Your Rights," "Janie Jones," "Stay Free"). Though each of The Clash's albums deserves to be heard in context, it's impossible to argue with a collection that summarizes the U.K. punk uprising of 1977 and the stylistic chances that the group took until Joe Strummer and Mick Jones went their separate ways.

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Tracklist

  1. 1London Calling (2012 Mix)3:19
  2. 2Safe European Home (Remastered)3:49
  3. 3Know Your Rights3:40
  4. 4(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais4:00
  5. 5Janie Jones2:05
  6. 6The Guns of Brixton3:09
  7. 7Train in Vain (Stand By Me) [Remastered]3:09
  8. 8Bankrobber4:34
  9. 9Wrong 'Em Boyo3:10
  10. 10The Magnificent Seven (Remastered)5:32
  11. 11Police On My Back (Remastered)3:15
  12. 12Rock the Casbah (Bob Clearmountain Mix)3:42
  13. 13Career Opportunities1:53
  14. 14Police & Thieves (Remastered)5:59
  15. 15Somebody Got Murdered3:34
  16. 16Brand New Cadillac2:08
  17. 17Clampdown3:48
  18. 18Ghetto Defendant4:42
  19. 19Armagideon Time3:51
  20. 20Stay Free3:38
  21. 21I Fought the Law2:43
  22. 22Straight to Hell5:29
  23. 23Should I Stay or Should I Go (Remastered)3:08
  24. 24Garageland3:14
  25. 25White Riot2:13
  26. 26Complete Control3:12
  27. 27Clash City Rockers3:56
  28. 28Tommy Gun3:14
  29. 29English Civil War2:35
  30. 30The Call Up5:25
  31. 31Hitsville U.K.4:20
  32. 32This Is Radio Clash4:10

Credits

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Songwriting

4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 10 pressings tracked on Gatefold