Streetcore - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
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  • Summary: The former Clash leader was nearing completion of this fourth and final solo album when he died of a heart attack in 2002. It includes covers of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" (recorded without his backing band the Mescaleros) and Bobby Charles' "Before I Grow Too Old," as well as eight Strummer originals veering from reggae to rock.… Expand

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  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
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  1. Uncut
    100
    Streetcore 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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  2. Mojo
    80
    Streetcore is an amalgam of all that made Joe Strummer, the musician and the man, so great. [Nov 2003, p.131]
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  3. Playlouder
    80
    'Streetcore' shows he was still producing vital music to the end.
  4. Blender
    40
    Without much international color or guest flourish. [Nov 2003, p.122]
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  1. LynnG
    10
    Joe went down with the last eerie words on this album "That's a take." And he was gone, just like that. Joe Strummer's great hero was Johnny Cash. And as in Joe's own tribute to Cash,"He cast a long shadow on the ground. Joe never forgot his core values, the downtrodden he was fighting for--he was a gentle and compassionate warrior. And if this album is any thing judge from, he went out at the height of his genius. R.I.P. Joe, we love you.… Expand
  2. GuidovanEs
    10
    I listen to it now and it fills my ears with pure joy every time :)
  3. JoshL
    8
    i 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… Expand
  4. BenJ
    7
    A great record by a great artist - good work Joe, not a bad way to sign off!

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