The Crack
| The Crack | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 29 September 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | The Town House, London | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 54:34 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Classic Rock | 9/10 |
| Mojo | |
| Q | |
| Select | |
| Uncut | 9/10 |
The Crack is the debut album by English punk rock band The Ruts, released in 1979.
The album contains the UK hit singles "Babylon's Burning" (number seven on the UK chart in June 1979) and "Something That I Said" (number 29 in September 1979). The white-reggae "Jah War", which was written in the aftermath of the Southall unrest and the over-use of force by the Metropolitan Police Service's Special Patrol Group in 1979, was also released as a single but did not make the UK chart.