The best of that period, arguably the mostly instrumental Walker soundtrack, was more conducted by Strummer than it was written by him. Previously, Strummer took his love of all music down many paths; here is where he fused it all together, combining folk, rock and electronic vibes with a handful of dub flourishes.
Rock Art is also the cleanest-sounding of the Mescaleros records, perhaps owing to it originally being released by Mercury Records before Clash super fan Tim Armstrong swooped in and gave the band a better support network. Rock Art is perhaps the most underrated of the Mescaleros albums, probably because it doesn't rock so much as groove. While there are some certified bangers "Techno D-Day," "Tony Adams" , it's more defined by slightly spacey dancers like single "Yalla, Yalla.
By any measurement production, lyrics, energy, genre mashing follow-up Global A Go-Go is the better record, though. It only gets one rarity tacked on a live version of "Bhindi Bhagee," which just seems anticlimactic after the lengthy Celtic folk of proper closer "Minstrel Boy" , but it still wins out by simply refining Rock Art 's qualities.
The folk is folksier on "Johnny Appleseed. The electronic textures are less pronounced, but they definitely add a splash of flavor. At 80 minutes or so, it's really a double album, and would have been a fitting end to the Mescaleros' legacy as the group's last proper studio effort.
But I still say Streetcore is the best of the three albums. While Strummer laid down a few tracks before his passing "Coma Girl," "Get Down Moses" , the record is really a demo collection, pulling in acoustic songs from Strummer's vaults, such as "Long Shadow," which Strummer unsuccessfully wrote for Johnny Cash, along with "Redemption Song" and "Silver and Gold. Streetcore 's most fully realized songs find a middle ground, keeping the world music approach but upping the oomph.
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