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Former Sex Pistol vocalist John Lydon once again unleashed his Public Image Ltd. project, this time with a more basic, unrelenting rock & roll attack than ever before. The audio assault of guitarist John McGeoch and bassist Allan Dias perfectly complements Lydon's frenzied, strangled bleating throughout. As usual, Lydon succeeds in being all of satirical and fatalistic, confrontational and self-deprecating. The album's opening words set the tone: "What does it mean/What does anything mean." It's spat out as a statement rather than a question. "Covered" unpredictably tosses sampled vocals, bluesy harmonica, and Tower of Power horns into the mix. That What Is Not can be a difficult PiL to swallow, but the heady side-effects make the effort worthwhile.
© Roch Parisien /TiVo
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Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tower Of Power, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Wood, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Wood, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Bonnie Sheridan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Arreguin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE JERDEN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tower Of Power, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Dias, ComposerLyricist - Annette Cisneros, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Carlstrom, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allan Dias, Keyboards, Programmer, Unknown, Sequencer, Background Vocalist, Other, AssociatedPerformer - John McGeoch, Guitar, Programmer, Sequencer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Public Image Limited, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - John Lydon, ComposerLyricist - Curt Bisquera, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Wood, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1992 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1992 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Former Sex Pistol vocalist John Lydon once again unleashed his Public Image Ltd. project, this time with a more basic, unrelenting rock & roll attack than ever before. The audio assault of guitarist John McGeoch and bassist Allan Dias perfectly complements Lydon's frenzied, strangled bleating throughout. As usual, Lydon succeeds in being all of satirical and fatalistic, confrontational and self-deprecating. The album's opening words set the tone: "What does it mean/What does anything mean." It's spat out as a statement rather than a question. "Covered" unpredictably tosses sampled vocals, bluesy harmonica, and Tower of Power horns into the mix. That What Is Not can be a difficult PiL to swallow, but the heady side-effects make the effort worthwhile.
© Roch Parisien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:36
- Main artists: Public Image Ltd.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1992 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1992 Virgin Records Limited
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