The ClashSandinista!

Genre:

Rock, Reggae

Style:

Rock & Roll, Dub, Punk, Post-Punk, Reggae, Experimental

Year:

Tracklist

The Magnificent Seven5:25
Hitsville U.K.4:17
Junco Partner4:49
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe3:12
The Leader1:32
Something About England3:40
Rebel Waltz3:22
Look Here2:42
The Crooked Beat5:29
Somebody Got Murdered3:27
One More Time3:30
One More Dub3:32
Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)4:48
Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)4:25
Corner Soul2:40
Lets Go Crazy4:20
If Music Could Talk4:33
The Sound Of Sinners3:57
Police On My Back3:14
Midnight Log2:07
The Equaliser5:45
The Call Up5:15
Washington Bullets3:48
Broadway4:53
Blowing In The Guns Of Brixton0:49
Lose This Skin5:03
Charlie Don't Surf4:52
Mensforth Hill3:40
Junkie Slip2:47
Kingston Advice2:34
The Street Parade3:24
Version City4:01
Living In Fame4:55
Silicone On Sapphire4:27
Version Pardner5:18
Career Opportunities2:28
Shepherds Delight3:22

Credits (40)

Notes

A single LP version titled Sandinista Now! featuring 12 of the 36 tracks was released in the US to promote the album.

Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anticipating the "world music" trend of the 1980s, it features funk, reggae, jazz, gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, disco, and rap. For the first time, the band's traditional songwriting credits of Strummer and Jones were replaced by a generic credit to the Clash, and the band agreed to a decrease in album royalties in order to release the 3-LP at a low price.

The title refers to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and its catalogue number, 'FSLN1', refers to the abbreviation of the party's Spanish name, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.

Sandinista! was voted best album of the year in the Pazz & Jop critics poll in The Village Voice, and was ranked number 404 on the Rolling Stone list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 85 on its "Best Albums of the 1980s" list in 2012.

Versions

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    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, James Booker Credit
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – CBS 66363, CBS – 66363Europe1980Europe1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-00, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    Epic – 2ELPS 0031Australia1980Australia1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album
    CBS – 40-66363Europe1980Europe1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – S 66363Spain1980Spain1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album
    CBS – FSLN 40-1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    Epic – STCX 2614/5/6South Africa1980South Africa1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – CBS 66363Greece1980Greece1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, 8-Track CartridgeSandinista!
    2×8-Track Cartridge, Album, Club Edition, Reissue
    Epic – EAX 37037, Epic – ET 37038/37039, Columbia House – EAX 37037US1980US1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album; Box Set
    CBS – LP3S-114Mexico1980Mexico1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – FSLN 1Ireland1980Ireland1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    2×LP, Album, Promo
    Epic – 2ELPS 0031Australia1980Australia1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    Epic – 144451/2/3Brazil1980Brazil1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album, Double Cassette, Dolby
    Epic – ET- 37038 ET-37039Canada1980Canada1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-00, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Promo
    Epic – 2ELPS 0031Australia1980Australia1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista! , 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, White Labels
    CBS – S 66363Spain1980Spain1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista! = サンディニスタ!, 1980, VinylSandinista! = サンディニスタ!
    3×LP, Album, Promo
    Epic – 49•3P-253~255, Epic – 49•3P-253~5Japan1980Japan1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press
    Epic – E3X 37037, Epic – FSLN 1US1980US1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album
    Epic – ETX 37037US1980US1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Press
    Epic – E3X 37037, Epic – FSLN 1US1980US1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – S 66363Spain1980Spain1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing
    Epic – E3X 37037, Epic – FSLN 1US1980US1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album, Stereo
    CBS – 40-66363Portugal1980Portugal1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    Cassette, Album, Stereo
    CBS – 2EPC 0031Australia1980Australia1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album
    Epic – 2EPC 0031Australia1980Australia1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – S 66363Spain1980Spain1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album, Stereo
    CBS – 40-66363Europe1980Europe1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-00, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing
    Epic – E3X 37037, Epic – FSLN 1US1980US1980
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980-12-12, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – FSLN I, CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo, Sleeve variation
    CBS – FSLN 1UK1980UK1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1980, CassetteSandinista!
    2×Cassette, Album
    Epic – 2EPC 0031New Zealand1980New Zealand1980
    New Submission
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1981, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing
    Epic – E3X 37037, Epic – FSLN 1US1981US1981
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1981-01-00, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    Epic – E3X 37037Canada1981Canada1981
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1981, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album
    CBS – CBS 66363Italy1981Italy1981
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Sandinista!, 1981, VinylSandinista!
    3×LP, Album, Stereo
    CBS – 66363Portugal1981Portugal1981
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    Reviews

    • TerryWachter's avatar
      TerryWachter
      Edited 5 months ago
      Edge warp on 2 disks.
      But I’ve gotten over the obsession of everything being flat.
      As long as it plays without issue.
      And this thing plays great!
      Excellent reissue.
      Great dynamic range, vinyl is quiet despite the the rollercoaster ride.
      Its bent, but bent ok.
      • shindo's avatar
        shindo
        I used to own this, it didn't come with the Armagideon Times. A rather pointless release, I eventually replaced it with the full Sandinista! The third LP is essential IMO
        • shindo's avatar
          shindo
          Edited 8 months ago
          Great to pull out this six and blindly play a side. Always a pleasant surprise. This is radio clash. Italian mobster shoots a lobster!
          • martinjanet's avatar
            martinjanet
            Sometimes described as a "sprawling masterpiece". Sprawl it does, masterful it falls short of. They say "cream floats to the top" and in this case that's largely true, side A sublime, B as well, C pretty damn good, D has it's moments. If anyone ever pays a return visit to side F I'd admire their fortitude. If the album cut off at D6 then reserved parts of E as bonus tracks, then yes it would have a case for the masterpiece accolade. As it is there's just too much filler and self-indulgent dross on E and F to deserve it.
            • mayoroffiley's avatar
              mayoroffiley
              Mine is most like this one but different matrices that I can't find on other releases. CBS S 66363 A1 crossed out then FSLN1 A1 (stamped). FSLN1 B3, FSLN1 C6. FSLN1 D2. FSLN1 E5. FSLN1 F5. Can't see timtom anywhere.
              • spiderfriend's avatar
                spiderfriend
                Edited one year ago
                Another very low output edition, that just fails to deliver.
                • Krefeld's avatar
                  Krefeld
                  As good as London Calling, period. This pressing is a dream, and Tim Young created the definite masters for the entire Clash discography, anyone disagree?
                  The variety of styles might be disturbing to many, I always loved it. The Reggae tunes are superb, as is the whole album. It's like watching a movie. A great one!!
                  One of my favourite albums.
                  • Minimal-Man's avatar
                    Minimal-Man
                    This record is truly beyond category. The amount of craft and detail seems phenomenal to me. A good record will stretch you beyond your normal expectations. That’s exactly what this record does.
                    • Trevor_P's avatar
                      Trevor_P
                      Edited one year ago
                      My copies poster is different. It has the same printing on it, but instead of folding out to a 6 panel, one sided poster, it folds out to a 3 panel poster, with half the panels printed on one side, and half printed on the other side
                      • ChloeDylan's avatar
                        ChloeDylan
                        Instead of Sandinista being a triple album, they should have made it a 12” single with the Magnificat Seven, and purified the rest of the master tapes in an oily fire.

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