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Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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LynnGOct 7, 2007
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GuidovanEsJun 30, 2007I listen to it now and it fills my ears with pure joy every time :)
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LawrencePFeb 5, 2005Thanks for all the good music...Joe Strummer is the only musican that changed the way i lived my life.
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lokiSep 20, 2004A stunningly beautiful album. Even, perhaps espescially, after repeated listenings, this album truly illustrates the man behind the legend. The unfinished quality makes it all the more spectacular. A perfect final album for one of music's most important, influential geniuses.
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JoshLDec 25, 2003i was mostly a fan of joe strummer's early work in the awesome punk band The Clash, but this album rocks anyway with phenominal musicianship on strummer's part all around. its an awesome buy
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rislacDec 12, 2003Once I warmed to it, this work revealed itself as a fitting final chapter to the Book of Strummer. He's another one we'll badly miss...
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BenJNov 11, 2003A great record by a great artist - good work Joe, not a bad way to sign off!
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kifpunkypunkNov 3, 2003are you moving forward or are you moving backwards? are you taking over or are you taking over? strummer is a music god
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DanielFOct 28, 2003
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SeanWOct 28, 2003Quite possibly the best Joe Strummer release ever. A bittersweet reminder to a man that embodied the true spirit of rock n'roll.
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Awards & Rankings
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In a way, the tinny sound and half-finished feel makes it seem more touching and direct than the final result might otherwise have been.
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UncutStreetcore negotiates a resolution between the ethnocentric beats that hallmarked the two previous Mescaleros albums and the classic Clash sound that remained pivotal to Joe's live performances. [Nov 2003, p.110]
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While the record fails at living up to the hyperbolic critical proclamations of London Calling's second coming, it does make for a pretty decent, if somewhat unexpected, sweat-soaked finale for The Clash's legendary golden boy.