The Image Has Cracked

Studio album by Alternative TV

Released

May 1978; 7 February 1978

Studio

Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey
live at the 100 Club, London, England

Label

Deptford Fun City

Producer

Alternative TV
Chris Gray

Alternative TV chronology

The Image Has Cracked
(1978)

Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One)
(1979)

The Image Has Cracked is the debut studio album by English rock band Alternative TV. It was released in May 1978 by record label Deptford Fun City.

Recording and content

The album's studio tracks were recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in Surrey, and the album's live tracks were recorded live at the 100 Club in London on 7 February 1978.

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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

Jools Holland – Moog synthesizer, piano
Kim Turner – 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

1 2 Raggett, Ned. "The Image Has Cracked – Alternative TV : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
↑ Lamey, Charles P.; Green, Jim. "trouserpress.com :: Alternative TV". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

External links

The Image Has Cracked at Discogs (list of releases)

Alternative TV

Mark Perry Steve Carter Lee McFadden Clive Giblin Dave Morgan Alex Fergusson John Towe Tyrone Thomas Chris Bennett Dennis Burns Dave George Mick Lineham Wally Brill Alex Gruner Ray Weston Steve Cannell Alison Philips Karl Blake 'Protag' James Kyllo Mike Cook Luci Bocchino John Isaac Kevin Mann Roddy Frame Rob Ugly

Studio albums	The Image Has Cracked Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One) Strange Kicks

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