album Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/album/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:58:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Public Image Ltd. “Album” https://vinylfromthevault.com/public-image-ltd-album-1986-im-spinning-pils/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-image-ltd-album-1986-im-spinning-pils Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:26:56 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/public-image-ltd-album-1986-im-spinning-pils/ Public Image Ltd. “Album” 1986. I’m spinning PiL’s fifth studio album in honor of Ginger Baker who died yesterday, October 8th, at age 80. Baker played drums on Album and I can only imagine the energy in the recording studio between Baker and John Lydon, both of them “gingers” known for their strong and often volatile personalities. Despite [...]

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]]> Public Image Ltd. “Album” 1986. I’m spinning PiL’s fifth studio album in honor of Ginger Baker who died yesterday, October 8th, at age 80. Baker played drums on Album and I can only imagine the energy in the recording studio between Baker and John Lydon, both of them “gingers” known for their strong and often volatile personalities. Despite what could be viewed as an ironic partnership given Lydon’s punk background vs. Baker’s classic blues-rock pedigree (as an April Fool’s joke in 1981, NME wrote that Baker was joining PiL),  I’m pretty sure in Lydon’s autobiography that he said working with Baker was a good experience. Baker, renown for his crushing drum solos and flamboyant style, bashes the shit out of the rhythm section on Album, most especially on “Fishing,” “Bags,” and “Ease” and he was a great match for Lydon’s lyrical fury. Baker did not play drums on either single released from Album, “Rise” (#11 UK charts) and “Home” (#75 UK); Tony Williams (drummer for Miles Davis) recorded the drums for those tracks.

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]]> 10084 Public Image Ltd. “album” https://vinylfromthevault.com/public-image-ltd-album-released-30-years-ago-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-image-ltd-album-released-30-years-ago-on Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:53:22 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3655 Public Image Ltd. “album” released 30 years ago on this date, January 27th, 1986 (though another date listed is Feb. 3rd). PiL’s fifth studio album, it also had the title of “cassette” and “compact disc” (and much later, “mp3″) if you bought it on those media. John Lydon excels at fury - his signature hard spitting vocal punctuation at [...]

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]]> Public Image Ltd. “album” released 30 years ago on this date, January 27th, 1986 (though another date listed is Feb. 3rd). PiL’s fifth studio album, it also had the title of “cassette” and “compact disc” (and much later, “mp3″) if you bought it on those media.

John Lydon excels at fury – his signature hard spitting vocal punctuation at the end of each phrase driving his rage home – and album is certainly no exception. “Rise” is the highlight track, both beautiful and terrible describing apartheid-era South Africa and the torture endured by its people, and in one lyrical line sums up Lydon’s artistic essence: Anger is an energy.

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