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John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten's post-punk band Public Image Ltd. turns 40 years old in 2018.  The anniversary was anticipated by a cheekily-titled documentary film, The Public Image Is Rotten, which premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival.  A 36-date tour is currently underway of Europe and Japan.  Now a box set is due on July 20 from UMC (U.K.) anthologizing the band which has notched five U.K. top 20 hit singles and five top 20 albums.  The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs from the Heart) will be available as a 5-CD/2-DVD box as well as in 6-LP and digital versions.  It offers snapshots of PiL's entire history, including the period of 1978-1992 and then the band's resumption after a 17-year hiatus beginning in 2009.

The first disc is a self-explanatory 18-track collection, Singles 1978-2015.  That's followed on CD 2 by the 17-track compendium of B-Sides, Rarities and Radio Sessions.  The third disc has thirteen 12" Mixes and Dance Tracks, and CD 4 offers fourteen Unreleased Mixes and Tracks.  Finally, the fifth CD presents a July 16, 1989 concert at New York City's Ritz.  The first DVD in the package presents 21 promotional videos and another live show (Live at Rock Summer Festival, Tallinn, Estonia from August 26, 1988).  The second DVD has six clips from BBC television broadcasts dating between 1979 and 1989, as well as a third concert: Live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia (April 10, 2013).

The Public Image Is Rotten (Songs from the Heart) arrives on July 20.  The 6-LP vinyl version, due the same date, has the complete singles on two LPs; nine highlights on one LP from the B-Sides and Rarities disc; the complete 12" Mixes and Dance Tracks on two LPs; and ten of the Unreleased Mixes and Tracks on one LP.  You can peruse the tracklisting of the CD/DVD box below along with pre-order links!

The Public Image Is Rotten: Songs From The Heart (UMC (U.K.), 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: 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

Disc 2: B-Sides, Rarities & Radio Sessions

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
9. Turkey Tits
10. Pied Piper
11. Criminal
12. Poptones (John Peel Session 1979)
13. Careering (John Peel Session 1979)
14. Chant (John Peel Session 1979)
15. Cruel (Mark Goodier Session 1992)
16. Acid Drops (Mark Goodier Session 1992)
17. Love Hope (Mark Goodier Session 1992)

Disc 3: 12" Mixes and Dance Tracks

1. Death Disco (12")
2. This is Not a Love Song (12")
3. Flowers of Romance (instrumental)
4. Rise (Bob Clearmountain Mix)
5. Seattle (U.S. 12" Remix)
6. The Body (U.S. 12" Extended Remix)
7. Disappointed (12")
8. Happy (U.S. 12" Remix)
9. Warrior (Extended 12" Mix)
10. Lollipop Opera
11. Shoom
12. Death Disco (Original Monitor Mix)
13. This is Not a Love Song (12" Remix)

Disc 4: Unreleased Mixes & Tracks

1. Annalisa ("New Mix" - Townhouse 1979)
2. Albatross ("Monitor Mix" 1979)
3. Careering (Live Paris 1980)
4. Banging The Door (a.k.a. The Door) (Alternative Mix - Townhouse 1980)
5. Vampire (Townhouse 1981)
6. Nineteen Eighty One (Original Version - Townhouse 1981)
7. Bad Night (Park South 1983)
8. Things in E (a.k.a. Ease) (Alternative Laswell Mix 1985)
9. Can You Feel The Fours (Instrumental - Farmhouse 1987)
10. Spy Thriller Open and Revolving (a.k.a. Spy Thriller) (Alternative Mix - Farmhouse 1987)
11. Kashmir (Renovations Instrumental Mix 1987)
12. Cajun (Bill Laswell Instrumental 1988)
13. Worry ("Ruff Mix" - Advision 1988)
14. Think Tank ("Outtake" - Eldorado 1991)

Disc 5: Live At The Ritz, New York City - 7/16/1989

1. Intro/Warrior
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

Live At Rock Summer Festival, Tallinn, Estonia - 8/26/1988

1. Intro/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 Archive

1. Death Disco (Top of The Pops, 1979)
2. Poptones/Careering (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1980)
3. Flowers of Romance (Top of The Pops, 1981)
4. Rise (Top of The Pops, 1986)
5. Home/Round (The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1986)
6. Disappointed (The Late Show, 1989)

Live At The Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia - 4/10/2013

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