In addition to the album's success, 'London Calling' also boasts one of the most famous album covers in punk rock history. Read here for the story.

Which brings us back to London Calling's album cover. The design wasn't new -- pink and green lettering framing a black and white photo -- in fact, it dated to 1956, when Elvis Presley 's debut ...

London Calling by The Clash was recently voted the fourth greatest album cover of all time by MusicRadar users. Pennie Smith's iconic photograph of Paul Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass ...

When the British punk band the Clash’s acclaimed double-album “London Calling” came out in the U.S. in January 1980, Dave Marin rushed to buy it. The cover featured the famous image of ...

Some very famous photographers have had their work on some very famous album covers, as an exhibition in London amply demonstrates.

Last weekend we asked our readers to select the best album covers of all time. In the age of the MP3, the album cover is really a lost art – which probably explains why 90 percent of the albums ...

There are so many reasons why this album is the punk rock band’s best, and also why it’s one of the best albums of its era, period. And it all starts with the state of London in the late 1970s ...

Listen to The Clash's London Calling at 40 Amy Lamé and Don Letts play out The Clash’s ground-breaking double album London Calling in full - and are joined by Pennie Smith (who took the cover ...

The Clash's 1979 masterpiece 'London Calling' turns 40 this month. Here are 10 things you may not know about the landmark punk LP.

It encouraged the Clash to get even more ambitious on their next album, 1981's sprawling Sandinista! – a three-record set that, in a way, is as every bit as essential as London Calling.

London Calling at 40: How The Clash shattered punk orthodoxy and created a masterpiece As The Clash’s seminal third album is celebrated in a new exhibition, Chris Harvey reflects on its anger ...