#17/1174
January 27 1986
Public Image Ltd.
Album
Genre: Rock
4.5 out of 5
Highlights:
FFF
Rise
Round
Home
After that last, terrible record, I was not looking forward to anything more from Lydon & company. But this isn’t really Lydon now, is it? I mean, it is because it says so and it’s a John Lydon joint but, let’s face it, the Jah Wobble collaboration on those first two records really determined the direction, no?
In a way, Lydon is much like Adam Ant inasmuch as he is at the mercy of his producer and/or collaborators. First two records with Wobble? Fantastic. Wobble left and we get trash.
Now, Lydon is working with Bill Laswell and the first two tracks are (80s) radio friendly monsters.
From there…It’s a pretty rhythmic thing this record, dancing close to industrial but never getting too far in. And, proving my point about producers, Liswell gets the most out of John’s warble.
Talk about serendipity. I am listening to this album on the day that Ginger Baker, who performed on 4 of the 7 tracks, died. RIP Ginger.
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