Cut is the debut album by The Slits. It was originally released in September 1979 on the Island Records label (ILPS 9573) in the UK and on Antilles (AN 7077) in the US. Although it only made a brief impact on the UK top 30 at the time, in 2004 it was voted at no 58 in the Observer's list, The 100 Greatest British Albums [1]. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1425x1390, 446 KB)Sleeve of The Slits Cut This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... Spring is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Dennis Bovell (1953, Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies) is a legendary reggae guitarist and music producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... A debut album is the first released record album by an artist or a band. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... The Slits are an all female punk rock band. ... Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall but moved to the UK in May 1962. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The album was re-released on CD in Europe in 1990 and in 2000 within the Island Master series (IMCD 90 and IMCD 275). In 2005 Koch Records licensed the master to Cut from Island Def Jam (who still held the rights to the album) and reissued the album on CD for the first time ever in the United States; previously, the album had been only available to Stateside fans on CD as an English import, since the album's original American release (on the Island subsidiary Antilles, during Island's association with Warner Brothers Records) had long since gone out of print. Koch Entertainment is an American entertainment company, based out of New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. ... The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label which started when Universal Music merged its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam. ... Warner Brothers Records is a record label which was launched on March 19, 1958 by Warner Bros. ...

Track listing

All tracks written by Vivianne Albertine, Tessa Pollitt, Arrianne Forster and Paloma Romero (aka Palmolive) Tessa Pollitt (born in 1959) was the bass guitarist for the punk rock outfit, The Slits, between 1976 and 1981, when the band finally dissolved. ... Palmolive in 1977 during the White Riot Tour Palmolive was the stage name for Spanish born drummer Paloma Romera. ...

Side one

1. "Instant Hit" – 2:43
2. "So Tough" – 2:41
3. "Spend, Spend, Spend" – 3:18
4. "Shoplifting" – 1:39
5. "FM" – 3:35

Side two

1. "Newtown" – 3:48
2. "Ping Pong Affair" – 4:16
3. "Love und Romance" – 2:27
4. "Typical Girls" – 3:57
5. "Adventures Close to Home" – 3:28

Personnel

• Ari Up - vocals
• Viv Albertine - guitar
• Tessa Pollitt - bass guitar
• Budgie - drums