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Global a Go-Go
Joe Strummer, Mescaleros
Global a Go-Go
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Joe Strummer continues to be the only Clash principal member who remains active. Talking the world and folk influences of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style a step further, Global A Go-Go is a deep, mature piece of work by a ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Joe Strummer, Mescaleros
Title: Global a Go-Go
Members Wishing: 7
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hellcat Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 7/24/2001
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 045778044023, 8714092044027

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Joe Strummer continues to be the only Clash principal member who remains active. Talking the world and folk influences of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style a step further, Global A Go-Go is a deep, mature piece of work by a reinvigorated artist who has more in common with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison than the Sex Pistols. 11 tracks. 2001 Hellcat/Epitaph Records release.

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Becky B. (leelacolorado) from DENVER, CO
Reviewed on 4/8/2007...
hey, it's joe strummer.

CD Reviews

The Best Work from One of the Great Ones
Juan Mobili | Valley Cottage, NY USA | 05/15/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"My father, a poet and an artist on his own right, used to say that there was a "first row "and a "second row" for artists of any discipline. His theory was that, whether it's literature, sculpture or music, people will emerge who will redefine their medium, push their artistic form beyond its present atmosphere, and then there man, many more, extremely capable writers or composers whose work was important but not seminal, not worthy of the first row. I guess my dad was speaking of what B.H. Fairchild called "the difference between talent and genius." Well I think my father's notion certainly has applied, for a long time, to contemporary popular music. I grew up touched -shaped, really- by people like Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Caetano Veloso, Ellington, Joni Mitchell. This is the work of the first row, to be a lifelong catalyst for your times. Joe Strummer belongs in the same first row too. In some way, I feel that this album materializes Joe's lifelong vision bringing forth punk and world, accordions and electric guitars, politics and art, social justice and killer grooves. "Mondo Bongo" is a Strummer ballad, heartfelt, slow, perfect for Joe's mature voice. "At The Border, Guy" should be called "at the edge" with its Rock-n-Reggae. "Gamma Ray" and "Mega Bottle Ride" are precious stones, etched off Latin and Punk, like a working class Jimmy Buffet with something important to say. Global A Go-Go is immense fun but not a Disney ride, his politics just as radical but maturing into a sharper artistic edge."
This album is absolutely astounding.
Gary S. Fenstermacher | bethlehem, pa USA | 03/12/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wanna be a Joe Strummer fan? Buy this record. I never cared really for the Clash or Joe Strummer. Sure, I liked the token Clash songs, but that's about it.Until a friend played this for me one night. The first half of this record is simply amazing. Every song is a winner. The second half isn't quite as good, but is still great. From "Global A Go-Go" I found myself purchasing the rest of the Joe Strummer catalogue. Repeated listening pushes me to start looking into some of the bands mentioned in the actual song "Global A Go-Go," and from there I've since discovered an entire world of quality, classic, Jamaican rocksteady, ska, and roots.This record changed my life. No, really. Well, alright, just my record-buying life. What, you've never heard of hyperbole?It really is that good, though."