Sandinista!
Studio album by The Clash
Released	December 12, 1980
Recorded	Summer 1980
Genre	Post-punk Rock Various genres
Length	144:28
Label	Epic, originally CBS
Producer(s)	The Clash, Mikey Dread (Version Mix)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone link
The Clash chronology
London Calling (1979)	Sandinista! (1980)	Combat Rock (1982)

Sandinista! is the fourth album by the punk rock band The Clash. Sandinista! was released in 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Some critics have argued that the album would have worked better as a less-ambitious, smaller project. Others think of the album as a breakthrough that deserves comparison to the Beatles' White Album. It was voted the best album of the year in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics poll. Cover of The Clash album Sandinista!. This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Combat Rock is a 1982 album released by The Clash. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. ... The Beatles is the ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ... The Village Voice is a weekly newspaper in New York City featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... The Pazz & Jop critics poll is a highly influential poll of music critics run by The Village Voice newspaper. ...

History

The album was recorded over most of 1980, in London, Manchester, Jamaica and New York. It was produced by the band (which, essentially, meant Mick Jones and Joe Strummer), and engineered by Bill Price and Jeremy Green. Dub versions for some of the songs and toasting was done by Mikey Dread, who had first hooked up with the band for their 1980 single "Bankrobber". The album clearly displays the influence of reggae and in particular producer Lee Perry (who had worked with the band on their 1977 single "Complete Control"), with a dense, echo-filled sound on even the straight rock songs. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... NY redirects here. ... Mick Jones on stage with The Clash Michael Geoffrey Jones (born June 26, 1955) is an English guitarist and singer best known for his work as lead guitarist with The Clash. ... John Graham Mellor (August 21, 1952 – December 22, 2002) better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash, The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues. ... Bill Price (born 1917 in Hadley) was a professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Reading, Hull City and Bradford City. ... Jeremy Green is a sports columnist and NFL studio analyst who currently works for ESPN.[1] Green is the son of former Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Lee Scratch Perry, The Upsetter in Dub Lee Scratch Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry March 20, 1936) is one of the most influential people in the development of reggae and dub music in Jamaica. ... Complete Control is a song by The Clash, released as a 7 single and featured on the US release of their debut album. ...

When recording began in New York bass guitarist Paul Simonon was busy making a film, and he was replaced briefly by Ian Dury and the Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy; this later caused some bad feeling when Watt-Roy and keyboard player Mickey Gallagher, a fellow Blockhead, claimed they were responsible for co-composing the song "The Magnificent Seven", as the song was based on tune of theirs. Dread, too, was upset that he was not credited as the album's producer. Other guests on the album include actor Tim Curry (providing the voice of a priest on "The Sound of Sinners"), singer Ellen Foley (Jones' partner at the time), Richard Hell's guitarist Ivan Julian, and Strummer's old busking buddy Tymon Dogg, who plays violin, sings on and is credited with writing the track "Lose This Skin"; he later joined Strummer's band The Mescaleros. Mickey Gallagher's children also made appearances: his two sons singing a version of "Career Opportunities" from the band's first album, and his daughter Maria singing a snippet of "The Guns of Brixton", from London Calling, at the end of the track "Broadway". Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for punk rock band The Clash. ... Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000) was a rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader. ... Gallagher (right) with Eric Burdon. ... Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an English actor, singer and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) or as Pennywise in It (1990). ... Ellen Foley (born 1951, St. ... Richard Hell (born October 2, 1949) is a professional name of Richard Meyers, an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. ... Ivan Julian, born June 26, 1955, is a guitarist and bassist who has performed with the Isley Brothers, Matthew Sweet, and Shriekback. ... Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... Tymon Dogg is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, fiddler/violinist, guitarist, pianist, and poet from England. ... Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

For the first time, the band's traditional songwriting credits of Strummer/Jones were replaced by a generic credit to "The Clash". This is also the only Clash album on which all four members have a lead vocal. (Drummer Topper Headon made a unique lead vocal contribution on the disco song "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe," and bassist Paul Simonon sings lead on "The Crooked Beat.")

Three singles were released from the Sandinista! sessions in the UK: "Bankrobber" (which did not appear on the album), "The Call Up", "Hitsville UK", and "The Magnificent Seven". The last deserves mention as possibly the first-ever British rap single and the first rap single by a white band. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

The triple-LP set was, like London Calling, a subject of trickery towards the record company from the band. Two contradictory accounts of the release of the album exist. Some say that the Clash pulled the same trick a second time by saying they wanted to include a 12" single with their double album, and then getting 3 full-length discs pressed before executives became wise. Another belief is that The Clash surrendered all of their album royalties in order to make the 3-LP set a reality. Joe Strummer in a interview by Judy McGuire for the Punk Magazine said: "Well, now you're talking to a man who forewent the royalties on Sandinista!" Regardless of which of these is true, either situation paints the band in a good light, putting their fans before and above any other involved entity. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Punk cover, issue 3, 1976 Founders John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil Punk Magazine was a fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, Ged Dunn was the first publisher, provided the initial money, direction and organizational guidence and resident punk Legs McNeil. ...

A one-LP distillation of the album, called Sandinista Now!, was sent to press and radio. The side one track listing was "Police on My Back," "Somebody Got Murdered," "The Call Up," "Washington Bullets," "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" and "Hitsville U.K." The side two track listing was "Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)," "The Magnificent Seven," "The Leader," "Junco Partner," "One More Time" and "The Sound of Sinners."

The title comes from the left-wing guerilla organization of Nicaragua, the Sandinistas, who the previous year had overthrown the dictator Anastasio Somoza. The albums catalogue number 'FSLN1' refers to the acronym for Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional. Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... Anastasio (Tachito) Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 – September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1974 to July 17, 1979. ...

The song "Washington Bullets" was Clash lyric-writer Joe Strummer's most extensive--and most specific--political statement to date. In it, Strummer name checks conflicts or controversies from around the world in which leftists played a major part; namely in Chile, Nicaragua, Cuba, Afghanistan and Tibet. (In reference to the first three, Strummer seems to side with what he sees as popular leftist movements or governments, while in the latter two, he sharply criticizes the policy of Moscow's and Beijing's communist governments for what he sees as their imperialist actions). The original Rolling Stone review of Sandinista! calls "Washington Bullets," along with "The Equaliser" and "The Call Up," "the heart of the album." (see external links). Film critic Mark Kermode claims that everything he knows about politics he learned on Sandinista! This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The original, 3-disk vinyl release of "Sandinista" included a tri-fold lyric sheet cleverly titled The Armagideon Times (a play on "Armagideon Time," a song from the EP Black Market Clash.) The lyric sheet featured comic strip artwork as well as hand-written (but still legible) lyrics of original songs written by band members, as well as cover versions ("Police On My Back," "Lose This Skin," "Look Here" et al.) by other artists who also appeared on the recording. The 2-CD release contains a facsimile of the lyric sheet considerably reduced in size. Track listing: ...

Joe Strummer once told Rolling Stone magazine that the concept for a triple-LP (a rarity in the rock music world) came from friendly competition with American artist Bruce Springsteen. When their earlier LP London Calling was released in 1980, critics said that Springsteen's upcoming double-disk album The River would outsell the Clash effort and wipe away any impact. Strummer's response was: "Right Bruce. Suck on this." The band then expanded Sandinista into a triple album. This article is about the magazine. ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... There have been five movies titled The River: The River (1997) directed by Tsai Ming-liang. ...

In January 2000 this album along with the rest of the Clash's catalog was remastered and re-released. A tribute to the album, will be released on May 15, 2007, on the 00:02:59 label. Creators are: sandinista.guterman.com Contributors include Willie Nile, the Smithereens, The Blizzard of 78 featuring Mikey Dread, Ruby on the Vine, and Mekons members Jon Langford and Sally Timms. The album will also feature a collaboration by Soul Food and Mickey Gallagher on "Midnight Log." In 2003, the album was ranked number 404 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (136th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... During the 1980’s, New York City-based singer-songwriter Willie Nile released two albums on Arista, Willie Nile and Golden Down, and toured with The Who during one of their reunion tours across the U.S. The New York Times rock critic Robert Palmer said he is one of... The Smithereens are a rock group from Carteret, New Jersey. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... The Mekons. ... Jon Langford is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is based in Chicago. ... Sally Timms (born 29 November 1959 in Leeds, England) is a singer and songwriter. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Promotional Book Cover The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Audio excerpts

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Tracklisting LP

• All songs written by The Clash unless noted.

Side One

1. "The Magnificent Seven" – 5:28
2. "Hitsville UK" – 4:20 [Vocal: Ellen Foley ]
3. "Junco Partner" (James Wayne; credited as AT PRESENT, UNKNOWN on insert notes) – 4:53
4. "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" – 3:05 [Vocal: Topper Headon ]
5. "The Leader" – 1:41
6. "Something About England" – 3:42

Side Two The Magnificent Seven is a song and single by influential British rock band The Clash it was the third single from their forth album Sandinista!. It reached number 34 in the UK singles chart. ... The 13th single released by The Clash. ... Ellen Foley (born 1951, St. ... Topper Headon Nicholas Bowen Headon (born May 30, 1955, in Bromley, Kent, England), better known as Topper Headon (because of his resemblance to the cartoon monkey), was the drummer for the English punk rock band The Clash. ...

1. "Rebel Waltz" – 3:25
2. "Look Here" (Mose Allison) – 2:44
3. "The Crooked Beat" – 5:29 [Vocal: Paul Simonon ]
4. "Somebody Got Murdered" – 3:34
5. "One More Time" – 3:32 (The Clash / Mikey Dread)
6. "One More Dub" – 3:34 [ Dub version of "One More Time"](The Clash / Mikey Dread)

Side Three Mose John Allison, Jr. ... Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for punk rock band The Clash. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ...

1. "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)" – 4:51
2. "Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)" – 4:31
3. "Corner Soul" – 2:43
4. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:25
5. "If Music Could Talk" (The Clash / Mikey Dread) – 4:36
6. "The Sound of Sinners" – 4:00

Side Four Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ...

1. "Police on My Back" (Eddy Grant) – 3:15
2. "Midnight Log" – 2:11
3. "The Equaliser" – 5:47
4. "The Call Up" – 5:25
5. "Washington Bullets" – 3:51
6. "Broadway" – 5:45 [Features an Epilogue of "Guns of Brixton" sung by Maria Gallagher]

Side Five Eddy Grant (born Edmond Montague Grant, 5 March 1948), is a Plaisance, Guyana born musician. ... Washington Bullets is a song from The Clashs 1980 album Sandinista!. A politically charged song, it is a simplified version of Latin American history from the 1959 Cuban Revolution to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas of the 1980s, with mention of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Dalai Lama. ...

1. "Lose This Skin" (Tymon Dogg) – 5:07 [Vocal: Tymon Dogg]
2. "Charlie Don't Surf" – 4:55
3. "Mensforth Hill" – 3:42 ["Something About England" backwards]
4. "Junkie Slip" – 2:48
5. "Kingston Advice" – 2:36
6. "The Street Parade" – 3:26

Side Six Tymon Dogg is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, fiddler/violinist, guitarist, pianist, and poet from England. ...

1. "Version City" – 4:23
2. "Living in Fame" (The Clash / Mikey Dread) – 4:36 [Different Version of "If Music Could Talk", vocals by Mikey Dread]
3. "Silicone on Sapphire" – 4:32 [Different version of "Washington Bullets"]
4. "Version Pardner" – 5:22 [Different version of "Junco Partner"]
5. "Career Opportunities" – 2:30 [New version sung by Luke and Ben Gallagher]
6. "Shepherds Delight" (The Clash / Mikey Dread) – 3:25

For the double compact disc release, the first disc included the first three LP sides, the second disc the last three. Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... Washington Bullets is a song from The Clashs 1980 album Sandinista!. A politically charged song, it is a simplified version of Latin American history from the 1959 Cuban Revolution to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas of the 1980s, with mention of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Dalai Lama. ... See Career Opportunities (film) for the movie of this same title. ... Mikey Dread, 2006 Mikey Dread Michael Campbell (born 1954), better known as Mikey Dread, is a Jamaican multi-talented singer, producer, and broadcaster. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

External links

• The original Rolling Stone review of Sandinista!

Articles

• "Complicated Dread: the Mikey Dread interview Complicated Fun, June 21, 2006

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References

• Everyday Companion "Junco Partner" partial cover history website
• Rockabilly biography