Public Image Limited’s most popular and critically acclaimed studio album has been given the complete remastering treatment. PiL’s second album Metal Box (released in Dec 1979) was originally released on three 45 rpm discs (to cope with Jah’s intense bass!) and housed in a metal film canister. The landmark album has now been fully remastered for the first time and will be released on three CDs in a metal tin case to pay homage to the original. To supplement this release, the long-deleted The Plastic Box album will also be re-issued. Originally released in 1999, the 4CD album provides a complete overview the band’s work, including tracks taken from every album together with John Peel sessions, remixes and much more.
Metal Box (3CD Vinyl Replica Edition)
Disc 1
1. Albatross (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Memories (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. Swan Lake (2009 Digital Remaster)
Disc 2
1. Poptones (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Careering (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. No Birds (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. Graveyard (2009 Digital Remaster)
Disc 3
1. The Suit (2009 Digital Remaster)
2. Bad Baby (2009 Digital Remaster)
3. Socialist (2009 Digital Remaster)
4. Chant (2009 Digital Remaster)
5. Radio 4 (2009 Digital Remaster)
Plastic Box (4 Disc)
Disc 1
1. Public Image
2. The Cowboy Song
3. Theme
4. Religion I
5. Religion II
6. Annalisa
7. Low Life
8. Attack
9. Poptones (BBC John Peel Session)
10. Careering (BBC John Peel Session)
11. Chant (BBC John Peel Session)
12. Death Disco (12“ Remix)
13. 1/2 Mix Megamix
14. No Birds Do Sing
15. Memories
Disc 2
1. Another
2. Albatross
3. Socialist
4. The Suit
5. Bad Baby
6. Radio 4
7. Pied Piper
8. Flowers Of Romance
9. Four Enclosed Walls
10. Phenagen
11. Track 8
12. Hymie’s Him
13. Under The House
14. Banging The Door
15. Go Back
16. Francis Massacre
17. Home Is Where The Heart Is
Disc 3
1. This Is Not A Love Song (12“ Remix)
2. Blue Water
3. Bad Life (Single Version)
4. Question Mark
5. Solitaire
6. Tie Me To The Length Of That
7. Where Are You?
8. The Pardon
9. 1981
10. The Order Of Death
11. F.F.F.
12. Rise
13. Fishing
14. Round
15. Home
16. Ease
Disc 4
1. Seattle
2. Angry
3. The Body (US 12“ Mix)
4. Selfish Rubbish
5. Disappointed
6. Happy
7. Warrior (12“ Extended Version)
8. USLS 1
9. Don’t Ask Me
10. Criminal
11. Luck’s Up
12. God
13. Cruel (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
14. Acid Drops (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
15. Love Hope (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
16. Think Tank (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
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