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Public Image Ltd. - This is PiL

Review by Sean Thomas

This is PiL comfortably manages to be what a comeback strives to be but seldom is; adventurous, celebratory and - above all - adding to an already admirable legacy.»

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pil return from a 20 year recording silence with 'this is pil.' all the new material was recorded last year at steve winwood's studio. john lydon: "well, 12 songs, where do i begin? everything and anything that attracts my attention. 'one drop' is about my early youth in finsbury park. fantastic! hello, we're all teenagers don't you forget it! at any age, stay young." the 12 tracks herein are the sound of a rejuvenated band, a group of men who were at the genesis of modern post post punk and who are now questioning the world they helped create, like any artist would. 'this is pil' also features some of lydon's most personal writing to date, with autobiographical lyrics mixing with the wide-eyed, inclusive mix of genres that has always characterised pil's sound.
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