| The Crackdown | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Cabaret Voltaire |
| Cover: | Crackdown.jpg |
| Released: | 18 August 1983 |
| Recorded: | December 1982 |
| Studio: | Trident Studios, London, England |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 43:33 |
| Prev Title: | Hai! (Live in Japan) |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
The Crackdown is the fifth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in August 1983 jointly through record labels Some Bizzare and Virgin. It was produced by the band themselves and Flood. Mixing their earlier experimental sound with more conventional dance rhythms, the album received positive reviews and was listed on NMEs "Albums of the Year" in 1983.
The Crackdown was Cabaret Voltaire's first full studio album following founding member Chris Watson's departure, and their first release for Virgin Records via Some Bizzare. This album marks a turning point in the band's discography, straddling their early experimental work with their later more conventional electronic dance-funk output. It was recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London, England in late 1982.
AllMusic wrote that the album "features the band working a number of menacing electronic textures into a basic dance/funk rhythm".