Cut The Crap
by The Clash

Album
Cut The Crap by The Clash
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-11-04
Overall rank: 14,371st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
49/100 (from 164 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (173rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,939th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,371st)

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The Clash bestography

Cut The Crap is ranked 7th best out of 19 albums by The Clash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Clash is London Calling which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,170.

The Clash album bestography « Higher ranked (10,108th)
From Here To Eternity: Live This album (14,371st)
Cut The Crap Lower ranked (16,052nd) »
Live At Shea Stadium

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Cut The Crap rankings

Cut The Crap rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,371st | 1980s rank: 1,939th | 1985 rank: 173rd  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
49/100 (from 164 votes)
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 !		07/24/2026 13:16 Purplepash  Ratings distribution  4,95975/100
 
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60/100
From 07/02/2022 19:49 | #286983
Not as bad as some of the reviews but it does sound like The Clash by numbers. The ideas must have left the band for Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones
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20/100
From 06/03/2022 21:06 | #285956
Shit.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
From 05/18/2020 16:15 | #251681
Not actually that bad. This is England shines above the rest of the songs though.
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20/100
From 02/28/2019 22:52 | #232793
How do you write a song like "This is England" and decide that 11 shitty songs would be nice next to it.
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10/100
From 11/22/2017 20:56 | #201880
10 points for This Is England.
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Rating:  
55/100
From 02/16/2016 09:54 | #159904
A clash album in name but not spirit. Even a bit of an unsettling "Oi" vibe around this one which is definitely not the clash.
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50/100
From 07/13/2015 09:41 | #145647
This would be a masterpiece if they didn't include Dictator, Are You Red... Y, Cool Under Heat Movers and Shakers, Three Card Trick, Play to Win, Fingerpoppin', North and South, and Life Is Wild.
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Rating:  
55/100
From 01/29/2015 03:14 | #132883
Skip this one. It deserves the negative reputation.
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From 08/11/2013 21:26 | #83747
Last call to arms for The Clash. 'We Are the Clash' and 'This Is England' are the ones to get.
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30/100
From 02/28/2013 21:29 | #66477
There's no real Clash without Mick Jones.
Some songs on here are pretty good but the bad production ruins it.
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