Plastic Box

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Plastic Box
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Box set by
Released1999
RecordedJuly 1978–1991
Genre Post-punk, experimental rock, alternative rock, alternative dance
Label Virgin Records
Producer various
Public Image Ltd chronology
That What Is Not
(1992)
Plastic Box
(1999)
ALiFE
(2009)
Professional ratings
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Plastic Box is a compilation box set by the post-punk band Public Image Ltd released in 1999 as a limited edition, but re-released for a standard release on 14 December 2009. It comprises four discs covering the band's activity from their debut in 1978 until their hiatus beginning in 1992.

Contents

Packaging and title

The album title Plastic Box is a reference to the band's album Metal Box . Both Plastic Box and Metal Box are named simply after the type of packaging; Plastic Box was released in a standard 4CD fatbox case. The album was probably going to be titled differently as the original idea was for the album to be released in a metal box, but the Virgin Records budget was not big enough. [4] The album cover is similar to the band's 1986 album, the title of which originally depended on the format, the most popular title being Album.

Content

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Public Image"
  2. "The Cowboy Song"
  3. "Theme"
  4. "Religion I"
  5. "Religion II"
  6. "Annalisa"
  7. "Low Life"
  8. "Attack"
  9. "Poptones" (BBC John Peel Session)
  10. "Careering" (BBC John Peel Session)
  11. "Chant" (BBC John Peel Session)
  12. "Death Disco" (12" Remix)
  13. "1/2 Mix Megamix"
  14. "No Birds Do Sing"
  15. "Memories"

Disc two

  1. "Another"
  2. "Albatross"
  3. "Socialist"
  4. "The Suit"
  5. "Bad Baby"
  6. "Radio 4"
  7. "Pied Piper"
  8. "Flowers of Romance" (Single Version)
  9. "Four Enclosed Walls"
  10. "Phenagen"
  11. "Track 8"
  12. "Hymie's Him"
  13. "Under The House"
  14. "Banging The Door"
  15. "Go Back"
  16. "Francis Massacre"
  17. "Home Is Where The Heart Is"

Disc three

  1. "This Is Not a Love Song" (LP Remix) [5]
  2. "Blue Water"
  3. "Bad Life" (7" edit)
  4. "Question Mark"
  5. "Solitaire"
  6. "Tie Me To The Length Of That"
  7. "Where Are You?"
  8. "The Pardon"
  9. "1981"
  10. "The Order Of Death"
  11. "F.F.F."
  12. "Rise"
  13. "Fishing"
  14. "Round"
  15. "Home"
  16. "Ease"

Disc four

  1. "Seattle"
  2. "Angry"
  3. "The Body" (US 12" Mix)
  4. "Selfish Rubbish"
  5. "Disappointed"
  6. "Happy"
  7. "Warrior" (12" Extended Version)
  8. "USLS 1"
  9. "Don't Ask Me"
  10. "Criminal"
  11. "Luck's Up"
  12. "God"
  13. "Cruel" (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
  14. "Acid Drops" (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
  15. "Love Hope" (BBC Mark Goodier Session)
  16. "Think Tank" (BBC Mark Goodier Session)

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