Guardian - 40 Greatest Songs ranked

[Silent Majority]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

[Heston]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

A chorus maybe? Or is it already one long chorus? I suppose it works if you look at it as a mantra. But yeah, something makes it fall short of true greatness. Joe's mournful vocal carries it really, I can imagine it not working half as well without it.

[Toppers Boppers]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

A chorus maybe? Or is it already one long chorus? I suppose it works if you look at it as a mantra. But yeah, something makes it fall short of true greatness. Joe's mournful vocal carries it really, I can imagine it not working half as well without it.

That sums it up for me too. Whilst I've grown to like it more over the years as a standalone track, it was a disappointing follow up to Bankrobber. Sure the sentiment is noble and the lyric smart, but musically for me it lacks any urgency and clarity that most Clash singles had up until then (and some future singles would have, like Straight To Hell and This Is England).

[Marky Dread]

Loving the love for Gates.

Oh yes. "Gates of the West" is easily Top 10 Clash for me, maybe just songs in general.

This.

[Marky Dread]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

A chorus maybe? Or is it already one long chorus? I suppose it works if you look at it as a mantra. But yeah, something makes it fall short of true greatness. Joe's mournful vocal carries it really, I can imagine it not working half as well without it.

It's the melancholy in it for me that makes it great. The mix is what fucked it up from being a better track. Joe's vocal is really good.

[Heston]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

A chorus maybe? Or is it already one long chorus? I suppose it works if you look at it as a mantra. But yeah, something makes it fall short of true greatness. Joe's mournful vocal carries it really, I can imagine it not working half as well without it.

It's the melancholy in it for me that makes it great. The mix is what fucked it up from being a better track. Joe's vocal is really good.

I don't find anything really objectionable about the mix personally.

[Marky Dread]

The Call Up's just missing something. Something vital that it's needed to push it over from trundling along at 80% to the full 100%. It's probably issues to do with a slapped together last minute performance and the mix of the recording. The Sandinista! original sin.

A chorus maybe? Or is it already one long chorus? I suppose it works if you look at it as a mantra. But yeah, something makes it fall short of true greatness. Joe's mournful vocal carries it really, I can imagine it not working half as well without it.

It's the melancholy in it for me that makes it great. The mix is what fucked it up from being a better track. Joe's vocal is really good.

I don't find anything really objectionable about the mix personally.

I do it's when its compared it to the mix of "The Cool Out".