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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Much praise has been heaped on "Cut" already (and justifiably so) therefore I'll confine my comments to the bonus material. The remastering is superb throughout and Tessa Pollitt's basslines, in particular, are now much more prominent...even the demos & rough mixes sound fantastic and they give real insight into how the tracks evolved. It's also great to have the early Peel sessions included as this gives the listener a chance to hear the band with original drummer Paloma Romero (Palmolive). Her style is much more primitive sounding than that of her successor, Budgie.
There is a real sense of fun about this collection and if you compare the Peel material to the finished article, it shows just how proficient they became in the space of a couple of years...
Do yourself a favour and buy this!
There is a real sense of fun about this collection and if you compare the Peel material to the finished article, it shows just how proficient they became in the space of a couple of years...
Do yourself a favour and buy this!
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
The Slits, contemporaries of The Clash and Public Image, fused reggae, dub, and punk into their own highly original sound.
"Cut", their long out-of-print debut album, paved the way for the Afro-Pop of Talking Heads, the reggae/new wave hybrids of Grace Jones and Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System, and the trip hop of the nineties (imagine Bjork fronting Massive Attack).
Along with their pals, The Raincoats, The Slits were one of the few all-female bands to garner critical acclaim, a cult following, and avoid being marketed as sex objects by their record company.
No punk era CD collection is complete without "Cut", one of rock's lost classics. Buy it while you can!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album was released at about the same time as John Lydon's Public Image limited started making waves and it displays a similar late 70's reggae influence. The sound is quite singular and dates from the immediate post-punk era, but with a surprising melodic appeal. My favourite tracks include Instant Hit, New Town and Typical Girls, which should all have been hit singles as they're quite melodic and accessible. There's a dub feel throughout although to me this is more pop than anything else. Intelligent pop, that is, with strong and sometimes angry lyrics. It's a very valuable album that has proved influential down the years, in a sense, predating the rrriot girrl phenomenon by more than a decade. Punk gave us strong women like Siouxsie, Nina Hagen, Poly Styrene of X Ray Spex, and The Slits. The music has stood the test of time very well and can be enjoyed by most people into reggae, post-punk or clever pop music.
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Ease up girls, i've only got one pair of ears
"A cut above" reads one reviewers title, and how right he was. Lets transport you back in time to 1979. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr Ogden
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slits yeehaa
Had vinyl - an old favourite - finally found CD on Amazon - essential listening for an old hippified punk. Raw, brash and superb.
Published 24 months ago by tone58
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rip it up and start again.
Of course there was nothing inevitable about punk in its late 1970s British incarnation -hell even the likes of Emerson, Lake and Palmer were having hits at the time- but this is... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2010 by N. Jones
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Not the Girls Who Live Next Door
Unless you were a member of the Bloomsbury Set, female lives unfurled according to a predetermined biological genetic clock pre 1970. Read more
Published on 15 July 2010 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
3.0 out of 5 stars
A real slice of eclectic rock
Slits, like many of their Punk peers such as The Clash and The Ruts, used dub reggae to effect within many songs. This album features pretty much all of their essential numbers. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2010 by deejay
5.0 out of 5 stars
P-Funk Classic
One of the best 70's Post-punk albums...
If you like punk, funk and african rhythms, you must buy this gem!!! Read more
If you like punk, funk and african rhythms, you must buy this gem!!! Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Jose Soares
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thirty years on
Thirty years after it was initially released this disc sounds every bit as fresh, as iconoclastic as challenging as ever. No home should be without it.
Published on 12 Nov 2009 by 192
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky and charming post-punk classic now enhanced
This album, released at about the same time as John Lydon's Public Image Limited started making waves, has now been enhanced by the addition of two tracks. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2008 by Pieter Uys
5.0 out of 5 stars
Life-changing, alternative and vital
The Slits are yet another one of those infuriatingly underrated bands who have never achieved the recognition they deserve, despite being highly praised by the likes of John Peel,... Read more
Published on 16 April 2007 by J. Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky and unique
This album was released at about the same time as John Lydon's Public Image Limited started making waves and it displays a similar late 70's reggae influence. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2007 by Pieter Uys
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