Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Ja ok, die Bandmitglieder sind keine Virtuosen mit Stimme oder Instrument. Verlangt aber auch keiner bei einer Punk Band. Ich fands originell, holt mich mehr ab als Singer-Songwriter mit Klampfe.
2.5
p437. 1979. 2 stars. Late 70s white girl reggae/punk fusion. Adequate but not outstanding in any way. I guess this is a token entry for being female AND reggae.
Feel like Sting and The Police ripped these chicks off.
I kinda find this group annoying. The 'I heard it through the grapevine' cover slaps tho
Good one
Not a fan. Redeemed slightly by heard it though the grapevine
Not really my bag. Not sure I’d go out my way to listen again.
Punk/Reggae not really my thing… liked some of the music not so much the vocals on some. “Liebe and Romanze” which is on as a “bonus track” is anything but a bonus… pure torture and a waste of 4 minutes and 41 seconds. 2 stars
This is one of those albums where I completely understand why it's on the list, I just didn't like it. It wasn't terrible or unlistenable by any means, and I can actually hear how it influenced other artists, but something about it didn't quite gel with me. I also really dislike the album cover too. One of the few ones where I have a visceral negative reaction (In The Court of the Crimson King being another one). It's hard for me to rate this because I appreciate that it's a bit different and the influence it had, but nothing about it quite worked for me. I'd rate this a 2.5 if I could, but I have to round down in this instance, though I'm open to subsequent listens potentially changing my rating upwards.
This is like Le Tigre but instead of being good they suck.
I love when women in music don’t have pretty voices, but the Slits’ music wasn’t too appealing with the vocals. I respect them anyway. The Slits had a mostly punk sound, but whenever reggae would pop up, they got way more interesting. That alone qualifies Cut on this list.
I always appreciate an obscure all-female band popping up on this project! I wasn't overly into all the music on this album, but I could definitely find appreciation for The Slits' fusion of punk and reggae. I did find some additional appreciation for their funky cover of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Probably about a 2.5 for this...wish I could rate it higher than a 2, but it wasn't a 3 for me.
This is so hard to rate. I can't say I LIKED it, but I could also feel how it is important. The lyrics scratch an itch for teenage-college age me, who was often confused about my own emotions and just learning to be angry at society. I'd take this over a 10th Bob Dylan album, so 3 stars.
3/5
Across these tracks The Slits break reggae and pop music into fragments and reconstruct it (much like Captain Beefheart did with the blues on *Trout Mask Replica*), arriving at a post-punk sound that often leaves jagged edges and sharp corners exposed. Some of the time the results of this experimentation really click, like on "So Tough" and "Typical Girls", but for other songs the outcome is too disjointed to be effective.
Riot Grrrls
Yo, that's so fucking good. Like The Shaggs but with at least a few music classes.
Instant Hit - 4/10 So Tough - 5/10 Spend, Spend, Spend - 4/10 Shoplifting - 5/10 Fm - 4/10 Newtown - 3/10 Ping Pong Affair - 2/10 Love Und Romance - 5/10 Typical Girls - 4/10 Adventures Close to Home - 4/10 I heard it through the grapevine - 7/10 Liebe and Romanze - 1/10
Jarring, weird, probably not even good. But it is interesting. And it kept me interested. Give me this over some Yank doing another album of songs about how he's a regular guy who just can't catch a break. This had something different to say
Tämähän on nimä ja kantta myöten klassikko! Ei leiki 4/4
Ihan kiinnostavaa kokeellista settiä ja hyvä cover I heard it Through The Grapevinesta, mut ei neloseen kuitenkaan yllä. Suht raju kansi myös!
I knew a couple of tracks coming in, _Typical Girls_ and the bonus track cover of Marvin Gaye’s _I Heard it Through the Grapevine_. Despite liking both of those tracks, I was perhaps a little surprised with how much I enjoyed the album. The sparse production really leans into reggae and dub and works really well, showing a different side of what is a typical male dominated genre in punk.
# Album Name: Cut # Artist: The Slits # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Wow, what a absolute cluster fuck disaster. Not the worst record ive heard on here but its bottom of the barrel stuff. Maybe the list should be the top 500 albums to listen to before you keel over? # Top Tunes: Zero # Would I listen to it again? No
I liked two more songs on this album than I thought I would (2 total). Rate 1.5 if I could, but will give it a 2
A bit jarring and a bit repetitive to listen to. I appreciate it's influence but not something I'd be too interested in listening to often.
This is a pretty cool post-punk/almost reggae album.
I really don’t like punk. Not a fan
i fear yall just don't like punk if it's not the velvet underground
It's interesting, to say the least... I liked their cover of "I heard it from the grapevine", but outside of that the rest is just okay.
I feel bad for all the bands that were influenced by this.
bleh
2/5
OMG!!!
Not enjoying this
> the Beatles Good
The album itself is rather middling and meh, but their influence was formative to the Riot Grrl punk rock movement that would come later. Like a fair number of their male punk contemporaries, I'm not CUT belongs on all time lists. "Typical Girls" was cheeky rebellious fun. I was surprised to learn that Budgie (from Siouxsie and the Banshees) played drums on this album and additional background vocals were added by a very young Neneh Cherry about a decade before she would have her own breakout hit with "Buffalo Stance".
Well this was a weird one... Having read a few reviews I could see this was quite polarising, with some people touting it as innovative and influential, and others frustrated at the unpolished noise. Needless to say, I was worried. To my delight, I found that I liked it! I can't see myself seeking it out to listen to again probably, but it was an experience I'm glad I had once, it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared, and if someone else put it on I wouldn't object at all.
Who made this list?
(70/100)
In a nutshell: dub punk. It's more textural than expected. Staccato foreshadowing Björk. Boppy guitar. Post punk meets reggae and dub. I like it. Overall: 5/10
More proof we should live in a matriarchy
All for female representation on the list, but not this. Listened before? Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? N/A ⭐ Did not like it
If people can actually like this stuff, this is the most acquired taste of all tastes.
Great little punk record
Didn't really do much for me. It's alright?
I personally don't like this style at all but I do think that it's good if you do like it? I used to have this version of I Heard It Through The Grapevine from Limewire in the early 2000s. It was incorrectly titled 'I Heard It Through The Bassline' but I actually think that fits better, such an excellent cover.
I am not sure what this vocal style is but I never want to hear it again
These ladies sound like a castrated version of The Police. (And no, that's not a compliment, if you were wondering.)
Not sure how this is considered punk by any means, but they definitely have a proto-reggae pop/rock thing going on that probably influenced anyone that stumbled on this album..... because boobs on the cover.
honestly my fav so far
01) Instant Hit - 6,5 02) So Tough - 6,0 03) Spend, Spend, Spend - 6,0 04) Shoplifting - 5,5 05) FM - 5,5 06) Newtown - 5,5 07) Ping Pong Affair - 6,0 08) Love und Romance - 5,5 09) Typical Girls - 6,5 10) Adventures Close to Home - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100) Current ranking: 554/674
So cool, and one of the best covers ever. Maybe my favorite reggae-influenced punk album? Hmmm...
Excellent, engaging lyrics and a few standout songs.
If a broadway musical were produced by Yoko Ono; where Bjork was the lead singer of The Clash, this would be the soundtrack.
2.0 - Weak
Every heard of "The Slits," it's a band. No? Yeah, there is a reason for that....
I didn't know what to expect when I got this album. I just want some of whatever they were on when they were making it. Some of the weirdest ska/reggae/punk I've ever heard. Just not in the best way. The cover of "I heard it Through the Grapevine" is cool
Early punk aint my thing bruv
Delightful
The review is for the "normal" edition - The deluxe edition is way too long and has really really bad songs: Typical girls (blink style dub) was so full of clicks it was painful to hear. It's a bit too much avant-garde/arthouse for my taste, but even despite that, it's still a fun interesting listen, and there are some truly great songs there. The reggae with punk influences was new to my ear (at least, the way it was done here) and it was very well pulled off. These girls sound like they know how to freewheel it in style and pull it off, that's a rare talent. I am definitely going to listen to this one again.
This sucked and points off for a this ass band name. I have a sense of humor but don’t find it ironic. I guess that’s just punk or whatever this garbage is.
Acceptable application of reggae for punk and I dig its oddity.
Probably a 2.5
Would have enjoyed it a lot more if they weren’t sing/talking over each other constantly. Felt like I was in an insane asylum. 4/10
Arty, interesting, will never listen again
Raw punk sounds, was fine for me, not usually the type of music i enjoy listening to, but it was fun to listen.
Enjoyed it more than I expected.
Quite a mix of musicality going on here but comes across as an unorganised mess. Not exactly an enjoyable listen - an acquired taste!
Did not enjoy that at all.
Just got on my nerves. Cover of I heard it on the grapevine was good though
Largely a random array of sounds and wailing. Butchered I Heard It Through The Grapevine as well.
A bit chaotic, a bit reggae, a bit punk. I enjoyed this Familiarity: [3 – Know some songs] Songs I would actively choose to listen to: [2 - Little] What can I remember the next day?: [3 - Half]
sise. iako mogu cijeniti ambiciju, i obrada "i heard it through the grapewine" pokazuje da ima tu talenta, ali ovo je često neslušljivo...
'Typical Girls' is the best thing on the album. I understand it is an important album, but I just don't find it listenable.
instant hit- 7 so tough- 5 or 6 spend spend spend- 5 shoplifting- these songs together are funny to me. 5 fm- 5 newtown- 5 ping pong affair- 5 love und romance- 5 typical girls- 5 adventures close to home- 5 heard it through the grapevine- 5 or 6 liebe and romanze- 5
This is not my genre. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A My ratings are kind of based on general vibes and how many tracks I save to my Deezer profile -- ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
A bit of a mixed bag but they are still way cooler than I am
Sorry this is quite bad.
Hmm... an all-girl band named "The Slits". Is that feminist? Anti-feminist? Is it the whole point to ask those questions? Is the boobs out thing supposed to be punk or just a device to shame you for looking and then accusing you of sexualizing them? It doesn't really matter, the music and the band sucked and even the cover isn't worth revisiting.
It really shouldn't be so entertaining. It makes no sense at all.
Notes from before listening: oh boy, a girl punk album. I'm gonna hate this. Notes from after listening: ok, so I didn't hate it. It was a little better than expectations, but not much. I wouldn't call any of it catchy. Their cover of "I Heard It From The Grapevine" is an interesting take. I wouldn't listen to this again, but I also wouldn't voluntarily put it on. My rating: 3/5
Couldn't listen to the whole thing. Just kind of odd
Not a fan
Really bad
White lady reggae punk. It wasn't my fave.
I think I’ve heard a couple of these tracks, but it’s been a while. I love women doing weird shit and this qualifies.
I can appreciate the creativity, but this is just too raw, too garage for my tastes.
Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.
Great tracks
Interesting, really different from the other British punk of the time.
Dig this one. Great mood, rhythms and instrumentation. The vocals are passionate and complement the music very well. The vibe is easy to listen to and the record is enjoyable overall. Will come back to this one in the future.
more interesting than some of the albums from that time
Patchy. In no way a classic. Bad singer
It's not for me. I don't like almost any punk. While I love the energy of a lot of punks, I respond better to quality musicianship. Bands should sound like they work at it, that they want to get better. This is better than a lot of 'em I've heard though. When they lean more reggae, it's better. The production seems minimal and if it was a little better, I think I'd appreciate the musicians more. There some interesting musical bits, but the singing takes it all down a peg. Ari Up has had quite a life and I'm sure she's super interesting, but I can't give her high marks for singing. Giving it a 2 instead of a 1 because while it's not for me, I can understand why someone would like it and there are some interesting twists along the way. Don't imagine I'd ever listen to this again.
I wanted to love this based on their one super hit on the album but the rest of it was just kinda meh. I didn't dislike most of it but it didn't really do much for me. 2.5 rounding down.
Meh 2.4
Is it the worst album on this list? No. Does its presence on the list confuse me? Yes.
It’s an ok album not as good as some of the other punk albums of the time, under produced and a very raw sound which I guess is what they were going for, but could’ve been done better imo
Das Debütalbum der britischen Band The Slits wurde 1979 im Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey aufgenommen, produziert von Dennis Bovell. Die Gruppe bestand aus Musikerinnen mit karibischen und britischen Wurzeln und brachte eine unkonventionelle Mischung aus Post-Punk und Reggae-Einflüssen auf Platte. Bekannt geworden sind vor allem Stücke wie „Typical Girls“, das Rollenklischees ironisch auseinander nimmt, oder „Shoplifting“, das mit Humor und Aggressivität Konsumkritik betreibt. Auch „Instant Hit“ und „Spend Spend Spend“ zählen zu den prägenden Songs des Albums. Musikalisch besticht Cut durch rohe Energie, eigenwillige Arrangements und den dub-geprägten Basssound Bovells, der den Liedern eine besondere Tiefe verleiht. Das Album wirkte stilbildend, war provokant in seiner Haltung und wurde später als wegweisend für feministische Punk- und Post-Punk-Strömungen rezipiert. Insgesamt ein eigenständiges Werk, das seine Mischung aus spielerischer Unordnung und rhythmischer Strenge bis heute frisch wirken lässt.
Enjoyable. Had a hard time accepting that it was not Siouxsie "singing".
This was totally unexpected and really fun
Another bad post-punk album to add to the dismal collection
Yeah, this is not for me. I couldn't understand half of the stuff they were "singing" about.
Some how I liked this? A few tracks were a miss for me but I actually thought it was pretty good which is weird because I feel on most days I would have thought this was rubbish.
One of the very few classic Post-Punk records I never really warmed to. I know it’s good bit it never blew my mind.
It’s fine I guess. Not really my thing. Lot of punk influence in how they eschew “normal” sounds for vocals, both in melody and harmony. No songs that really stood out as good, with the possible exception of “I heard it through the Grapevine”, that one was decent. Probably a 4/10 for me. Update two minutes later: checked the artist profile on Spotify and “Grapevine” has 3x the plays of the song in second place.
Amazing performances (that rhythm section!) and endlessly listenable songs.
Just about tolerable
Wow, I loved this. I expected not to, because punk might be my least favourite genre, but this album is so relentlessly interesting. It genuinely sounds like nothing I've ever heard before. This is what punk should be - an anarchic rejection of musical norms as well as social ones. Female musicians have to rock twice as hard to be taken seriously, and they clearly managed to do that, even with some of them still only being teenagers when this album was released.
All girl ska punk with limited musical ability and a tits out cover. Pass.
The kind of album a band can only make when they're young and unaware of what they're not supposed to do. Naïve and scattershot punky reggae. Shame about the album art. You could say it's in the name of artistic freedom, but it's a pretty flimsy reasoning - like their name, the nudity is meant to be shocking. They didn't need to be shocking, they should have just been comfortable being weird.
I likey! I used to think there was no way this album would ever be made without nepotism. Must be nice being the step daughter of punk royalty. It’s got budgie, it’s got unmistakable vocals, & they made lots of videos that offer a glimpse into England's early punk scene. It’s fun, funky fresh and I still have a couple slits songs on ye old daily Spotify mix. I also love the raincoats.
Interesting but not my jam
This was stressful to listen to while driving downtown. I’ll give it another chance eventually
Great stuff
Great
5/5 I listened to it twice. So good!!!
Down-tempo reggae with punk flair from a trio of pre-historic riottt girls? I'm in.
Like early punk. Sounded like a middle schooler’s first band.
This is the kind of thing I can imagine your average gender studies student listening to and enjoying.
2 - No, sorry
I thought this was naff. The grapevine cover just stood out and showed how pointless all the other tracks had been. 2.1/5
liked it
For a punk album, this is weirdly tame. Like it still undeniably has that punk energy that you would expect, but for whatever reason it really doesn't get me all that hyped up and angry at the government like listening to The Clash or The Sex Pistols would. Still an interesting listen though, with there being a lot of influence from typically less conventional genres when making punk music.
A punk album that feels like it’s trying to win a Grammy by being full of songs that sounds like a random bunch of artsy b-sides with no clear direction at all. Pretty nice cover of I Heard It Through the Grapevine but other than that. Not for me.
Avantgarde… weirf
jahas ja länsimaalaiset naiset yrittää tehdä musiikkia ja tässä tulos... increase the fucking pay gap... noh pitää vähän myydä levyjä niin laitetaas tissinäkyvyyttä pikkasen heh... meillä taitoja paljon taitoja... hold up pitää aina mainita kun western woman tekee lammaslaulua bäähäääähäähää bähääähääää. mitäh vittua ön tömö?? phlug kugy kugy kuygy sellattin ja siitä! ja tuosta! ja noin! huudahdelen kun vedän akkoja turpaan nii jumasti.. sitten pysytään sieltä studiosta kaukana ja matkustetaan keittiöön leipää työstämään jos tällästä rupee vapaa-aikaansa käyttää hyi helevetti sentään pois shopliftinbg
It may be quirky, but it sure ain't cool.
It's Ska-punk. Basically, Ska-influenced music with punk-rock lyrics.
I like the Slits, but Budgie sucks.
I cant understand how or why this made this list.
Amazing album. Not sure if I'd label it as punk, or at least for what we understand as punk in 2025. But for sure it's a good one, that will make you feel like you're in a tribe surrounded by weirdos.
I struggled to get into this one. Felt a bit all over the place. Appreciated the drummer and bassist holding things together. Instant hit and Typical girls were the highlights. Heard it through the grapevine was a decent cover too
Less spiky than I was expecting but I liked it a lot.
This was unexpectedly excellent. Off-kilter and fun and the DNA from this album is clearly present is a lot of 90's era punk girl records.
I did not necessarily enjoy this album, but I’m not sure you should. I didn’t hate it either. Right now, it’s a 3, but it is one I might return to, as I found it an interesting listen
I’d never heard of The Slits, this was good I enjoyed it
Interessant
Absolutely unlistenable
Not what I expected from this girl group. In a bad way. Simple, reggae (?) inspired drums and bass with strange bored sounding vocals. Shoplifting offers something approaching punk rock but the sound is so muddy and the high pitched shrieks don't work for me at all. FM is back to monotone vocals over music that sounds unfinished, or just out of tune. I can't believe there's another half dozen songs of this to go. There's a couple passable basslines at the end, but in general there's almost no energy or melody and the vocals are so bad. If you have to listen to something: Typical Girls. Otherwise, cut this from your playlist. Get it?
Well, that was something Honestly I really enjoyed some of these songs! And I also hated some of them. The rest were ok, but it makes it hard to rate Going down the middle and giving an ok score 3 ⭐️
1,3/5
what was that
Actually brilliant.I was put off this album for years because the reviews were either people saying how awful and amateurish the singing and playing or somehow trying to justify the same things. I should have just listened and not been swayed by anyone else's opinion. They have a sound which is unlike anything, equally influenced by dub and punk it makes for an arresting listen the vocals are unconventional but not hard to enjoy and the musicianship is actually really inventive and interesting. I think this is one album where listening without any preconceived ideas is definitely recommended.
First ever listen for me. How people can sing the Clash's praises but hate this is beyond me. 3.5/5.
It is not the type of music I would personally listen to, but surprisingly I did enjoy it and what I enjoyed even more was that I, not knowing the band, decided to listen to it at the same time as I was doing research on punk and making a page in my journal. I appreciate the all woman Punk/post-Punk group from the late 70s for their originality and the raw energy of being true to oneself. In the spirit of Punk this is something different, this is them and I love that!!!
terrible.
Really great proto-Punk Album and an influence to so many Bands. Fav: I heard it through the grape vine
love love love. we need more women making strange and off-putting music. NOW!!!!!!!!!! fav tracks: typical girls; heard it through the grape vine; FM; newtown; shoplifting
ok that was kind of crazy but i like them. not necessarily something i'd reach for but there's something infectious and likable about their energy.
This is a pretty interesting sounding. The standout tracks on the back definitely carry the album but it's a unique experience for any punk fan.
Interesting album of raggae and ska more than punk really. I liked it but I didn’t love it. Whoever says they can’t play their instruments is out of their mind; the songs, particularly the drumming, is spot on. This is much better than the unproduced and tin can sounding crap like The Birthday Party.
Wonderful album cover. So-so music.
Znaš kako volim spičasti, ritmički post punk e pa ovo je jedan od najboljih
I literally cannot make heads or tails of this album. Is it avant-garde? In which case, is it actually pretty decent? Or are they actually just fucking bad at music? I literally don't know. What genre do you even call this? Utterly baffling. Two stars, I guess. Jesus. Edit: update. It's the second one. Fave songs: - Typical Girls - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
All these allegations of amateurishness are pure amateur hour. Listen in to how the bass, drums and guitar bounce off one another creating something unfamiliar. Sure you can lazily allege white reggae but when Dennis Bovell is producing you know this stuff is serious.
Not a lot I would go back to but interesting to hear hints of Talking Head and new wave punk
Thought it was ok but not my piece of cake.
lady punk/reggae band with their cans out on the cover hell yeah brother! Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, way more enjoyable than their peers.
The best female led reggae punk album with yabbos on the cover that I’ve ever heard!
Disappointing! I had high hopes for this island but was pretty underwhelmed. It's not bad, just not good
I can see why this is important and groundbreaking but musically I don’t think this stands the test of time. The Marvin Gaye cover was nice but I don’t think I will be coming back to this.
I like post-punk (a lot) but this not very listenable.
??? 1/5
They seem to be skilled musicians, but as an album one listens through from beginning to end, it doesn't work for me. However, the tracks are individually... intriguing. It feels like these are akin to little diddies used in a movie soundtrack or score—just filler or atmosphere for quick transitions or 10 second scenes.
I was told this would be a punk album. In this case I think "punk" is just code for "messy." Punk doesn't *have* to be bad, but this kinda is. I'm guessing Sleater-Kinney would cite this band as an influence, but they actually made good music. Positive points for a fun band name and interesting percussion, but negative points for pretty much everything else. 1.8
Quite annoying sound. I managed to listen to it though, which means it's better than 1/5...
Did not enjoy the vocals. Standout song: Typical Girls
I’m pretty sure that was edgy ska, not punk rock but you do you
Punk at it's punkiest. Raw, unapologetically counter cultural.
Pretty good stuff. I had heard a couple of these songs before on mixtapes or compilations and those were great, and the album is also pretty strong.
Hey, another great punk record. The Adverts was fine, little else but this is way more interesting. Goodst and yes.
The heck? I’m surprised to have not heard of them. It was interesting. I think I really liked it?
06/07/2025 Bang average at best, of the time.
Weird and not in a good way. The opener before your friend’s show that people kind of talk over
Wow, une autre belle surprise ! Éric m’en avait parlé, mais il n’y a rien de mieux que de le vivre soi-même (surtout que ça aurait pu être un clone de Peter Hammill, ark). C’est léger, c’est enjoué, c’est dynamique. Que demander de plus ?
I like a lot about this album, it's got punk and reggae influences, doesn't take itself too seriously and is a lot of fun to listen to. That being said, after making it through the whole thing I definitely felt like I had enough of their sound and truthfully can't imagine looking to listen to this again, except maybe to show someone else out of curiosity under the pretense of "ever hear anything that sounds like this before?".
Fairly interesting early punk record with some ska/reggae flavours. Her voice got a little annoying at times. Overall, I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it either.
This is #day328 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I'm revisiting this record after a while because I think it deserves more appreciation and thought. Putting three topless women on the cover of a 1979 record is fucking punk. A unique fusion of punk, dub, and reggae creates a rhythm distinct enough to carry you away. No wonder the late '70s-early '80s has to be my favorite era. This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day329.
The vocals ruin it. It's like listening to Bjork murder a decent song. The instrumentation and production is actually ok. I quit elike the dub/reggae understones. Just too weird for me vocally.
Great record!! That's a band I'd love to have seen live.
Well I am certainly attracted to the cover's flamboyant display of their ahem charms, but I am not sure I can get behind the DIY-pre-riot grrl-punk/postpunk aesthetic, though Typical Girls begins to confront the male gaze and what lies behind it (a marketing ploy?). I think I am beginning to hear a very interesting sound, but it needs to be worked out a little more to be fully engaging. I like the idea of this.
This was like a spot on the end of your nose. Starts off as annoying and aggravating and you wonder why it’s there. And then you find that you can’t stop touching it and become mildly obsessed. I can see why this was important and I’m all for a political female band but like the spot, it’s a relief when it’s finally gone.
I was expecting something nasty and raucous and edgy, based on the band's name alone. In the end, the music was just fine, I'm not here to diss, but it couldn't have made less of an impact on me. It failed to make any impression.
Don't know why I avoided this for so long. I thought this was fantastic. Reminded me of The Raincoats. (Oh, I just realized why, both bands featured Palmolive, though she split before this album came out.) Angular, disjointed, unconventional. Their grooves are slinky and herky-jerky. But they still groove. (LOL: My wife heard five seconds of this and said, "Well, that's awful.")
What a surprising treat. I LOVED this. I knew nothing about The Slits...I'm punk illiterate. So when I saw the album, I sighed. Ugh..punk women group from the 70s. Surely this will not sit well with me. Well good thing I'm a flaming liberal and can open my mind and allow reason to update pre-conceived notions! I FUCKING LOVED THIS! I can't wait to hear it again. And is that THE BEST cover of Heard it Through the Grapevine?! Yes, yes it is! At one point in the song I thought I heard her say "I heard it in the bass line" and I had just been thinking, the bass on this album slaps (this is not a thought I usually have---I struggle to hear the bass on a lot of things). The fact that this band formed because one of them saw Patti Smith adds to the connections that makes this band one that I'll have in rotation a lot.
Although the singer's voice had quirks I didn't like, I actually thought this wasn't too bad, even though it's punk. Rating: 3
Enjoyable, rough. Good stuff.
Don't have a ton to say about this one. Influential as hell but its more of just a fine album to listen to. Deserves to be on the list though. 6/10
no
Felt a little bit light weight punk/ska that did not really connect with me. I was going to give it a 3 - but just gave Alice Cooper a 3 and enjoyed that a a lot more than this - so I guess its a high 2. Which may be harsh.
Cut I’ve always liked the cover of I Heard it Through the Grapevine on here, although I never realised it was a bonus track, and Typical Girls is also a superb song, but I’ve never really given this album a proper listen. I really like their reggae-dub post-punk, quite PIL-esque, but with more of an unpolished sound and feel and a slightly amateur/primitive/outsider-ness to the playing, although Tessa Pollitt’s bass is consistently great and is just about the only thing that stops it all falling apart. If it was more polished and professional though, it would lose all its charm, and although the overall song quality is a little patchy in places there’s enough moments of catchiness and exuberance with some nice post punk sloganeering to carry it through. Along with Typical Girls and I Heard it Through the Grapevine, So Tough, Shoplifting, Ping Pong Affair and Love and Romance are the standout tracks, but I find the whole thing very enjoyable. Another on the cusp of 3 and 4, but I will go with a 4 as I find the whole thing very enjoyable and will keep coming back to it for sure. ✂️✂️✂️✂️ Playlist submission: Typical Girls
The Slits feel like the garage version of Talking Heads. A base in punk, but angular rhythms, afro-influence, vibrato vocals and and leftfield melodies. They eschew punk's three-chord sloganeering for something more rhythmically adventurous. And that album cover. Reclaiming femininity, no more objectification! I fully support covering your bare breasts in mud to send that message. A great album of young energy, not giving a fig for musical convention, and busting with naive invention. Sure fire five.
Why?
Their description said they started with little to no musical experience which I think is kinda inspiring
I get why people don’t like this, but i must insist that it is awesome. Heard it through the grapevine? Wow.
Not for me.
This one was fine, nothing special for me. Interesting vibe and sound, different and sounds like it was pretty influential to a lot of alternative and punk bands after. Not my cup of tea but get why it’s here, I’d say 2 stars
I guess I expected, by name, album title, and cover art, something more punk? Still, it was fun and interesting enough.
I think the point to be made with the inclusion of this album is how 3 women made an album whilst only learning how to play instruments for 2 years. Given that, it's pretty astonishing this was released. The songs aren't particularly memorable, though I did enjoy the cover of "Heard It Through The Grapevine". Also, boobs adds a star.
Mist!
Definitely a crazy experiment of sound and rhythm. Grapevine is a great version. I’ll definitely be able to pick put the groups sound in a crowd.
I'm sure they're important, and groundbreaking, and whatever, but they're certainly not good. Really cool sound. Awful songwriting.
I love punk, especially a lot of the stuff that came out of the UK during this era, but man, some of this music did not age well one bit. This was probably good for its time and meant for a specific audience, like 13-year-old girls who are angry at the world and still need to figure their shit out. I could go on forever about why this was a tough record to listen to until the end, but overall, it didn't age well, and I think it's something better off staying in the grave.
wasnt really my thing, favorite song was Typical Girl. i am open to listening to it again though. Just wasnt really familiar with that sccene and it just sounded like a weird clash for the first kilsten
Equal parts Nina Hagen, Television, and The Clash.
Este é um álbum objetivamente ruim; mal-feito, performances porcas por todas as integrantes da banda, liricismo e melodias insípidas… Mas, foi um disco que me agradou do começo ao fim. Gostei do estilo espeloteado das faixas. Gostei dos vocais gratinantes e dos instrumentos rudes. Os vocais me lembraram bastante a Siouxsie Sioux. A fusão de dub e reggae com punk. Tudo isso foi do meu agrado. Mas não se engane, esse é um disco RUIM! Ruim, mas legal. E eu gostei dele. Fazer um disco tipicamente bom ser agradável e engajante é fácil, trivial na verdade. Fazer um disco RUIM ser agradável e engajante requer muita habilidade, carisma e jogo de cintura. Parabéns às moças seminuas. 3/5
Revolutionary and/or influential music isn't always necessarily good, and that's this album in a nutshell. The reggae (almost ska-like??) elements were cool but not really done well. The vocals on the first song got me slightly hopeful that that could be the best part of the album, either with interesting or full harmonies or some complex melody stuff, but they never actually did anything interesting, which is the most disappointing part of the album for me. I just didn't really have a good time listening to this album. I know this list has to include albums that changed the way other bands thought about making music, and that's probably primarily why this album is here. But that doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. Favorite Song(s): Typical Girls
Sexually charged punky liberation 2.2 out of 5
Love the attitude
Confusing album. I need to listen to it again. The production or mastering or whatever make it hard to listen to. Reminds me of old The Police, raw garage power trio. Love the variety of influences.
I give this 1.5 Stars. It was pretty awful. It did have some experimental notes that reminded me of Jessica hoop. That were okay but overall not worth the listen
Na trenutke zanimljivo, većinom dosadnjikavo - u svakom slučaju ne bih ovo nazvala punkom. 2/5, 3/10
Tedious all girl post punk bank taking down capitalism or something. Unlistenable. Would never be here if the band wasn’t from the UK.
It's hardly a good sign for your album when my most recurrent thought about it is simply, "That's it?" Like, I can't tell you exactly what I wanted or expected out of this album, but at the very least, there should be... Something interesting happening. This whole album, I swear, feels like they're vamping on the same punk-ish reggae riff, over and over and over again. There's some variations from song to song, but believe me, none of them are terribly worth remembering. I know it's stock to bring up Bob Marley when talking about a reggae album, but seriously, you listen to any of his and The Wailers' albums after this and you'll really appreciate the variety it has. Like, honestly, if this didn't make me wanna just go listen to EXODUS... But, OK, OK, the instrumentals aren't very complicated. Most reggae isn't that hard, and I'm sure The Slits themselves will tell you they're not even great musicians. I'm not a fan of it, but whatever. The focus must be on the lyrics, right? If those are good enough, I might be able to overlook the instrumentals, even being the "melody first" kind of gal I am. And, y'know, I'm not gonna front here either and act like most reggae I've heard is Bob Marley. They're straight-forward, to the point... A little metaphor every now and then, but they're not dense and hard to understand. But I'unno, there's something about the lyrics on this that just feel... Barebones. Y'know? Like there should be more going on, but at some point early in the writing process they shrugged and decided the couple of phrases they'd put down were fine. I mean, it's reggae! **And** it's punk! **AND** post-punk n' no wave! You don't needa try **that hard** when you're a post-punk no wave punk-style reggae band! Like, OK, I'm being harsh, but seriously, there's direct and to the point, there's being simple, and then there's being just barely not basic. Even "Typical Girl", the song where I got the most message out of it, is like, "Yeah. OK. And? I mean, 'Typical girl is this and that,' I get the point and the commentary. Is there anything more you wanna say?" And that's **still** the best song here. So, what's left then? The vibe? The way I see it, even the worst reggae can probably scrape by if the vibes are alright. But, y'know, it's too **PUNK** for "vibes." That's where you get the dull British accent attitude and the occasional screeeeeeamiiiiing. 'Coz it's in your face, maaaaaan, and it's just wiiiiild. Or, whatever. Like, hey, I'm not saying this should be music to smoke weed to, as some people so often simplify reggae down to, but whatever this thing's going for here, I just can't gel with it. It's, like, punk rawness in all the wrong ways. In fact, there's only one song I heard that really works for me, and it's not even a proper album track. It's their cover of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", which was included as a bonus track on a 90's reissue, and, goodness, I might actually listen to it again. They pick up the pace and some real punk energy on here, so their reggae doesn't end up as much of a blocky nothing as it does on the main tracks, **and** the attitude and screaming actually **work**. Why couldn't the whole thing have been like this? Why did **this** hafta be the one-off? Like, y'know, I'll level: I've probably been a bit too harsh on and sassy towards this thing. I wasn't actively hating it while it was on and begging for the end, like how I was with HYPOCRISY IS THE GREATEST LUXURY. I'm sure if I got the stick outta my ass I'd've liked it better... But probably not that much?? Like I said, the problem here is that I was just kind of "That's it?" the whole time. I kept waiting for the point where it got good and justified to me why people thought it was worth listening to before I died... But it just never came. And it sort of feels like the band used the fact that punk and reggae aren't terribly complicated genres (musically, anyway) and used it as an excuse to just not do more. I don't wanna say they didn't try... But you could have tried **harder**, y'know? I've heard better reggae — and not just from Jamaicans, but from **other British punks**. "We're punk n' post-punk" can only go so far as an excuse. Jus', bhff, I'unno. It's far from the worst thing I've heard from this list, but it's also just not much of anything, and left me in a weird place where I got sassier and meaner towards it and the band than I thought I'd be. I'm sure when they played this stuff live opening for The Clash it was fine. But I can't give it the benefit, or any quarter. You ask me, the album's title sounds like what happened to it in later editions of the book.
It's some good post-punk. What else is there to say on my end? 4.5 bumped down to 4.
I’m at a 4, though it does feel more like a 4.5 if you count that cover of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”. Takes a little bit for this album to fully reveal itself, but once it gets going, it finds a tonally weird yet mesmerizing groove that can’t really be stopped: this is a strange, strange mixture of a lot of styles that somehow really works. We have a singer who sounds like Bjork, doing her best attempts to sound like David Byrne at times, to instrumentation that feels like a blend of R.E.M., Talking Heads, and the Go-Gos, all with a little bit of a reggae-infused flair that channels some of Bob Marley’s weirder, more experimental stuff. That first track, though… oof. Just a bad tonesetter, really. Once “Shoplifting” hit, and revealed this album as a sort of jack of all trades one, with a sort of ska / hip-hop vibe permeating a number of the tracks, that’s where the album starts to shine. It’s not perfect, with a few harsher instrumentals or some more boring vocal parts, but it just sort of sucked me in. Seriously, the overall flow of the album finds a really nice pace that’s easier to get lost in, without coming across as too lo-fi or too ambient. I can’t describe it that well, given how much I just ended up vibing & grooving around, but if you hear it, you’ll just get it. It’s a 4 for me – I wish I could give a better “analysis” of sorts, but I think the music speaks for itself. It’s gonna have to speak for me in this case, because I can’t find the proper words other than all the comparisons I made up top. It’s worth a listen to me, and I just really ended up liking it. P.S.: That cover of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” feels YEARS ahead of schedule. It should’ve been on the main tracklist.
really fun punk record. this one is nearly all attitude. it's maybe not the most pleasant record to listen to but man it fuckin sounds cool. and you can trace a direct line to several bands that would come immediately after and until today. i liked it! i will definitely come back to it.
I liked almost all of it
disco, give another listen.
The artwork is beautiful but the songs are really just not it. I have never heard such a poor version of through the grapevine
heard it through the grapevine cover goes hard...
74% Best: Instant Hit; Newtown; Adventures Close To Home Must-Hear? Nah
Look, some bands, get low fi, right and some bands get lo.Fi, wrong, these girls got it right. I've come to understand that they had little to know musical ability going into this project.But nevertheless created interesting fun tunes. I'd also like to mention that albumart.Does come into play when I make my ratings?It's not necessarily a full star, but it comes into play
It has some interesting sound in places and some unconventional arrangements but overall just a bit too unrefined and lacking interest for me.
This is a tough one. There were times where I gritted my way through a song because the vocals were that cringey. But there were also times where I really vibed with the punk essence of this album.
There's titties on the cover so at this album has something going for it. I just don't understand what kind of sound this group was going for here. It's like they mismashed elements of punk, ska, reggae, and rock. The first half was pretty dreadful. The music sounds so bad in Spend, Spend, Spend. And then the shrieking in Shoplifting made me almost want to turn off the album. The 2nd half was slightly better musically, but my god the singing just sounded so bad. Typical Girls is a good example of this. I stuck around for Heard It Through The Grapevine and it almost swayed me to bump this to a 2. But alas, I just can't do it. High 1.
Band name screams punk -- interesting to discover this as dub-punk fusion. I guess this is like a predecessor to ska? Not a careful set of listens by any means, but my overall impression is that this was quite enjoyable. Not something I'll spend a ton of time with, but I enjoyed it more than I didn't. SO for that I'll go high 3 verging on 4.
Kinda boring and samey. No stand outs, but it wasn't a punishment listening to this. High 2.
Wow I hated everything about that album and it made me angry now. I am not even going to give them the benefit of the doubt with the Grapevine cover caused they f'ed that up too
Pretty interesting punk with some reggae vibes here. Alright it was cool for like one or two songs now I'm realizing it's a whole album. Actually really into the Heard It Through The Grapevine cover. I think I'd like a lot of these songs separate but as an album it doesn't work for me. High 2.
Fun punk vibes mixed with some reggae flavor and general artsiness. That being said, nothing stood out, vocals were a little grating at times and the guitar tone was really tinny.
nada que chame a atenção
Not a style of punk that appeals to me.
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Don’t get this at all looking through the reviews and reading up was really influential doesn’t mean it’s not shit
this sucks
A solid album. All the music was good. But nothing really sticks out to me when I try and remember specifics. Regardless, it's a fun listen.
one of the alltime greatest albums of all time. will never not love this album. 1000/10 Typical Girls is a fave, of course instant hit is a track one slayer of a song. FM is amazing, honestly no skips, perfect album
Meh. This can call itself groundbreaking and seminal all it wants. It's still plodding, absent of groove, poorly performed, and structurally awkward proto post punk. Not sure I needed to listen to this before I die. Not the worst thing I've heard on this list, but far from the best or even most mediocre. That said, I dig their cover of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine". It's kinda fun. 2/5
Super fun. It’s giving Siouxsie, it’s giving Bjork, it’s giving punk, it’s giving weird. Would relisten. Easily 3.5, maybe a 4. I’ll round up for the album cover.
I can’t get past the name. Sorry. Fine women-centered band but not one of the best. Average.
-wow this is REALLY interesting. not at all what i was expecting to hear when I briefly skimmed the Wikipedia page for the album -honestly never heard anything like it. female punk rock but with dub reggae and crazy vocal harmonies.. massive points just for originality -it wasn’t all great. I def got a bit bored by the end. but I appreciate the innovation and can’t get over how catchy the whole album was -Favorites are Instant Hit, Newtown, and Adventures Close To Home
Fun. Always appreciate some early punk. (34 known/76 new)
#103 - It feels like the whole album is off key. I get what they were trying to do but no need to listen to this again.
This made me want to slit my wrists
It was better than expected. I like they’re take on things.
Cool girls. Although I’m not allowed to look at the cover of this record.
This album is weird and it is so good. I had to listen to it back to back it was so unique. 1 or 2 songs I'm not crazy about but overall a great experience. 8/10
Definitely a surprise, pop punk album full of reggae & ska flavours. Quite uneven
You know, I didn't really know what this was going in and I'm still not sure after finishing it. This was weird as shit and it was cool. It was a bit iffy in the first half but the second half is great. It gets some points off for the White person reggae but I did genuinely feel like I gained something from this. 8/10
They should've paid me to listen to this...
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: I Heard It Through The Grapevine. Album is RAW. Raw in the same way that Wu Tang Clan's first album is raw. Stripped down; minimal, rough around the edges. Definitely not bad. Some of the tracks are pure punk, but some of them are more like punk-disco or punk-ska or punk-dub/reggae. It's interesting; there is a lot of variety here, but with the scream-o, punk undercurrent throughout. 3.5 (rounded down)
anche no
Weird shit
poronga atomica
Solid punk rock album and killer band name
Everyone who heard the velvet underground started a band, but in the UK I guess it was everyone who heard a first wave ska band. There are clearly germinal aspects of punk here, and when the sound veers away from ska/reggae/dub, it gets interesting. Like all good punk, it is best when it is barely holding on for control, highlighted by the frankly inexpert musicianship and amateur vocals. Sometimes the amateurs come up with something new, and sometimes that sticks. As usual, I thought about a lot of bands that came after that borrowed some of the sounds here, but didn't have that "oh i could be spending my time listening to that" feeling I sometimes get. Hasn't aged super well because it's frankly a bit of a response to what was going on at the time, and really it's still just pissed off young women, but it's original, it's different, and it has a solid identity its own. A time capsule in a good way and winner, I think. For everyone complaining about the 'rough' sound, go listen to steely dan or some other well produced soporific shit.
I enjoyed this overall!
so fun
Likte da ikkje
2/10
This is much more reggae influenced than I had been expecting. Their take on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was an interesting take on the classic CCR/Marvin Gaye song. This was a bonus track on the extended edition of the album and the interestingness of this song was offset by the last track which appears to be banging on instruments for almost five minutes. I don't know much about musicality but it certainly does not sound like they knew how to play their instruments well, but then again, neither did the Ramones. So that's not disqualifying. I can feel the bands they influenced on this album and I would argue some of those bands did what The Slits did and did it better. I did like So Tough and a few others on here like Instant Hit, Newtown, I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Typical Girls. I am not sure I would listen to this again. I find albums that are influential, but I do not enjoy to be very difficult to award a grade to. I understand the importance of the music but I also didn't really like the music. I have to go with what I think about the music.
Not bad.
Ouf lala, non, irritant, pls next
This was interesting. It's not quite my taste, but I appreciate the eclectic mix of different sounds and I love that it's a female band. I wouldn't listen to it again, but I didn't hate it. Another forgettable middle of the road album
3.5/5
Was okay. Appreciated the variety, and truly an album I wouldn't have found otherwise. 3/5
Ah, I wanted to like this, but while it was certainly interesting, I didn’t enjoy it much.
ummm not sure how to describe my feelings other than yikes?
I mean, the band name suits the album cover, that’s for sure. Other than that, I can’t think of much to commend on this one. It’s what I would consider female punk. Almost bordering on ska. This lacks anything else of substance though. I’ve made it 6 songs in. That’s noteworthy. I have nothing to recommend with this album.
Cool, angular punk. Sexy ska-jazz, riffy, dynamic. Slightly savage. Infecting. Moves like anger. Dance to it. If you can.
It’s raw but excellent
Yeah I get what it was trying to do
A creative and original album. I know a lot about it from a podcast. Not the worst, but I don't enjoy listening to it.
John Lydon's step-daughter fronted this group so I have read a lot more about them than I have heard from them. This album sounds kind of crude, almost like demos, but it has some interesting rhythms. Definitely hear the reggae influence, a lot more reggae-ish than punk-sounding to me. Some of it would probably be called appropriation today. At any rate, this album seems to have more historical significance than musical appeal, IMO. The Marvin Gaye cover is a novelty but Jack Black did it better.
Girly Reggae Punk.
i wish there was a button for “the album is good but not for me”
Better than I thought
Historically maybe an interesting album due to its female power (backed by talented men by the way) and the blend of punk and reggae that certainly sounds more interesting that lots of half-arsed ska-punk we all got tortured with. It's not a very interesting album overall with all the songs sounding very similar and feel like they are mashed up outtakes of a giant jam session.
Much less punk and more ska than I was expecting. I know the genres are related, but even so. I find the vocalist's style annoying, most so in Ping Pong Affair, where the backing music sounds deliberately arrhythmic, even a bit like The Shaggs. I note that even their Spotify biography says that they began with "little, if any, musical ability". Hmm. Maybe we could have picked a later album from their discography to enjoy? But maybe this debut was the more significant. As ever, editing this list is an impossible and thankless task. I had heard their cover of I Heard It Through the Grapevine before, and I didn't really like it, the original is so good. But on a re-listen, it's actually the vocals I dislike, the opening arrangement with a 80's / 90's dance-sounding drum line, and some very nice deep humming replacing the brass backing. But again, the irritating vocals get to me.
Classic og punk reggae. Nothing to do with the four to the floor, chugging guitar-style of punk but then again they almost make the Ramones sound reactionary. I get the impression their performances were ecstatic. From the second you see their name and the album cover you know that these guys are very weird. It always caught my eye as a tween at the record store - breasts! - but it's sort of a trap because you look closer and there is nothing sexy about the photo and actually it's sort of menacing and you wonder WTF they are up to. Are they in a cult? Is this a still from a never-completed o.g. Star Trek episode where they get beamed down to an Amazon planet? Am I going to get hurt? The visuals are very much of a piece with the scratchy guitar, randomish piano, heavy dub drums n bass and pitch optional Teutonic vocals that maybe could be described as Niconic and Ono-informed and within which the entirety of Bjork's career can fit into an insignificant corner. Often I don't really know what's she's singing literally but I feel like I know exactly what she means and I'm like fuck yeah! While at first you're struck by how it sounds so loose and live and quasi competent as to maybe have been improvised by amateurs, this album actually rewards close repeated listening. The creative energy and youthful gumption is fantastic. I think singer Ari Up was 17 or 18 and others were even younger. We really need someone to make an Ari Up biopic. Go read her Wikipedia entry if you aren't familiar with her story. She was Johnny Rotten's misbehaving step daughter, for G-d's sake! No one writing or reading my review here lived a life 1/100th as interesting and uncompromising as Ari Up. Very much consistent with this music. Finally, we have to discuss how part time Slit Neneh Cherry is the step daughter of legendary free jazz pioneer and frequent Ornette Coleman collaborator Don Cherry. You are surely familiar with her massive global hit maybe ten years later, "Buffalo Stance" (based on a sample of "Buffalo Gals" - the unlikely club hit from Malcolm McLaren, the one-time manager of Ari's stepdad Johnny Rotten's Sex Pistols. Weird how everything here is so closely connected! And what's with all the musical step dads?). Neneh was like 15-16 on this record. Anyway, I always related to free jazz and punk rock in similar ways and so these threads coming together seems fitting if not inevitable.
I think the album cover and the in-your-face name of the band kind of sets them up for a bit of disappointment, at least for me. It's a solid album and well produced, but I'm a little baffled by the Wikipedia references to punk or even post punk, as this sounds a lot like a female trio playing Clash/Police style white reggae, *without* much in the way of punk elements (a bit like the B-52s, but not as quirky, although Ari Up's human tremolo is pretty distinctive). I wish there was more variety to the songs, but I thought "Newtown" and "Typical girls" distinguished themselves pretty well, and I *really* enjoyed their fantastic cover of "I heard it through the grapevine" (technically a bonus track, I know, but still). And it's nice to think that The Slits were the predecessors to the riot grrrl phenomenon.
The Wet Leg of their time, perhaps, and nice to see quirky regain standing after hipster appropriation. Their cover of "Heard It Through the Grapevine" is brilliant and needs to be in a soundtrack somewhere.
Weird and not good, but at least it wasn't all just off-key yelling, so it's an upgrade from most punk music
in one ear out the other
2.8
Love this album and all those weirdo all female bands it inspired. Typical Girls is a hit and I just love their spirit.
I am immature, so the album cover is 5 stars. Alas I could not get into their music.
Girl punk rock. More rock than punk. The sometimes reggae? The vocals, while active and unique, are repetitive. The music is explorative, energetic and unique.
2/10 Their cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine is fantastic but the rest of the album is a long way from it. And apparently Grapevine was meant to be a B-side anyway. Won't be revisiting this one. Listens: 1
Pretty rad. Can see how they paved the way.
2 Stars (5/15)
I'm gonna take a wild guess, and say that The Slits were probably exponentially better as a live band than an album band.
Een boel gekrijs, vals gezang, irritante takkeritmes, hm, zou deze plaat van rond 1980 zijn? Okee, de hoes is leuk maar daar houdt het wel mee op. Ik vond dit album, eh, 'Cut'.
Een soort rustige Chicks on Speed / Lords of Acid van voor het digitale tijdperk. Het is wat kinderachtig cq. provocerend. Maar bereikt dat ook weer niet omdat het ook wel heel vrolijk en bij vlagen relaxt is. De zang is heel matig, maar dat lijkt bij het provocerende te horen. Normaal zou ik er helemaal op afknappen, maar ze bieden een geheel. Ik denk dat ik een lijstje ga maken: 501 albums die onterecht in de 1001AYMHBYD staan.
Wat moet dit nu weer voorstellen? De vrouwelijke tegenhanger van de Sex Pistols? Een soort voorloper van the Bangles ofzo (waarvan het gerucht gaat dat ze naakt Eternal Flame in hebben gezongen)? Of worden de snobs gewoon heel blij van blote tetten op een albumhoes? De muziek is niet helemaal wat ik vooraf verwacht had moet ik zeggen. Het is vrij rustig. Een skapunk-achtige gitaar en bas en wat tropische drums. Het is niet bijster boeiend, maar ook niet per se irritant of enorme kutherrie. Als ik dit moet waarderen met sterren, kom ik ergens tussen de 2 en 3 uit. Ik twijfel nog of ik bonuspt moet uitdelen aan de albumhoes :-P
euhhh 1 ou 2 ?
I don't enjoy punk that much. It was fine I guess, but not for me.