tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post4704555231355672257..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Top 102 Albums. Minus 7. The ClashSéamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-60771321603843855012013-09-08T20:25:56.983+01:002013-09-08T20:25:56.983+01:00Although I have huge admiration for London Calling...Although I have huge admiration for London Calling, I love this one more. I think partly because they are not quite as confident and accomplished. There's less of the myth and more of the people who created it, I think.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-68467223934954165652013-09-07T15:36:04.365+01:002013-09-07T15:36:04.365+01:00This is one of my all time favorites. I agree with...This is one of my all time favorites. I agree with Richard that London Calling is my all time favorite Clash album, but but this one is certainly worthy of being called great.<br /><br />I find it impossible to decide between the US and the UK versions. Both are almost beyond compare.<br /><br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-21577960040817606582013-09-01T09:15:08.728+01:002013-09-01T09:15:08.728+01:00I find the effect multiplied nicely if I di it whe...I find the effect multiplied nicely if I di it when my daughter's friends are present.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-65444123848210608362013-09-01T06:57:47.885+01:002013-09-01T06:57:47.885+01:00Totally agree with Sandinista being a much decried...Totally agree with Sandinista being a much decried & underrated album, but do love this one, it can always chuck a youthful grin/snarl on my face & get me bouncing round the room to the embarrassment of my daughter (worth it for that alone)@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-88428960904791710962013-08-29T18:55:30.696+01:002013-08-29T18:55:30.696+01:00Topper replaced the drummer on this album Terry Ch...Topper replaced the drummer on this album Terry Chimes after an infamous audition of 250 drummers. He left before the album was released so he is not on the cover where he is credited as Tory Crimes.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-60301532894736181582013-08-29T18:18:52.609+01:002013-08-29T18:18:52.609+01:00Great to have the Top 102+ back. I wonder why Topp...Great to have the Top 102+ back. I wonder why Topper is not on the album cover?<br />Brendan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-17216700588662019122013-08-28T11:20:38.985+01:002013-08-28T11:20:38.985+01:00I'm intrigued now Anthony. Plenty of space for...I'm intrigued now Anthony. Plenty of space for complicated responses here - as a comment or post or whatever!Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-13170396914695507332013-08-28T10:44:01.672+01:002013-08-28T10:44:01.672+01:00thanks for writing this. my response is too compli...thanks for writing this. my response is too complicated to lay out on your blog...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03376893876479172962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-8687942427425451802013-08-28T09:19:55.545+01:002013-08-28T09:19:55.545+01:00Richard, I think that the UK version is more cohes...Richard, I think that the UK version is more cohesive and I loved the fact that their singles weren't on the albums - and I love my 7" Clash singles. I bought the 'Singles' on cd and think of the US version as a compilation album rather that a 'proper' Clash album but fully understand that if it was first one I owned I'd feel different. It has the baggage of existing only because CBS America refused to release the original album as they thought it wouldn't sell and then watching it become the biggest selling import album ever in the US. And no 48 Hours, Cheat, Protex Blue or Deny!<br />White Man in the Hammersmith Palais probably my favourite single, at least while listening to it, although Complete Control was the first I owned and has a particular place in my heart. The b-side City of the Dead has what was a favourite verse - "What we wear is dangerous gear / It'll get you picked on anywhere / Though we get beat up we don't care / At least it livens up the air." It seemed to encapsulate the desperation of the search for excitement and reminds me of 'punks' at the time who were unable to get in anywhere and ended up hanging around all night long.<br />London Calling is great but always seems less exciting to me.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-74979965275347647082013-08-28T03:05:32.817+01:002013-08-28T03:05:32.817+01:00Great choice, Séamus, but I much prefer the U.S. v...Great choice, Séamus, but I much prefer the U.S. version because it also has "Clash City Rockers," "Complete Control" and "White Man in Hammersmith Palais," three of my all-time favorite tracks by the band (esp. when their import singles were tough to find across the pond over here). I actually think <em>London Calling</em>'s a more cohesive, "better" album in a way, but this LP has more Clash songs I would totally miss if I had to settle for owning only one album by the band. Luckily, no need for such fiscal restraint re: music I bought as a teen. These raw, blaring guitar attacks made being a teenager so much more bearable than it would have been had I had to stick with the bland muzak of today's teens!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com