The Image Has Cracked is the debut studio album by English band Alternative TV.

[citation needed] Jools Holland plays synthesiser and piano on two tracks on the album.

[citation needed] Trouser Press wrote: "Although the abstract stuff doesn't hold up so well, it's still an amazing document of a time and place.

"[3] 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.