The Slits - Cut (1979)

The Slits - Cut (1979)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one

"Instant Hit" – 2:43

"So Tough" – 2:41

"Spend, Spend, Spend" – 3:18

"Shoplifting" – 1:39

"FM" – 3:35

Side two

"Newtown" – 3:48

"Ping Pong Affair" (stylized as "ƃuoԀ ƃuᴉԀ Affair" on the record sleeve) – 4:16

"Love und Romance" – 2:27

"Typical Girls" – 3:57

"Adventures Close to Home" – 3:28

Bonus tracks

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) – 3:59

"Liebe and Romanze" (Slow Version) – 4:45

The Slits Band Members / Musicians

Ari Up – vocals

Viv Albertine – guitar

Tessa Pollitt – bass guitar

with:

Budgie – drums

Bruce Smith – uncredited voice on "Love und Romance"

Dennis Bovell – sound effects

Max "Maxi" Edwards – drums on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

Neneh Cherry – uncredited backing vocals

Mike Dunne – engineer

Pennie Smith – photography

Brian Gaylor, Viv Albertine – inner sleeve cartoons

Rema, Stuart Henderson, the Slits – production on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

Cut is the debut studio album by English punk band the Slits, released on 7 September 1979. It was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Rusper and produced by Dennis Bovell. The album was praised by later acts such as Kurt Cobain and Massive Attack.

The Slits were a punk rock band based in London, formed there in 1976 by members of the groups the Flowers of Romance and the Castrators. The group's early line-up consisted of Ari Up (Ariane Forster) and Palmolive (a.k.a. Paloma Romero, who played briefly with Spizzenergi and later left to join the Raincoats), with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members Kate Korus and Suzy Gutsy. Their 1979 debut album, Cut, has been called one of the defining releases of the post-punk era.

The Slits Band Members / Musicians

Ari Up – vocals (1976–1982, 2005–2010; died 2010)

Palmolive – drums (1976–1978)

Suzy Gutsy – bass guitar (1976)

Kate Korus – guitar (1976–1977)

Tessa Pollitt – bass guitar (1976–1982, 2005–2010)

Viv Albertine – guitar (1977–1982)

Budgie – drums (1978–1980)

Bruce Smith – drums (1980–1982)

Neneh Cherry – backing vocals (1981)

Hollie Cook – backing vocals (2005–2010)

Michelle Hill – guitar (2005–2010)

NO – guitar, backing vocals (2005–2010)

Anna Schulte – drums (2005–2010)

Adele Wilson – guitar (2005–2010)

Little Anna – melodica (2007–2009)

The Silk Discography Full

Studio albums

Cut (Island (UK) / Antilles (US), September 1979)

Return of the Giant Slits (CBS, October 1981)

Trapped Animal (Narnack, 2009)

Compilation albums

The Slits/Bootleg Retrospective/Untitled (Y Records, May 1980)

Double Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit, November 1988)

In the Beginning (Jungle, 1997)

Live at the Gibus Club (Castle Music / Sanctuary, February 2005 – recorded January 1978)