The Clash's Sandinista! (33 1/3) Paperback – 7 Mar. 2024

Flawed album, great band, good book.

Pretty much an academic review of the album.

Thank you buddy

Sandanista! is a sprawling, epic album that has had its share of critics over the years.This book attempts to review the triple album.It does a reasonable job but is flawed in its excessive focus on the 'should it have been edited down to a single album?' question.As a result, it has no overview of how it fits together as a unified work.It reviews the single alum promo Sandanista Now! and then goes through the remaing tracks as if they are mere extras.It also spends too little time discussing the music. Instead, it says too much about the message. The message matters, but Sandanista! is an album of music.I don't regret buying this book, but feel it to have been poorly structured.