Public Image Ltd. – The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs from the Heart (2018)

John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten’s post-punk band Public Image Ltd. turns 40 years old in 2018.  The anniversary was anticipated by a cheekily-titled documentary film, The Public Image Is Rotten, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
…The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs from the Heart, 5-CD/2-DVD box offers snapshots of PiL’s entire history, including the period of 1978-1992 and then the band’s resumption after a 17-year hiatus beginning in 2009.
The first disc is a self-explanatory 18-track collection, Singles 1978-2015. That’s followed on CD 2 by the 17-track compendium of B-Sides, Rarities and Radio Sessions. The third disc has thirteen 12″ Mixes and Dance Tracks, and CD 4 offers fourteen Unreleased Mixes and Tracks.

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Finally, the fifth CD presents a July 16, 1989 concert at New York City’s Ritz.

Disc 1: Singles 1978-2015

1. Public Image
2. Death Disco
3. Memories
4. Flowers of Romance
5. This is Not a Love Song
6. Bad Life
7. Rise
8. Home
9. Seattle
10. The Body
11. Disappointed
12. Warrior
13. Don’t Ask Me
14. Cruel
15. One Drop
16. Reggie Song
17. Out of the Woods
18. Double Trouble

Disc 2: B-Sides, Rarities & Radio Sessions

1. The Cowboy Song
2. Half Mix/Megga Mix
3. Another
4. Home is Where the Heart is
5. Blue Water
6. Question Mark
7. Selfish Rubbish
8. USLS1
9. Turkey Tits
10. Pied Piper
11. Criminal
12. Poptones (John Peel Session 1979)
13. Careering (John Peel Session 1979)
14. Chant (John Peel Session 1979)
15. Cruel (Mark Goodier Session 1992)
16. Acid Drops (Mark Goodier Session 1992)
17. Love Hope (Mark Goodier Session 1992)

Disc 3: 12″ Mixes and Dance Tracks

1. Death Disco (12″)
2. This is Not a Love Song (12″)
3. Flowers of Romance (instrumental)
4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
5. Seattle (U.S. 12″ Remix)
6. The Body (U.S. 12″ Extended Remix)
7. Disappointed (12″)
8. Happy (U.S. 12″ Remix)
9. Warrior (Extended 12″ Mix)
10. Lollipop Opera
11. Shoom
12. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
13. This is Not a Love Song (12″ Remix)

Disc 4: Unreleased Mixes & Tracks

1. Annalisa (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
2. Albatross (“Monitor Mix” 1979)
3. Careering (Live Paris 1980)
4. Banging The Door (a.k.a. The Door) (Alternative Mix – Townhouse 1980)
5. Vampire (Townhouse 1981)
6. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version – Townhouse 1981)
7. Bad Night (Park South 1983)
8. Things in E (a.k.a. Ease) (Alternative Laswell Mix 1985)
9. Can You Feel The Fours (Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
10. Spy Thriller Open and Revolving (a.k.a. Spy Thriller) (Alternative Mix – Farmhouse 1987)
11. Kashmir (Renovations Instrumental Mix 1987)
12. Cajun (Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
13. Worry (“Ruff Mix” – Advision 1988)
14. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)

Disc 5: Live At The Ritz, New York City – 7/16/1989

1. Intro/Warrior
2. Happy
3. This Is Not a Love Song
4. Home
5. Round
6. Brave New World
7. Same Old Story
8. The Body
9. Open & Revolving
10. Rise
11. Disappointed
12. Public Image
13. Seattle
14. World Destruction