| Trapped Animal | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | the Slits |
| Cover: | Trapped Animal (The Slits album).jpg |
| Released: | 6 October 2009 |
| Recorded: | 2009 |
| Studio: | Swing House Studios, Hollywood, California |
| Genre: | Post-punk, punk rock |
| Label: | Narnack |
| Producer: | Adrian Sherwood, the Slits |
| Prev Title: | Return of the Giant Slits |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
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.[1]