noizyme, Apr 17, 2006
This is the only real PIL CD I own. I haven't figured out what era I ever liked of them (mostly because they were always changing with the seasons), but this CD is pretty solid. I liked 7 of the 10 songs on it; the ones I didn't care for were the tracks where Lydon's voice just gets out of hand and wacky, or when they incorporated a poem to song translation (like in the 3rd track), it loses something that doesn't equal a great track for me. I gave it 4 stars because it is eclectic yet entertaining and features 3 (possibly more) songs with backup singers and is a great change in punk rock of the usual persuasions. Plus, I love the sample from "God Save The Queen" in the first track, Acid Drop. Great touch.