This Is Pil

AlbumMay 28 / 201213 songs, 1h 19m 9s
Post-Punk Experimental Rock
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For a band that built its name on ripping up the rule book, what do Public Image Ltd. sound like 20 years since their last album, and over 30 since their first?

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In 1984, Public Image Ltd released This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get as well as the single “This Is Not A Love Song.” They rank among the least compelling of PiL’s output, due largely to the gratuitous self-reference that had replaced the group’s eerie, oblique, post-punk creep. After a 20-year break in…

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When Dick Clark died a few months ago, one of the most widely-circulated videos posted in his honor was a clip of Public…

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Check out our album review of Artist's This Is PiL on Rolling Stone.com.

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That Sex Pistols reunion a few years back must have whetted John Lydon's appetite for some reformation benefits. Lucky for him, he's got another band he can reunite with: Public Image Ltd.

John Lydon and co's bristling DIY album veers from the ridiculous to the sublime, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

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If lyrically This Is PiL marks a step forward for Lydon, then musically the album seems caught in a mid-’90s production rut.

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<strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>: PiL's new album both recalls their glory days and contradicts them at the same time – but then that's John Lydon all over

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Public Image Ltd. - This Is PiL review: Always a bitter PiL to swallow

The former Johnny Rotten shows he still has fuel left in the tank. CD review by Thomas H Green

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“I am John, and I was born in London!” The Lydon corporation re-opens for business...