slicedbread

oh wow, i'm glad some other people appreciate this band...i was a huge fan soon after they ended, but no one else that i knew really gave a damn about them

Screen13

The first three albums and a couple of their singles after that, period. Then again, those three albums are enough for me to forget about the bland Late 80's excuses to continue the name. Appearing on Tops of the Pops miming "The Flowers of Romance," clearly shoving away anything else on that show, or even turning the Band Spotlight on American Bandstand into a fun moment in TV history has already earned them a place in music history.

Bulldog

...are basically the albums of theirs that I hold in the highest regard. The Order Of Death aside, I absolutely despise This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get, but besides that I wouldn't call any of their other studio albums below average. There are plenty of great songs from past the supposed cut-off point with PIL (Home, Don't Ask Me, Warrior, Seattle, God and so on), but I agree the rest of the albums aren't exactly brilliant.

Janszoon

It's funny how many people dislike This Is What You Want, This Is What You Get. It's my second favorite PiL album after Album/Compact Disc/Cassette.

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Bulldog

It's weird eh. Oddly enough, that's not the first time I've heard someone tell me This Is What You Want... isn't all that bad. I'm just not really a fan of the production over most of the album at all, especially those shrill horns they go for. Might give it another chance sometime soon though, as it's been a long time since I last got through the whole album.

Screen13

Maybe I should give the others after This is What You Want... another/third chance (Hey, it's John Lydon, it's worth it.). Through The Late 80's I went through my Kind-of-Hardcore Punk days (Meaning I had a few friends that were into it while I was just kind of listening while getting into other sounds), and while I did like songs like "Rise," there was something about the Post-Flowers albums that just did not connect with me...the first time around and even the second. Maybe it was that fateful borrowing of This is What you Want... that really killed off the interest, but as now the memory is only a small part of my growing up today, maybe the others can be a good ride.

And, yes, "Don't Ask Me" is one of those singles that sparked up the ears.

Bulldog

As far as albums as a whole go, Album/Cassette/Compact Disc is one that gets a bit overlooked by most fans I've come across, and's very good stuff overall. Their last album, That What Is Not, is pretty decent too. Happy and 9 have some good songs spread out over them, but I found them to be a bit inconsistent overall. Worth hearing at least though.

I do agree that the first three are the best though. Music doesn't really get a lot better than Metal Box and Flowers in particular for me.

TheWaitingRoom

the best of only scratches the surface here.

[MERIT]

I DL'd 4 or 5 tracks..........biggest waste of my week.

tdoc210

what did you download,
oh i ebt religion
cause JL mocks people who are fabatical

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