Det indflydelsesrige britiske musikmagasin ''[[NME]]'' placerede albummet som nr. 6 blandt 1970'ernes bedste album,<ref>{{cite journal |date=11. september 1993 |title=The Greatest Albums of The '70s |journal=[[NME]] |page=18 }}</ref> og [[Pitchfork Media]] kårede ''London Calling'' som årtiets næstbedste album.,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=23. juni 2004 |title=Top 100 Albums of the 1970s |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/ |access-date=17. februar 2008 |archive-date=15. april 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064956/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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