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==Reception== ===Critical=== {{Album ratings | MC = 85/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/streetcore/joe-strummer-the-mescaleros |title=Reviews for Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/streetcore-mw0000317945 |title=Streetcore β Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros / Joe Strummer |last=Jurek |first=Thom |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | rev2Score = 5/5<ref name="Alternative Press">{{cite journal |title=Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=185 |date=December 2003 |page=135}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/10/24/streetcore/ |title=Streetcore |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=24 October 2003 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=3 July 2019 |page=106 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703092133/https://ew.com/article/2003/10/24/streetcore/ |archive-date=3 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/17/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Streetcore |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=17 October 2003 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=16 February 2012 |location=London}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Mojo">{{cite journal |title=Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=120 |date=November 2003 |page=131}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev6score = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7540-streetcore/ |title=Joe Strummer / The Mescaleros: Streetcore |last=Goldstein |first=Hartley |date=8 December 2003 |work=Pitchfork |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite journal |title=Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=208 |date=November 2003 |page=123}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/streetcore-20031008 |title=Streetcore |last=Miles |first=Milo |date=8 October 2003 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev9score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CTUGqnYjTwC&pg=PA101-IA1 |title=Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore |last=Dolan |first=Jon |date=January 2004 |journal=Spin |volume=20 |issue=1 |access-date=3 July 2019 |page=102}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/last-but-not-least |title=Last But Not Least |date=November 2003 |magazine=Uncut |issue=78 |access-date=3 July 2019 |page=110 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703092135/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/last-but-not-least |archive-date=3 July 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }} The album received a positive critical reception and is generally seen as a return to form for Joe Strummer that sees him going out on a high point. [[AllMusic]] wrote "Like [[Muddy Waters]], whose final albums were among the best in his catalog, ''Streetcore''... sends Strummer into rock & roll heaven a roaring, laughing, snarling lion", calling the album "truly the finest, most cohesive work he did after ''[[London Calling]]''."<ref name="AllMusic"/> ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' wrote "Streetcore is an amalgam of all that made Joe Strummer, the musician and the man, so great."<ref name="Mojo"/> ===Impact=== Strummer's cover of "[[Redemption Song]]" was featured as outro music for the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] during their historic show at [[Slane Castle]] and can be heard on their 2003 live DVD, ''[[Live at Slane Castle (Red Hot Chili Peppers video)|Live at Slane Castle]]''. The song "Coma Girl" was performed as the opening track at [[Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band]]'s performance at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] on 27 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/archive/2009/ |title=Glastonbury 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> "Coma Girl" was also covered by [[The Loved Ones (American band)|The Loved Ones]] on their EP ''[[Distractions (The Loved Ones EP)|Distractions]]''. "Arms Aloft" has been covered by American rock band [[Pearl Jam]] and a live recording is featured on their 2011 [[live album]], ''[[Live on Ten Legs]]''. "Ramshackle Day Parade", the fifth song of the album, was featured on the acclaimed movie ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''.
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