The Image Has Cracked
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| Released | May 1978 | |||
| Venue | 100 Club, London on 7 February 1978 | |||
| Studio | Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, post-punk | |||
| Label | Deptford Fun City | |||
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| Alternative TV chronology | ||||
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The Image Has Cracked is the debut studio album by English band Alternative TV. It was released in May 1978 by record label Deptford Fun City.
Recording and content
[edit]The album's studio tracks were recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, and the album's live tracks were recorded live at the 100 Club in London on 7 February 1978.[citation needed]
Jools Holland plays synthesiser and piano on two tracks on the album.[citation needed]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Classic Rock |  [2] |
Trouser Press wrote: "Although the abstract stuff doesn't hold up so well, it's still an amazing document of a time and place."[3] In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the album "an unfairly neglected classic from the late-'70s upheaval. Seizing on the promise of punk as being a new means of expression rather than a new set of musical rules to be adhered to, Perry, along with a solid-enough band, whip up a series of incendiary pieces that explore as much as they thrash [...] As an expression of going down defiant while punk became a new fashion, it's fierce and brilliant."[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Alternatives" | Alex Fergusson, Mark Perry | 9:43 |
| 2. | "Action Time Vision" | Alex Fergusson, Mark Perry | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Why Don't You Do Me Right?" | Frank Zappa | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Good Times" | Chris Bennett, Dennis Burns, Mark Perry, Tyrone Thomas | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Still-Life" | Alex Fergusson, Mark Perry | 5:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Viva La Rock n' Roll" | Chris Bennett, Dennis Burns, Mark Perry | 4:19 |
| 2. | "Nasty Little Lonely" | Chris Bennett, Dennis Burns, Mark Perry | 6:22 |
| 3. | "Red" | Mark Perry | 2:04 |
| 4. | "Splitting in Two" | Mark Perry | 5:12 |
Personnel
[edit]- Alternative TV
- Mark Perry – vocals, guitar, production
- Dennis Burns – bass guitar, production
- Chris Bennett – drums, percussion, production
- Additional personnel
- Jools Holland – Moog synthesizer on "Alternatives", piano on "Viva La Rock 'n' Roll"
- Kim Turner – "special assistance" rhythm guitar, piano
- Technical
- Chris Gray – engineering, production
- Nigel Gray – engineering
- Steve Angel – mastering
- Jill Furmanovsky – cover design
- Harry T. Murlowski – sleeve photography
- Tony Stubbs – sleeve design (soapbox)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "The Image Has Cracked – Alternative TV". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Fielder, Hugh (5 November 2014). "Alternative TV: The Image Has Cracked". Classic Rock. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Lamey, Charles P.; Green, Jim. "Alternative TV". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- Reynolds, Simon (2008). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571252273.
External links
[edit]- The Image Has Cracked at Discogs (list of releases)
