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Cut
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Cut is the debut album by The Slits, an English group with singer Ari Up, guitarist Viv Albertine and bassist Tessa Pollitt. It was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Rusper and produced by Dennis Bovell. The album was released on 7 September 1979 on Island Records. The music blends punk and reggae with idiosyncratic art pop, and the group embraced the Jamaican influences completely, as one of the first bands to do so.
The record reached number thirty in the British album chart. Critics called it fun and catchy, despite the rough, unpolished sound. Ari Up's wild singing in particular was praised and later taken up by other post-punk bands. Rolling Stone wrote that bands such as Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney came into being because of the album, and Kurt Cobain listed it in his diary among his fifty favourite records. Typical Girls has a separate entry in Rolling Stone's list of the best songs.
Listening
Track list
- 1Instant Hit2:43Apple Music ↗
- 2So Tough2:40Apple Music ↗
- 3Spend, Spend, Spend3:16Apple Music ↗
- 4Shoplifting1:36Apple Music ↗
- 5Fm3:34Apple Music ↗
- 6New Town3:48Apple Music ↗
- 7Ping Pong Affair4:15Apple Music ↗
- 8Love Und Romance2:26Apple Music ↗
- 9Typical Girls3:55Apple Music ↗
- 10Adventures Close to Home3:24Apple Music ↗
- 11I Heard It Through the Grapevine3:58Apple Music ↗
- 12Liebe and Romanze (Slow Version)4:44Apple Music ↗
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