Every Album by The Clash, Ranked

'Combat Rock' was released 40 years ago today. See where it ranks among TheClash's best albums

were “The Only Band That Matters.” But more to the point, they were the only band who’s ever gotten away with calling themselves something so self-aggrandizing, because it felt close enough to the truth. They formed in early 1976 out of the ashes of Joe Strummer’s pub rock band, The 101ers, and Mick Jones’s London SS.

Punk rock’s three most important bands offered their many disciples three vastly different templates for a career. The Sex Pistols made one great album and then flamed out. The Ramones spent decades sticking to their fast, loud and simple formula. And The Clash made six vastly different albums in quick succession, constantly evolving and incorporating different genres into increasingly ambitious records that sometimes grew into double and even triple LP releases.

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