10 Truly Terrible Albums By Legendary Artists
5. The Clash - Cut The Crap
If the band had followed the advice of the title of this album it would have never seen the light of day. A record that was virtually erased from Clash history for years; earlier compilations didn't even reference it, let alone feature a track from it. For many this isn't really The Clash anyway, as Mick Jones had been fired prior to recording it.
In later years there has been a very slight softening of attitude towards it and a grudging acknowledgement that the track ,'This Is England', was perhaps not that bad.
Nothing else has been spared though, and it is hard to understand why anybody connected with the band could have ever sanctioned its release, other than as a contractual obligation to the record company to deliver product.
Joe Strummer fully admitted that the band had made a couple of terrible mistakes in firing drummer Topper Headon and Jones. Without Mick there as a songwriting foil, Strummer ended up co-writing with their controversial manager, Bernie Rhodes; a bad mistake was compounded by allowing him to oversee the final mix.
A terrible album for the greatest punk band ever to bow out with.