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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD have confirmed that their first new album in twenty years, "This Is PiL", will be released on May 28th. The album is self-funded by PiL and will be released on their own label, PiL Official. All the new material was recorded in the UK last year at Steve Winwood's studio in the Cotswolds. John Lydon talks about "This Is PiL": "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. 'Lollipop Opera' is basically a beautiful bunch of background noise and music to sum up Britain and all its wonderful ambidextrousness! 'The Room I Am In', well, that's about drugs and council flats. And there's a tragedy that still continues. 'I Must Be Dreaming', well, you know, I must be to put up with these governments".

Following on from their monumental live performance at BBC Radio 6 Birthday Celebrations at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday March 16th which saw PiL include and baptise two new songs ("Deeper Water" and "One Drop"), the band also played two very special shows at London's Heaven, showcasing more tracks from the new album with The Times commenting "This was an evening of uncompromising art music, worthy of the total concentration of the audience". The track "One Drop" has now also received airplay from BBC Radio 6, XFM and Absolute Radio.

Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential bands of all time, PiL's music and vision earned them five UK Top 20 singles and five UK Top 20 albums. With a shifting line up and a unique sound, John Lydon guided the band from their debut album "First Issue" in 1978 through to 1992's "That What Is Not", before a seventeen year hiatus. John then resurrected PiL in 2009, playing live worldwide. Now after twenty years, yet another new and unique chapter is set to unfold in the shape of new PiL material.

Format

Limited CD+DVD

Tracklisting

Disc 1:-
01. This Is PiL (click to listen)
02. One Drop (click to listen)
03. Deeper Water (click to listen)
04. Terra-Gate (click to listen)
05. Human (click to listen)
06. I Must Be Dreaming (click to listen)
07. It Said That (click to listen)
08. The Room I Am In (click to listen)
09. Lollipop Opera (click to listen)
10. Fool (click to listen)
11. Reggie Song (click to listen)
12. Out of the Woods (click to listen)

Disc 2 (Recorded live on 2nd April 2012 @ Heaven, London):-
01. Deeper Water
02. This Is Not a Love Song
03. Albatross
04. Reggie Song
05. Disappointed
06. Warrior
07. Religion
08. USLS1
09. Death Disco
10. Flowers of Romance
11. Lollipop Opera
12. Bags/Chant
13. Out of the Woods
Encore:
14. One Drop
15. Rise
16. Open Up

Additional Info

Please note: this item is limited edition, so we cannot guarantee being able to source it. However, we will make all reasonable endeavours to do so.

Record Label

PiL Official

Release date

28th May 2012