Cut the Crap
by The Clash
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 November 1985
- Label: CBS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 38:22
- Community rating: 2.12/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Bernard Rhodes, Hermann Weindorf, Nick Sheppard, Michael Fayne
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The final studio album released under The Clash moniker is a heavily disjointed, widely maligned effort recorded after the dismissal of Mick Jones and Topper Headon. Dominated by manager Bernie Rhodes's heavy-handed use of drum machines and chaotic, synthetic chanting, the record attempts to fuse punk rock with mechanical new wave aesthetics. Despite the deeply controversial production, 'Cut the Crap' features the highly anthemic, enduring swan song 'This Is England'.
Genres
Descriptors: political, conscious, old-school, fast, distorted, DIY
Tracklist
- Dictator (3:00)
- Dirty Punk (3:09)
- We are the Clash (3:02)
- Are You Red..Y (3:01)
- Cool under Heat (3:22)
- Movers and Shakers (3:01)
- This is England (3:50)
- Three Card Trick (3:09)
- Play to Win (3:07)
- Fingerpoppin' (3:25)
- North and South (3:32)
- Life is Wild (2:39)
Credits
- The Clash - primary artist
- Norman Watt-Roy - bass [uncredited]
- Michael Fayne - drum programming [uncredited, special thanks to]
- Kevin Whyte - engineer [assistant] [mayfair-london]
- Simon Sullivan - engineer [mixed-mayfair-london]
- Ulrich A. Rudolf - engineer [recorded-munich]
- Hermann Weindorf - keyboards [uncredited, special thanks to]
- Tim Young - lacquer cut by [side a], lacquer cut by [side b], mastered by [cut-soho london]
- Howie Weinberg - mastered by [cut-new york]
- Paul Simonon - performer [the clash]
- Pete Howard - performer [the clash]
- Vince White - performer [the clash], guitar [uncredited]
- Joe Strummer - performer [the clash], lead vocals [uncredited], written-by
- Nick Sheppard - performer, vocals [uncredited], guitar [uncredited]
- Mike Laye - photography by
- Jose Unidos - producer [produced by]
- Julian Balme - sleeve
- Bernard Rhodes - written-by