Track Listing

1. Fff
2. Rise
3. Fishing
4. Round
5. Bags
6. Home
7. Ease

Product Details

• Released on: 1986-01-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

The last good thing from PiL
Somehow, after hitting years of the lowest lows, Lydon & Co. came up with this sparkler. It is definitely more accessible than the previous two and later three albums but it goes beyond that. "Fff", "Rise" and "Home" are just inspired: there's no other word for it. Rise especially is something I'd thought Lydon would shun: tightly structured, a little over-the-top in terms of production, and, dare I say, lyrically relevant. Ginger Baker and Steve Vai lend a professionalism and crispness that no one thought John Lydon would ever wanted to be associated with. But there they are.

The other tunes are not as powerful as the three mentioned BUT they are still engaging. This would be, for all intents and purposes, PiL's "swansong".

a must own for any grown up punk!
Rotton (lydon) fufills his talent shown with the sex Pistols on this record.There are three PiL cd's to own this one and This what you want-This is what you get are with out questions to of the greatest alternative projects ever the third Flowers of Romance is scary in a way the talking heads later changed the face of music without the drums of it there would of been no furs first effort of need for the Heads fear of light effort. The track Flowers of Romance is Rottons answer to the death of friend /band mate Sid Vicious "you take the flowers/ I'll take the furniture/ start all over again/flowers of romance" years later the drums of this album still haunt me.Rise off this effort here is amazing. Home is a classic, but for me I will always remeber dancing with my party friends to Round with the background chorus"mushrooms alter the horizon" nuclear war/scare of the time or drugs it takes me back to my college days. Get these CDS!

PiL's best
Pil went through many iterations in their time, some efforts more listenable than others (some pretty damn unlistenable, even for fans. How many times can you honestly listen to Metal Box?) But this CD/Album/whatever truly rocks out with Lydon at his peak, before the dreaded warble took over completely. I defy anyone to find a better rocker than FFF, with it's crunching riffs, ultra-cool organ, pounding drums and Johnny's venom-laden vocals. I was lucky enough to see PiL in the late 80s and they opened with FFF and it was and is a great song. All the tunes on this CD hold up very well, except perhaps for the poppish Rise. Buy this and hear them at their best.