Track Listing

1. Babylon's Burning
2. Dope For Guns
3. SUS
4. Something That I Said
5. You're Just A...
6. It Was Cold
7. Savage Circle
8. Jah War
9. Criminal Mind
10. Backbiter
11. Out Of Order
12. Human Punk
13. Give Youth A Chance
14. I Ain't Sophisticated
15. Crack

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51062 in Music
• Released on: 1990-07-09
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

all time great The Crack
This album goes down as one of my all time greats and I am amazed at how little attention it gets. It's packed full of awsome tracks like "Dope for Guns" and "Somethin' that I said" and of course Babylon's burning. Full of raw punk energy with a good layer of reggae inspired rhythm. It captures the ambience of the times with songs like SUS and Jah Wars.
I was lucky enough to be in the crowd at the Marquee when the last tracks were recorded. What a night and what a band. They would wipe the floor with most of todays offerings.

best band and lp of whole punk/new wave movement
what an underated band the ruts were they blow the clash and other bands of the same era out of the water with their album the crack.the cover is a classic in itself on the same par as the sgt pepper cover it was painted by artist john howard and should be classed as a classic cover.the album itself has so many classic cuts like babylons burning,sus,something that i said,it was cold the whole album is so forgotten by so called music experts.its one of my all time top 5 albums and should be more recognised for what it is A CLASSIC.

Still the greatest album of all time
I know it's a strong claim to make but this album stands up to anything today. Musically, the band were light years ahead of their peers and it shows on the whole of this album, especially SUS and It Was Cold. The first band I ever saw in 1979 and it will remain one of my greatest memories.