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Nice post Buddy!

Agreed on a lot of those songs and in general I like the album, I just wish they had've conednsed it down and removed some of the weaker tunes.
Interesting what you say about McCartney being better on this album, he arguably had more influence on Rubber Soul, Revolver & St Pepper too, (definitely did on Sgt Pepper) which were obviously their most successful period!


I have never bought 'London's Calling' it's probably the only album that is recognized as an ATG that I don't own - just never got into the Clash - may give it a chance though as so many people rave about it!
The Lennon/McCartney relationship is always interesting to look at. People often bring it down to the level of saying one is better than the other with it being far cooler to say Lennon was better. I was of that way of thinking when I was growing up and having heard their solo work, but now I have backtracked on that a fair bit. McCartney seemed to get more active when the Beatles had become established. A Hard Day's Night was Lennon's album, but McCartney did come into his own afterwards and especially on the albums you mentioned above. I have just finished reading "Many Years from Now" by Barry Miles (no relation) and it tries to go the whole other way by saying Lennon was a lazy druggie whilst McCartney was the experimental hard worker of the group. I think that is too extreme as well. They were both incredibly talented songwriters, but there is no doubt that the pendulum swung on key albums in the catalogue.

London Calling is a very good album. It's not really punk, just another eclectic collection of pop songs with a lot of guitars. The Clash got a bit rubbish towards the end, but the first 3 albums are sound. I find London Calling to be their best.
Interesting stuff mate. I completely agree on 'The Pendulum swinging' part. I also really like 'A Hard Day's night' which as you say was pretty much a Lennon album.

I think together they were both great, apart Lennon was marginally better, but both of their solo careers (witha few song exceptions) were complete shite
I think some of Lennon's solo career was really good. Plastic Ono Band is a superb album and Imagine is decent enough. Mind Games and Walls and Bridges also had their moments, but were too inconsistent. Rock and roll doesn't really count and Double Fantasy was a bit shit apart from the two main singles (who wants half an album of Yoko Ono? ). McCartney truly was awful in the '70's and 80's. It's tough to find a really consistent album. I think he gave it a decent shot with Band on the run and Tug of War, but even they have their fair share of filler content. For me Flowers in the Dirt was the first real sign of McCartney showing real signs of life as a solo artist. McCartney's last two albums have been pretty good too. I liked Chaos and Creation and Memory almost full was semi-decent. Flaming Pie released just after the anthology albums was also pretty decent as far as Beatles solo albums go. But the best Beatles solo album might well be All things Must Pass by George Harrison. The final disc is a bit shoddy, but there are a whole heap of great tunes on there. What was it? A triple album or something?