Atonement (Final Cut album)

Atonement is the third studio album by Final Cut, released on May 28, 1996 by Fifth Colvmn Records.

Reception
Aiding & Abetting gave Atonement a positive review, saying "The Final Cut takes the best ideas of the world's finest industrial purveyors, adding a few new ideas just for the hell of it." AllMusic awarded the album two and a half out of five stars and said "while the results fit snugly into 1990s industrial territory, the record is also strongly influenced by the blaxploitation-styled guitar funk of the 1970s." Sonic Boom gave the album a mixed review, saying "musically this EP is all over the place. It ranges from the very traditional guitar, drums, bass of CSC to club remixes almost totally devoid of a guitar" and "If you are either a CSC or Meathead completist you will want to pick up this EP which has tracks that appear nowhere else."

Personnel
Adapted from the Hands of Ash liner notes.

Additional performers
 * Greg Lucas- guitars,samplers
 * Martin Atkins]] – drums (1)
 * Beth – backing vocals (6)
 * Chris Connelly – vocals (8)
 * Tyree Davis – percussion (2, 3)
 * Dena – backing vocals (6)
 * Taime Downe – guitar (2)
 * Hobie Echlin – bass guitar (1)
 * JC – vocals (2, 4, 5)
 * Kurt Komraus – instruments
 * Anthony Srock – mixing
 * Louis Svitek – guitar (4, 5)
 * Matt Warren – programming

Production and design
 * Tom Baker – mastering
 * Van Christie – engineering, mixing, editing
 * Zalman Fishman – executive-producer
 * Sean Joyce – assistant engineering
 * Jim Marcus – engineering, typography, design
 * Stephen Moore – assistant engineering
 * Jason McNinch – editing
 * Rex Ritter – photography
 * Anthony Srock – mixing, editing