A Tribute To Public Image Limited

A Tribute To Public Image Limited Artist: Various Artists
Label: Underground Inc
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 637642111223
EAN: 0637642111223
ASIN: B0009HLD8M


Release Date: 2005-05-31

A Tribute To Public Image Limited


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Tracks:

  1. Public Image - Hanin Elias,
  2. Bad Baby - Winterbrief
  3. Memories - The Damage Manual
  4. Poptones - Jared Louche
  5. Religion - Omegaman, Pigface
  6. Under the House - October File
  7. Banging the Door - Irmin Schmidt
  8. Four Enclosed Walls - Sheep on Drugs
  9. Annalisa - The Countdown
  10. Ease - You Shriek
  11. Seattle - Greta Brinkman,
  12. Blue Water
  13. Death Disco - Vanishing Kids
  14. Order of Death
  15. Banging the Door - Chris Haskett

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Better than many cover comps!.......2006-05-17

Often when "Various Artists," none of whom you've heard of, cover a band that you have not only heard of but probably liked--if you're considering a tribute compilation, it's implicit--it's risky. I came across this in a second-hand assortment of CDs and took the risk. The first couple of songs made me think I'd been foolish. These reminded me of Nina Hagen or the new-wave one-hit band Berlin: early 80s synth-pop. But, then the pace picked up and until the cover of "Seattle," did not let up. Techno and post-punk industrial danceable but assaultive interpretations of the best songs off of PiL's first (and best) three albums flowed together well in a sequence perfect for imitating a club DJ's mixtape on your home or car system.

PiL lends itself best by musicians updating its sounds into this genre. Bands here reminded me of such other 80s tunes by The Fall, Killing Joke, Ministry, and the Touch & Go Chicago label's trademark combo of pummel and rhythm. What's not so successful are those covers here that try to too closely mimic John Lydon's inimitable (if much imitated) vocal styles. Many of the better deliveries here are by female singers, who can adopt his yowls and crescendos and swoops while avoiding too close a timbre of his male pitch. The lackluster covers of "Seattle" & "This Is What You Want," fittingly, are of PiL's later songs, when the conceit that it was a band had faded to John & his hired hands, and the music of latter PiL certainly suffers by comparison--the worst versions here are of the two weakest songs covered.

Music Album:

  1. Moving Gelatine Plates
  2. Smooth Sax Tribute to Mariah Carey's Greatest Hits ~ Various Artists
  3. The Emotional Party ~ Ian McNabb
  4. Gerry Cross the Mersey: British Inversion, Vol. 2 ~ The Stool Pigeons
  5. Thunder Lightning Strike (Limited Tour Edition)
  6. In a Brilliant White ~ Fra Lippo Lippi
  7. Sweetheart Collection ~ Frankie & the Knockouts
  8. Rock Concert ~ Velvet Crush
  9. Good Times ~ Showaddywaddy
  10. Selected ~ Lilys

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Drum Crazy ~ Gene Krupa

The Painted Desert ~ Barrett Martin

The Best of Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2 ~ Lou Donaldson

A Soulful Mood ~ Charlie Parker

Mano a Mano ~ Laurent Maur

Sing Your Dancing Drink ~ Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen

Per Amore Mio ~ Roberto Vecchioni

Incompatibili Ma Indivisibili ~ Orietta Berti

Un Señor Del Tango ~ An%C3%ADbal Troilo

Aschenputtel ~ Various Artists