The Clash "London Calling" [1979]

Perhaps the only double-album that consists of 100% filler, "London Calling" fits the lexicon of classic albums the way a nuclear meltdown fits a top-5 list of modern-day concerns. In truth, this is nothing more than a full-of-itself conglomeration of ignorable pub rock spew, putrid white-boy approximations of reggae and a self-fulfilling manifesto of socialistic mediocrity. Once Joe Strummer's shit-voiced blather finally loses steam, Mick Jones is always right there to fill in with his insipid 3-minute nasal pop tweaks. Even loads of studio-hack session horn players can't rescue this abomination; The Clash on "London Calling" prove once and for all that punks ruin everything.