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  • Summary: This is the first full-length release from British post-punk band Public Image Ltd. (PiL) since 2015's What the World Needs Now...
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Aug 29, 2023
    80
    Still producing some of their best material. And on this form there's plenty of bite in this cranky old dog yet. [Sep 2023, p.78]
  2. Mojo
    Aug 10, 2023
    80
    An undeniably enjoyable career-twilight collection. [Sep 2023, p.82]
  3. Aug 11, 2023
    80
    It hasn’t exactly all been easy listening, but still definitely Lydon’s most approachable album ever. It sounds as though it was hard-earnt light relief for him, fun for its chief protagonist to make, and with repeat plays it only proves increasingly infectious.
  4. Uncut
    Aug 10, 2023
    60
    The better tracks are ones where Lydon stops grumbling about the modern world and creates his own mythic universe, both lyrically and musically. [Sep 2023, p.22]
  5. Aug 24, 2023
    60
    Here Lydon has ideas and sounds focused on making them into something, and he has a band capable of giving him all the support he needs. It's not entirely successful, but it's not lazy, either, and at this stage of Lydon's career (and given a very trying situation at home), that's to be commended.
  6. Aug 14, 2023
    60
    End of World is frustratingly hit and miss – the staccato glam-rock stylings of The Do That are particularly annoying – but then you suspect that the arch contrarian Lydon wouldn’t have it any other way.
  7. Aug 15, 2023
    50
    In conclusion, half an album here marks some of Lydon’s best work in decades and a half that should have never left band practice.

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  1. Aug 18, 2023
    4
    The first three tracks {Car Chase in particular] are great but the rest of the album disappoints. Pretty Awful is aptly titled although reallyThe first three tracks {Car Chase in particular] are great but the rest of the album disappoints. Pretty Awful is aptly titled although really awful would be better. The Do That and Dirty Murky Delight are so bad it's hard to fathom how they made it onto the album. Expand