Cut (The Slits album)
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. Release and reception. "Cut" was originally released on 7 September 1979 on the Island Records label in the UK and on Antilles in the US. It reached number 30 on the UK album charts at the time. In 2004, it was voted 58th in "The Observer"s "100 Greatest British Albums" list. The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before  You Die". Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain listed the song "Typical Girls" in his top 50 favourite recordings of all time. In 2020, "Rolling Stone" ranked the album at number 260 in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Reissues. "Cut" was re-released on CD in Europe in 1990 and in 2000 within the Island Master series (IMCD 90 and IMCD 275). In 2004 Koch Records licensed the master to "Cut" from Island Def Jam (who still held the rights to the album) and reissued the album on CD for the first time ever in the United  States. Previously the album had been only available to Stateside fans on CD as an English import since the album's original American release (on the Island subsidiary Antilles, during Island's association with Warner Bros. Records) had long since gone out of print. In 2009 Island Records released a two-disc 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition consisting of the remastered original album plus bonus tracks and selections from the band's appearances on BBC's John Peel Sessions on the first disc and a second disc entitled "unCut" with demos and alternate mixes. Track listing. All tracks written by Viv  Albertine, Tessa Pollitt, Ariane Forster (aka Ari Up) and Paloma Romero (aka Palmolive). Side two. Bonus tracks 2009 Deluxe Edition. Disc 1 Disc 2 with: