Trapped Animal

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Trapped Animal
Studio album by
the Slits
Released6 October 2009
Recorded2009
StudioSwing House, Hollywood, Los Angeles
GenrePost-punk, punk rock
LabelNarnack
ProducerAdrian Sherwood, the Slits
The Slits chronology
Return of the Giant Slits
(1981) 		Trapped Animal
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(59/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC(favourable)[2]
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian link
PopMatters(5/10) link
Prefix Magazine(3/10) link
NME(4/10) link

Trapped Animal is the third and final studio album by English punk band the Slits. It was released on 6 October 2009, and was their first album since their 2006 reunion which initially resulted in the EP Revenge of the Killer Slits. Founding vocalist Ari Up and bassist Tessa Pollitt returned, although the rest of the band underwent significant lineup changes introducing Hollie Cook on backing vocals, Adele Wilson on guitar, Little Anna (Anna Ozawa) on keyboards and melodica (her original song "Be It" included) and Anna Schulte on drums. Trapped Animal received mixed to negative reviews from critics upon release. The Slits continued to tour the album until the following year when Up died after a two year battle with breast cancer, causing the band to disband permanently.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Ask Ma"
  2. "Lazy Slam"
  3. "Pay Rent"
  4. "Reject"
  5. "Trapped Animals"
  6. "Issues"
  7. "Peer Pressure"
  8. "Partner from Hell"
  9. "Babylon"
  10. "Cry Baby"
  11. "Reggae Gypsy"
  12. "Be It"
  13. "Can't Relate"
  14. "Had a Day"

References

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  1. ^ Critic Reviews for Trapped Animal. Metacritic. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ True, Everett (2009). "The Slits – Trapped Animal – Review". BBC Music.
  3. ^ Allen, J. "Trapped Animal Review". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Ari Up Died Battling Cancer, Slits Bandmate Reveals". exclaim.ca.