The Clash

A collection of career-spanning live performances, from a 1977 "What’s My Name” at Manchester’s Elizabethan Suite to a 1983 festival performance of "Know Your Rights,” this Don Letts-compiled release is a fine glimpse into the live world of one of rock’n’roll’s most important bands. Starting with "Complete Control” and closing out with "Career Opportunities,” this disc brings together 22 of the band’s most well-known songs, with inspired takes on "(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais” and "Clampdown” highlighting the best the Clash ever had to offer. It’s admittedly (and intentionally) a little weird to watch the band go from "London’s Burning” in ’78 to "Should I Stay or Should I Go” in Shea Stadium a few years later, and that’s what makes this not only an exciting collection but a thoughtful release that manages to subtly explore the very nature of the only band that mattered.