boombox-generation
Bit of an odd one this: less energetic versions of barnstorming Punk numbers (eg Shoplifting, original 'dodgy' lyric thankfully changed here) and sheen added by personnel additions for this recording. As an album, it's fine, and Typical Girls / Adventures Close To Home are both classics. But still it always feels there's a 'lost' Slits album out there somewhere, something more akin to their first Peel session. I guess they got older & wiser, but I still don't rate Grapevine as a cover, although maybe I have just heard it too many times?
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jason-cobb
You can't underestimate how radical Cut is: an all female punk band back in 1979, singing radical lyrics behind Dennis Bovell's bass heavy production. It still sounds fantastic, almost half a Century later.
It's rare to hear an album these days where the music is made purely for the artists, and not the audience. This isn't a criticism; it only adds to the drama and intense atmosphere throughout Cut.
OUTRAGEOUS comment: The cover of Grapevine is even better than Marv's original.
I think the album cover is ironic? If irony was such as thing in 1979.
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