WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: PiL Official – PiL005CD, PiL Official – PiL005 CD
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country: Europe
Released: Sep 4, 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Post-Punk

1        Double Trouble    3:52
2        Know Now    2:46
3        Bettie Page    3:21
4        C'est La Vie    6:08
5        Spice Of Choice    5:44
6        The One    3:42
7        Big Blue Sky    8:15
8        Whole Life Time    3:46
9        I'm Not Satisfied    5:44
10        Corporate    5:23
11        Shoom    6:32

Distributed By – Cargo Records
Manufactured By – Cargo Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PiL Official Limited
Copyright © – PiL Official Limited
Published By – PiL Official Publishing Limited
Published By – Original Production Music LLP
Published By – Upper Street Production Music Ltd
Recorded At – Wincraft Studios
Mastered At – Loud Mastering
Artwork – John Lydon
Bass, Keyboards, Strings, Percussion – Scott Firth
Drums, Percussion, Programmed By [Programming] – Bruce Smith
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Tom Colwill
Engineer, Mixed By – James Towler
Guitar, Sazbus [Saz], Piano, Cümbüş [Mini Cumbus] – Lu Edmonds
Layout, Design [Additional Input] – John Rambo Stevens, Scotty Murphy
Lyrics By [Lyrics Written By] – John Lydon
Mastered By – John Dent
Photography By [Booklet Photography] – Tomohiro Noritsune
Producer – Bruce Smith, James Towler, John Lydon, John Rambo Stevens, Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth
Vocals – John Lydon
Written-By, Performer [Performed By], Arranged By – Bruce Smith, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth
Issued in a 6-panel clear tray digipak with a 16-page booklet insert of lyrics, credits and photographs.

Artist name on spine presented as "Public Image Ltd".

Recorded at Wincraft Studios, Cotswolds, 2014

Disc:
℗ & © 2015 PiL Official Ltd.

Back cover:
℗ & © 2015 PiL Official Limited
Barcode (Text): 5 055300 385260 >
Barcode (Scanned, EAN-13): 5055300385260

A fuzzy drum and bass track booms out as a man bellows over the top, "What, you f--king nagging again? About what? What what? The toilet's f---ing broken again?!?" Is it a new single from the Sleaford Mods? No, not quite -- it's the opening tune from What the World Needs Now, the second album from John Lydon's 21st century edition of Public Image Ltd. While Jason Williamson may be upholding the great tradition of world-class ranters in pop music, the artist formerly known as Johnny Rotten is still the undisputed champion, and even as he's pushing 60, Lydon's eccentric speechifying about domestic discord, destructive lifestyles, man's relationship with danger, America's obsession with sex, and a rich variety of other things that get under his skin, continue to signify and give this music its backbone. Lydon's pronouncements here sound more grandly operatic than he did in the '70s and '80s, but the vitriol that made him the most loved and hated man in the United Kingdom is still in ready supply, and his lyrics -- sometimes carefully composed, other times consisting of dubwise chanting that seems to have emerged from his imagination while the band jammed -- are, by themselves, strong enough to give this album a reason to be. As for Lydon's bandmates, this edition of PiL lacks the vision and chaos that made First Issue, Second Edition/Metal Box, and The Flowers of Romance post-punk touchstones, but this is still the best and most sympathetic backing group Lydon has had since the studio crew that helped him make Album in 1986, with Lu Edmonds sending sharp waves of guitar floating over the rock-solid rhythm section of drummer Bruce Smith and bassist Scott Firth, providing a melodic and rhythmic foundation that serves the vocalist well (and is honestly intriguing in itself). If Lydon's decision to revive Public Image Ltd. seemed curious at first, with What the World Needs Now, the group has a firmly established new personality that suits its leader well, and finds him making strong and engaging music again after many fans wrote him off as a spent force. ~ Mark Deming

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: POST PUNK
• Format Type: CD
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 09/04/2015
• Internal ID: JITRE