Rhythm Collision, Vol. 1

Like many British punk bands of the first generation, the Ruts were heavily influenced by reggae. In 1982 they got together with producer Mad Professor (an acolyte of Lee “Scratch” Perry who had adopted and extended some of Perry’s wildest production tendencies) to create this edgy, punky program of mostly instrumental dub. Although very much a product of its time, the album still sounds wonderfully avant-garde today.