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LP: 180 gram black vinyl with download codes
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Producer Dennis Bovell has achieved a truly unique sound from the Slits: like Public Image Ltd., they're a white band influenced heavily by reggae rhythms and guitar-chop stylings, but they don't play straight reggae. The result is an almost tick-tock sound, overlaid with occasional flurries of keyboards, a recorder, and Albertine and Tessa singing in and out of unison with Ari Up, who makes the most of her middle register while indulging a penchant for the occasional birdlike falsetto trill.
Musically as well as personally, the Slits embody the individualism at the heart of the original British punk ethic, perhaps best summed up in Cut's final number: "I'll choose my own fate/I'll follow love, I'll follow hate."
Tracklist
A1. Instant Hit
A2. So Tough
A3. Spend, Spend, Spend
A4. Shoplifting
A5. FM
B1. New Town
B2. Ping Pong Affair
B3. Love Und Romance
B4. Typical Girls
B5. Adventures Close To Home
B6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine