Cut is the debut album

Album

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 by The Slits

The Slits

The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...

. It was originally released in September 1979 on the Island Records

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 label (ILPS 9573) in the UK

United Kingdom

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 and on Antilles (AN 7077) in the U.S.

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 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

The Observer

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's list, The 100 Greatest British Albums.

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

Koch Records

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 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 Bros. Records

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) had long since gone out of print.

Track listing

All tracks written by Viv Albertine

Viv Albertine

Viv Albertine is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the influential, all-female English punk group, The Slits....

, Tessa Pollitt

Tessa Pollitt

Tessa Pollitt was the bass guitarist for the punk rock outfit The Slits, between 1976 and 1981, when the band first split up. She returned to the band when it was reformed in 2006....

, Arianne Forster (aka Ari Up

Ari Up

Ariane Daniele Forster , better known by her stage name Ari Up, was a German-born vocalist, best known as a member of the English punk group, The Slits.-Career:...

) and Paloma Romero (aka Palmolive

Palmolive (musician)

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)

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

Bonus tracks

1. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine
   I Heard It through the Grapevine
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   " (Barrett Strong
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   , Norman Whitfield
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   )
2. "Liebe and Romanze" (Slow Version)

2009 Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

1. "Instant Hit"
2. "So Tough"
3. "Spend, Spend, Spend"
4. "Shoplifting"
5. "FM"
6. "Newtown"
7. "Ping Pong Affair"
8. "Love und Romance"
9. "Typical Girls"
10. "Adventures Close to Home"
11. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
12. "Liebe and Romanze (Slow Version)"
13. "Typical Girls (Brink Style Dub)"
14. "Love and Romance (John Peel Session 1977)"
15. "Vindictive (John Peel Session 1977)"
16. "Newtown (John Peel Session 1977)"
17. "Shoplifting (John Peel Session 1977)"
18. "So Tough (John Peel Session 1977)"
19. "Instant Hit (John Peel Session 1977)"
20. "FM (John Peel Session 1977)"

Disc 2

1. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Rough Mix)"
2. "Instant Hit (8 Track Demo)"
3. "Spend, Spend, Spend (8 Track Demo)"
4. "Newtown (8 Track Demo)"
5. "Adventures Close to Home (8 Track Demo)"
6. "Instant Hit (Rough Mix)"
7. "So Tough (Rough Mix)"
8. "Spend, Spend, Spend (Toast Version)"
9. "Shoplifting (Rough Mix)"
10. "FM (Rough Mix)"
11. "Newtown (Rough Mix)"
12. "Ping Pong Affair (Rough Mix)"
13. "Love und Romance (Rough Mix)"
14. "Typical Girls (Rough Mix)"
15. "Adventures Close to Home (Rough Mix)"
16. "So Tough (Outtake)"
17. "Instant Hit (Instrumental Outtake)"
18. "Typical Girls (Instrumental Outtake)"
19. "Spend, Spend, Spend (Dub Version)"
20. "In the Beginning, There Was Rhythm (Early Version)"

Personnel

• Ari Up
  Ari Up
  Ariane Daniele Forster , better known by her stage name Ari Up, was a German-born vocalist, best known as a member of the English punk group, The Slits.-Career:...
  
   - vocals
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• Viv Albertine
  Viv Albertine
  Viv Albertine is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the influential, all-female English punk group, The Slits....
  
   - guitar
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• Tessa Pollitt
  Tessa Pollitt
  Tessa Pollitt was the bass guitarist for the punk rock outfit The Slits, between 1976 and 1981, when the band first split up. She returned to the band when it was reformed in 2006....
  
   - bass guitar
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• Budgie
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   - drums
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• Dennis Bovell
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   - sound effects

Photography by Pennie Smith

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