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- Record Label: Universal
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2016
- Summary: The digitally remastered and reissued of the British post-punk band's second album features B-sides, BBC sessions, a 1979 live recording at Russell's Club (The Factory) in Manchester as well as rare and unreleased mixes.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Dec 8, 2016Here augmented by three additional CDs of b-sides, Peel Sessions, alternate mixes and a live recording from Manchester’s Russell Club, the original album still sounds like nothing else from the time, as if a line is drawn on the sand and the full potential of what punk had to offer is finally realized. Indeed, Metal Box is still so far ahead of the curve that if it was getting its inaugural release now and it’d still be daring other bands to catch up.
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Dec 7, 2016Metal Box stands up. It stands for all time.
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Dec 7, 2016Jah Wobble’s reggae influenced sub-bass lines were the perfect foil to the ice cold (let’s not say angular) riffs of Keith Levene, which gave rhythm to Lydon’s musings of death and boredom perfectly, making Metal Box a true a milestone in British rock music.
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Q MagazineDec 7, 2016Reissued with a raft of extras, it remains a masterpiece of uneasy listening. [Dec 2016, p.117]
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Dec 7, 2016An excellent remaster accentuates the nuances and stresses the space in a mix that’s by turns claustrophobic and widescreen, crisps hi-hats, sharpens ice-pick guitar shards and further fattens bass subsonics. There are extra tracks, B-sides, Peel sessions, a live ‘rehearsal’ set from Manchester’s Factory, and it’s only a joy.
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UncutDec 7, 2016Unreleased mixes, instrumentals and PiL's semi-legendary 1979 concert at Manchester's Factory are worthy additions, stretching the dense, dubby miasma out for four hypnotic hours. [Dec 2016, p.51]
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Jan 26, 2017While it’s nice to have the original albums properly contextualized, the impact of a stand-alone live release would have been just that much more impactful. As it stands, these mammoth four-disc sets offer just about all the PiL you could ever hope for from two very different eras and incarnations of the band.
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Mar 20, 2021Fantastic box set of this masterpiece of album! Great extra songs and remaster.
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Dec 20, 2016
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