There was a time when the Clash were called "the only band that matters." And for a time, it seemed like that wasn't just record-company hyperbole designed to sell records and concert tickets, but an indisputable fact.

They released only six albums during their brief lifetime, and all but one of them are classic records of not only the punk genre from which they originated but within the bigger umbrella of rock 'n' roll itself, as you'll see in the list below of the Clash Albums Ranked.

The Clash's first album came out in 1977, the same year the Sex Pistols ' historic Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols debuted -- though the self-titled LP was delayed two years in the U.S., where it was given a revised track listing and a release after their second album came out i

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