Public Image Ltd - First Issue

Tracklist:

A1.Theme [9:11]
A2.Religion I [1:25]
A3.Religion II [5:53]
A4.Annalisa [6:05]
B1.Public Image [3:01]
B2.Low Life [3:38]
B3.Attack [2:55]
B4.Fodderstompf [7:46]

New 2024 LP Edition: Pressed on Metallic Silver Wax, LP housed in an expanded gatefold jacket. Includes lyric insert and repro archival newspaper fold-out.

In 1976 Johnny Roben and the Sex Pistols set the agenda for punk’s year zero with
‘Anarchy In The UK’, a song that summed up the spirit, sound and aFtude of the
band in one shocking package. Two years later, the Sex Pistols were in tabers, but
Roben was as unsentimental as you’d hope. He reverted to his real name – John
Lydon – and set about forming a band whose very identity kicked against press and
media manipulation. Featuring bassist Jah Wobble, drummer Jim Walker and guitarist
Keith Levene, his new group was Public Image Limited. The public image would be
limited.

PiL were a very distinct prospect from the Pistols, founded with a greater thought for
rhythm, and with a sound that turned the page from snarling punk to a more
experimental sound fusing rock, dance, folk, ballet, pop and dub. But that’s not to say
Lydon’s new outfit lacked vitriol. ‘Public Image’ hits out against the notorious British
tabloid press, who never gave Lydon an easy ride, and against his own Sex Pistols
public image – “You only saw me for the clothes I wore”.

The debut single (and the album that followed) operated as a theme song and a
manifesto: “…my entrance/My own creation/My grand finale/My goodbye,” as the
lyrics had it. It is, essentially, the sound of four people letting loose in a studio – and
not caring what anyone else thought.

The album was never officially released in the USA back in the day, its sound
considered too un-commercial by major labels for an American release.

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