The Crackdown is an album electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire (band)

Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that was a centre for the early Dada movement.Their earliest performances...

 recorded for Some Bizzare Records

Some Bizzare Records

Some Bizzare Records is a British independent record label owned by Stevo Pearce. The label was founded in 1981, with the release of Some Bizzare Album, a compilation of unsigned bands including Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, The The, Neu Electrikk and Blancmange.-1981-1989:One of the first bands that...

 in 1983. The album shows Cabaret Voltaire beginning to move away from their industrial

Industrial music

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 roots, and leaning towards a more New Wave

New Wave music

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-type sound. This is Cabaret Voltaire's first album after Chris Watson

Chris Watson (musician)

Christopher Richard Watson is a Sheffield-born musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson's work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.-...

's departure.

Track listing

1. "24-24" - 5:55
2. "In the Shadows" - 4:36
3. "Talking Time" - 5:25
4. "Animation" - 5:33
5. "Over and Over" - 4:30
6. "Just Fascination" - 4:04
7. "Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)" - 3:56
8. "Haiti" - 3:20
9. "Crackdown" - 6:31
10. "Diskono" - 3:48
11. "Double Vision" - 4:15
12. "Badge of Evil" - 5:28
13. "Moscow" - 4:53

Tracks 10-13 constitute the "Doublevision EP", released as a bonus 12" with the original LP (with "Moscow" then "Badge of Evil" on the B-side), and available on all CD issues of the album.

Personnel

• Cabaret Voltaire
  Cabaret Voltaire (band)
  Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that was a centre for the early Dada movement.Their earliest performances...
  
   & Flood – Producer
• Stephen Mallinder
  Stephen Mallinder
  Stephen William Mallinder was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, Sassi and Loco and the Ku-Ling Bros. While in Cabaret Voltaire he contributed lead vocals, bass and occasional keyboards.-Biography:...
  
   - Vocals, bass, percussion
• Richard H. Kirk
  Richard H. Kirk
  Richard H. Kirk is an English musician specialising in electronic music since the 1970s.-Background:Richard H. Kirk first came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the seminal industrial band Cabaret Voltaire...
  
  - Guitars, synthesizers, tapes