Side one

 

1. Know Your Rights  - 3:39

2. Car Jamming  - 3:58

3. Should I Stay or Should I Go  - 3:06

4. Rock the Casbah  - 3:44

5. Red Angel Dragnet  - 3:48

6. Straight to Hell  - 5:30

 

 

Side two

 

1. Overpowered by Funk  - 4:55

2. Atom Tan  - 2:32

3. Sean Flynn  - 4:30

4. Ghetto Defendant  - 4:45

5. Inoculated City  - 2:43

6. Death Is a Star  - 3:13

 

 

 

Released: 14 May 1982 (1982-05-14)

Recorded: 1980; September 1981 at Ear Studios in London; November 1981; January 1982 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City; April 1982 at Wessex Studios in London

Length: 46:21

Label: CBS, Epic

Producer: The Clash, Glyn Johns

 

 

 

PERSONNEL

 

The Clash:

• Joe Strummer – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica

• Mick Jones – guitars, vocals

• Paul Simonon – bass, vocals

• Topper Headon – drums, piano and bass on "Rock the Casbah"

 

Additional musicians:

• Allen Ginsberg – guest vocals on "Ghetto Defendant"

• Futura 2000 – guest vocals on "Overpowered by Funk"

• Ellen Foley – backing vocals on "Car Jamming"

• Joe Ely – backing vocals on "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"

• Tymon Dogg – piano on "Death Is a Star"

• Tommy Mandel (as Poly Mandell) – keyboards on "Overpowered by Funk"

• Gary Barnacle – saxophone on "Sean Flynn"

• Kosmo Vinyl - vocals on "Red Angel Dragnet"

 

Production:

• The Clash – producers

• Glyn Johns – chief engineer, mixing

• Joe Blaney; Jerry Green; Eddie Garcia – assistant engineers

• Pennie Smith – photography

 

 

 

 

SINGLES

 

• "Know Your Rights" Released: 23 April 1982

• "Should I Stay or Should I Go" Released: 10 June 1982 (Video)

• "Rock the Casbah" Released: 11 June 1982 (Video)

• "Straight to Hell" Released: 17 September 1982

 

 

 

 

VIDEOS