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Public Image Ltd - 'This Is PiL' (2012)
Cover pic.
“You are now entering a PiL zone!” John Lydon bellows at the top of the first Public Image Ltd album in 20 years, and indeed you’ll recognize the place straightaway: Backed by the same guys he recruited for PiL’s 2009-’10 reunion tour (including Happy? alums Lu Edmonds and Bruce Smith), Lydon rants and chants in his long-established fashion over swirling, dub-steeped soundscapes that once in a while gather into actual songs. “One Drop” is an early highlight, with the frontman unloading some very Lydon-esque observations on English culture (“We come from chaos / We cannot change us”); later, in “Deeper Water,” Edmonds unleashes the kind of spooky-romantic guitar riff that made PiL heroes to a generation of post-post-punks. Things get a little boggy in the wacky-voices menagerie “Lollipop Opera” and the misleadingly titled “Out of the Woods,” which stretches its middling death-disco groove well beyond the nine-minute mark. But what’s a Lydon album without a bit of bollocks?
Track listing:
1. "This is PiL" - 3:39
2. "One Drop" - 4:51
3. "Deeper Water" - 6:07
4. "Terra Gate" - 3:47
5. "Human" - 6:02
6. "I Must be Dreaming" - 4:13
7. "It Said That" - 4:08
8. "The Room I Am in" - 3:07
9. "Lollipop Opera" - 6:54
10. "Fool" - 5:52
11. "Reggie Song" - 5:48
12. "Out of the Woods" - 9:41
Total Playtime: 64:09
Personnel:
John Lydon - vocals
Lu Edmonds - guitar
Scott Firth - bass guitar
Bruce Smith - drums
Release date: 28/05/2012
Label: PiL official
Format: Lossless FLAC
EAC/FLAC inc. CUE sheet, M3U & log
Size: 416 MB |
