Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was released on 14 May 1982 through CBS Records. * * * * * Combat Rock is the group's best-selling album, being certified double platinum in the United States. It contains two of the Clash's most popular songs, the singles "Rock the Casbah" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go". Combat Rock is the last Clash album featuring the classic lineup. * * * * In an attempt to restore the "chaos" and "anarchic energy" of The Clash's early days they reinstated their original manager Bernie Rhodes in February 1981, This decision was not welcomed by guitarist Mick Jones, who was becoming progressively estranged from his bandmates. * * * * During this period, drummer Topper Headon escalated his intake of heroin and cocaine. His occasional drug usage had now become a habit that was costing him £100 per day and undermining his health. This drug addiction would be the factor that would later push his bandmates to fire him from The Clash, following the release of Combat Rock. * * * * CMJ New Music Report ranked Combat Rock at number five on its 2004 list of the Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982. Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 80 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". Kurt Cobain listed it in his top fifty albums of all time. * * * * * #recordcollectors #highendaudio #recordmania #audiophiles #recordcollective #albumreviews #recordaday #savethevinyl #vinylchallenge #analogaudio #vinylculture #recordcollector #vinylism #igvinyl #vinylgram #ilovediscogs https://www.instagram.com/p/CCYZMuvpHgJ/?igshid=wbebm946pwam