Cut The Crap
by The Clash

Cut The Crap by The Clash
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-11-04
Overall rank: 14,221st   
Average Rating: 
49/100 (from 161 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (176th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,947th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,221st)

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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 30,446.

The Clash album bestography « Higher ranked (10,537th)
From Here To Eternity: Live
This album (14,221st)
Cut The Crap
Lower ranked (15,308th) »
Live At Shea Stadium

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Cut The Crap track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 64 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Cut The Crap rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,221st | 1980s rank: 1,947th | 1985 rank: 176th

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Cut The Crap ratings

Average Rating: 
49/100 (from 161 votes)
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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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From 06/03/2022 21:06 | #285956
Shit.
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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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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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From 11/22/2017 20:56 | #201880
10 points for This Is England.
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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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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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From 01/29/2015 03:14 | #132883
Skip this one. It deserves the negative reputation.
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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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