The Image Has Cracked

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.

The Image Has Cracked
Studio album by
Alternative TV
ReleasedMay 1978
Venue100 Club, London on February 7, 1978
StudioSurrey Sound Studios, Surrey
GenrePunk rock, post-punk
LabelDeptford Fun City
Producer
  • Alternative TV
  • Chris Gray
Alternative TV chronology
The Image Has Cracked
(1978)		 Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One)
(1979)

Recording and content

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.

Jools Holland plays synthesiser and piano on two tracks on the album.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Trouser Press wrote: "Although the abstract stuff doesn't hold up so well, it's still an amazing document of a time and place."[2] 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
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Alternatives"Alex Fergusson, Mark Perry 
2."Action Time Vision"Ferguson, Perry 
3."Why Don't You Do Me Right?"Frank Zappa 
4."Good Times"Chris Bennett, Dennis Burns, Mark Perry, Tyrone Thomas 
5."Still-Life"Fergusson, Perry 
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Viva La Rock n' Roll"Bennett, Burns, Perry 
2."Nasty Little Lonely"Bennett, Burns, Perry 
3."Red"Perry 
4."Splitting in 2"Perry 

Personnel
Alternative TV
  • Mark Perry – vocals, guitar, production
  • Dennis Burns - bass guitar, production
  • Chris Bennett – drums, percussion, production
Additional personnel
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)

Further reading
  • Reynolds, Simon (2008). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571252273.
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References
  1. Raggett, Ned. "The Image Has Cracked – Alternative TV : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. Lamey, Charles P.; Green, Jim. "trouserpress.com :: Alternative TV". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
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