The Clash - London Calling
This album features what was named by Q magazine as "the best rock and roll photograph of all time, capturing the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control". Indeed, the black and white image has become an iconic symbol of the punk rock movement as well as heightening the legacy of the band, in many ways demonstrating the way an album image can supersede the album in terms of brand/band recognition. Interestingly, the composition of the title is an intertextual reference to Elvis Presley's debut eponymous album (which was also inspiration for Tom Waits' Rain Dogs LP cover, and several others), which is perhaps meant to infer the new and exciting musical direction the band had taken with 'London Calling'.
