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Live At Shea Stadium [Live]
by The Clash
The official release of The Clash's second performance at Shea Stadium in 1982.
| LABEL: |
Sony Legacy |
| RELEASE DATE: |
07 October 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Punk |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Uncut
Smart, cocksure and as cosmopolitan as New York itself, Live At Shea Stadium deserves a place amongst the greats.
80
Spin
Dub dropouts and freestyle toasts monkey with the beat; the rap on 'Magnificent Seven' yields to 'Armagideon Time,' then returns for more. Many people probably danced. [Nov 2008, p.89]
80
PopMatters
Live at Shea Stadium is a very welcome addition to band’s already superb catalog of albums.
80
Rolling Stone
Live at Shea Stadium has its flaws: Devotees will rightly quibble with the set list, which is light on rarities and cuts from the Clash's brilliant debut. But the album captures a rousing, crystalline-sounding Clash show.
80
Billboard
Live at Shea rather remarkably captures the band conquering the soon-to-be-demolished stadium, turning the cold, sprawling space into a sweaty Brixton club.
80
musicOMH.com
It is, more importantly, a fine record of a dynamic live performance by a hugely influential band who transcended their punk origins.
80
Alternative Press
The passion and power generated by Messrs Strummer, Jones, Simonon and Chimes make the proceedings feel like 10 minutes. [Nov 2008, p.170]
80
Q Magazine
A worthy addition to the Clash canon. [Nov 2008, p.126]
77
Pitchfork
The set most vividly captures the Clash's most enduring qualities: the triumphs and tribulations of being populist punks.
70
Blender
The sonic and theatrical muscle it takes to project to 50,000 people who've paid to see another band adds a sense iof purpose that can't transfigure the superb material but does give the music its own charater. [Nov 2008, p.81]
70
All Music Guide
There were some signs prior to this 2008 archival release that this particular gig was pretty good--some of the cuts surfaced on the posthumous live 1999 comp "From Here to Eternity" and the video to 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' came from this gig--but all the decades of disastrous myths help turn Live at Shea Stadium into a pleasant surprise.
67
Austin Chronicle
The live mix is less than stellar, especially when compared to posthumous 1999 live compilation "From Here to Eternity," but the band sounds tight and lively at many turns.
40
Drowned In Sound
It'll no doubt sell by the bucket load; it's one for the completists and dads at Christmas, but first timers looking for an introduction to The Clash should definitely look elsewhere.
The average user rating for this album is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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