PiL details massive ‘The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart)’ box set

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Public Image Ltd. this week revealed the tracklist of its upcoming new box set, a massive 7-disc collection called The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) that collects singles, B-sides, rarities, 12-inch mixes, unreleased material, and live sets both on CD and DVD.

The box set, first announced in February, will be released July 20 via Universal Music and will be available in a 7-disc format — that’s five CDs and two DVDs — or a 6LP vinyl version, as well as digitally. Packaged in a black-and-gold foil box, the set also will include a 72-page book, a poster and prints.

The CDs include PiL’s singles from 1978 to 2015, plus B-sides, rarities, radio sessions, 12-inch mixes, and unreleased tracks and mixes, plus a live concert from the Ritz in New York City in July 1989. The DVDs feature promo videos and footage from the BBC’s “Top of the Pops” and “Old Grey Whistle Test,” plus two more live concerts, filmed in Estonia in 1988 and Australia in 2013.

The box set currently is available for pre-order in CD and vinyl formats via Amazon.co.uk and digital format via Amazon.com. Check out the full CD and vinyl tracklists below.

Tracklist: Public Image Ltd., The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) — CD version

CD1
Public Image Ltd – Singles 1978-2015
1. Public Image
2. Death Disco
3. Memories
4. Flowers of Romance
5. This is Not a Love Song
6. Bad Life
7. Rise
8. Home
9. Seattle
10. The Body
11. Disappointed
12. Warrior
13. Don’t Ask Me
14. Cruel
15. One Drop
16. Reggie Song
17. Out of the Woods
18. Double Trouble

CD2
Public Image Ltd – B-sides, Rarities & Radio Sessions
B-sides
1. The Cowboy Song
2. Half Mix / Megga Mix
3. Another
4. Home is Where the Heart is
5. Blue Water
6. Question Mark
7. Selfish Rubbish
8. USLS1 (mix)
9. Turkey Tits
Rarities
10. Pied Piper
11. Criminal
Radio Sessions
12. Poptones – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
13. Careering – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
14. Chant – BBC, John Peel Sessions (1979)
15. Cruel – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992
16. Acid Drops – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992
17. Love Hope – BBC, Mark Goodier Live Session 1992

CD3
Public Image Limited – 12″ Mixes & Dance Tracks
1. Death Disco (12”)
2. Flowers of Romance (Instrumental)
3. This is Not a Love Song (12”)
4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
5. Seattle (US Remix 12”)
6. The Body (US Remix Extended 12”)
7. Disappointed (12”)
8. Happy (US Remix 12”)
9. Warrior (Extended 12” Mix)
10. Lollipop Opera
11. Shoom (from What The World…)
Bonus Tracks
12. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
13. This is Not a Love Song (12” Remix)

CD4
Public Image Ltd – Unreleased Mixes & Tracks
1. Annalisa (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
2. Albatross (“Monitor Mix” 1979)
3. Careering (Live Paris 1980) (Previously Unreleased)
4. Banging The Door (Alternative Mix, Townhouse 1980) (aka The Door)
5. Vampire (Unreleased Track – Townhouse 1981)
6. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version, Townhouse 1981)
7. Bad Night (Unreleased Track – Park South 1983)
8. Things in E (aka Ease) (Alternative Laswell mix 1985)
9. Can you Feel the Fours (Unreleased Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
10. Open and Revolving (Alternative Mix – Farmhouse 1987) (aka Spy Thriller)
11. Kashmir (Unreleased Renovations Mix 1987) (Instrumental)
12. Cajun (Unreleased Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
13. Worry (“Ruff Mix” – Advision 1988)
14. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)

CD5
Public Image Ltd – Live @ New York Ritz – July 16th 1989
1. Warrior (with intro)
2. Happy
3. This is Not a Love Song
4. Home
5. Round
6. Brave New World
7. Same Old Story
8. The Body
9. Open & Revolving
10. Rise
11. Disappointed
12. Public Image
13. Seattle
14. World Destruction

DVD 1

Promo videos
1. Public Image
2. Death Disco
3. This is Not a Love Song
4. This is Not a Love Song (live in Tokyo)
5. Bad Life
6. Rise
7. Home
8. Seattle
9. The Body (uncensored)
10. Disappointed
11. Warrior
12. Don’t Ask Me
13. Cruel
14. Covered
15. One Drop
16. Reggie Song
17. Out of the Woods
18. Lollipop Opera (unreleased)
19. Double Trouble
20. Bettie Page
21. The One

Tallinn Rock Summer Festival, Estonia August 26th 1988
1. Public Image
2. FFF
3. Seattle
4. Home
5. Bags
6. Rise
7. Hard Times
8. Religion
9. Rules & Regulations
10. Angry
11. Open & Revolving
12. Holidays In The Sun
13. The Body
14. World Destruction

DVD 2

BBC TV Performances – Archive
1. Death Disco – BBC, Top of the Pops 1979
2. Poptones – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1980
3. Careering – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1980
4. Flowers of Romance – BBC, Top of the Pops 1981
5. Rise – BBC, Top of the Pops 1986
6. Home – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1986
7. Round – BBC, Old Grey Whistle Test 1986
8. Disappointed – The Late Show 1989

Sydney, Enmore Theatre, Australia, April 10th 2013
1. Four Enclosed Walls
2. Albatross
3. Deeper Water
4. Memories
5. Reggie Song
6. Disappointed
7. Warrior
8. Flowers of Romance
9. One Drop
10. Death Disco
11. This is Not a Love Song
12. Public Image
13. Out of the Woods
14. Rise
15. Open Up

Tracklist: Public Image Ltd., The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs From The Heart) — LP version

Record 1: Singles 1978-1989
A
1. Public Image
2. Death Disco
3. Memories
4. Flowers of Romance
5. This is Not a Love Song
6. Bad Life
B
1. Rise
2. Home
3. Seattle
4. The Body
5. Disappointed

Record 2: Singles 1989-2015
A
1. Warrior
2. Don’t Ask Me
3. Cruel
4. One Drop
B
1. Reggie Song
2. Out of the Woods
3. Double Trouble

Record 3: B-sides
A
1. The Cowboy Song
2. Half Mix / Megga Mix
3. Another
4. Home is Where the Heart is
B
1. Blue Water
2. Question Mark
3. Selfish Rubbish
4. USLS1
5. Turkey Tits

Record 4: 12” Mixes & Dance Tracks
A
1. Death Disco (12”)
2. This is Not a Love Song (12”)
3. Flowers of Romance (instrumental)
4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
B
1. Seattle (US Remix 12”)
2. The Body (US Remix Extended 12”)
3. Disappointed (12”)

Record 5: 12” Mixes & Dance Tracks
A
1. Happy (US Remix 12”)
2. Warrior (Extended 12” Mix)
3. Lollipop Opera (from This is PiL)
B
1. Shoom (from What The World Needs Now…)
Bonus Tracks
2. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
3. This is Not a Love Song (12” Remix)

Record 6: Unreleased Mixes and Tracks
A
1. Annalisa (“New Mix” – Townhouse 1979)
2. Banging The Door (Alternative Mix, Townhouse 1980) (aka The Door)
3. Vampire (Unreleased Track – Townhouse 1981)
4. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version, Townhouse 1981)
5. Bad Night (Unreleased Track – Park South 1983)
B
1. Can you Feel the Fours (Unreleased Instrumental – Farmhouse 1987)
2. Open and Revolving (Alternative Mix – Farmhouse 1987) (aka Spy Thriller)
3. Kashmir (Unreleased Renovations Mix 1987) (Instrumental)
4. Cajun (Unreleased Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
5. Think Tank (“Outtake” – Eldorado 1991)

PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS

• Public Image Ltd. preps 3 vinyl reissues as part of Virgin Records’ 40th anniversary
• Public Image Ltd. to give ‘First Issue’ its first-ever U.S. release with expanded reissue
• Public Image Ltd. records 3-song live session at Minnesota’s The Current (audio + video)
• Public Image Ltd. to release double A-sided single with live tracks recorded in NYC