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- Record Label: Universal
- Release Date: Jul 20, 2018
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- Summary: The five CD and two DVD box set features singles, b-sides, rarities, radio sessions, unreleased mixes, a July 1989 concert at the New York Ritz, a performance at 1988's Tallinn Rock Summer Festival in Estonia, and a 2013 concert at Australia's Enmore Theatre.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Dec 11, 2018The Public Image Is Rotten presents a thorough and uncompromised portrait of Lydon's work with PiL, and anyone interested in the many contexts he's created for his unique vision will find plenty to take in.
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 25, 2018This set contains some wastage, but more than enough demented brilliance to merit serious consideration. [Aug 2018, p.96]
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Jul 25, 2018A behemoth of a box, The Public Image Is Rotten offers over six hours of PiL brilliance.
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MojoJul 25, 2018Disc four's unreleased assortment holds little for Wobble-Levene obsessives. More noteworthy: a disturbingly atonal Banging The Door, two abstract thumpathons from '81-83's "lost" fourth album, some speculative Album demos, and a n instrumental stab at Led Zep's Kashmir. [Aug 2018, p.102]
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UncutJul 25, 2018The third Cd features interesting but inessential 12in mixes. ... There are diamonds throughout the sprawling set, which also manages to sound cohesive thanks to Lydon's binding, blaring vocals and the atmosphere of managed, jagged chaos. [Sep 2018, p.48]
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The WireOct 16, 2018The tracklisting is divided between acknowledged classics and ephemera. There are extended remixes, demos and live tracks, but only a couple of genuinely illuminating items, and more often in theory than practice. [Nov 2018, p.72]
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Jul 25, 2018Despite the promise of rarities and unreleased mixes, there’s not much that hasn’t already been released, mostly on the easy-to-find 1999 compilation Plastic Box. Live recordings from the Tallinn Rock Summer festival in 1988 and Sydney in 2013 bulk out the final discs, along with John Peel and Mark Goodier radio sessions.
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Mar 20, 2021One more fantastic box set from PiL that perfectly sums up their whole career.
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