On this day in 1977 (8 April 1977), The Clash released their self-titled debut studio album featuring "Janie Jones" "Remote Control" "I'm So Bored with the USA" "White Riot” "London's Burning" "Career Opportunities" “Cheat” "Police & Thieves" “What’s My Name” and more. It has been included on many retrospective rankings as one of the greatest punk albums of all time.
In 1993, the New Musical Express ranked the album number 13 on its list of the greatest albums of all time. The album was voted number 180 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). Q placed The Clash at number 48 on its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever" in 2000, and included the album in its "100 Best Punk Albums of All Time" list in 2002. Spin ranked the album at number three on its 2001 list of the "50 Most Essential Punk Records", calling it "punk as alienated rage, as anticorporate blather, as joyous racial confusion, as evangelic outreach and white knuckles and haywire impulses". In 2003, Mojo ranked The Clash at second place on its list of the "Top 50 Punk Albums", deeming it "the ultimate punk protest album". The same year, the US version was ranked number 77 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album was re-ranked at number 81 in 2012, and at number 102 in the 2020 update. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.