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Public Image Limited – The Flowers Of Romance (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1981
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The Flowers Of Romance is an LP by Public Image Limited from 1981 released on the Virgin label.
About this album
The Flowers of Romance is a radical, confrontational Public Image Ltd album that pushed post-punk further into artful abstraction. Released in 1981, it marked a decisive shift away from conventional rock, built on clattering percussion, bass-heavy repetition and John Lydon’s fiercely anti-pop instincts. The record’s austere sound and fragmented structures helped define PIL’s reputation for risk-taking and for turning punk’s fallout into something colder, stranger and more experimental. Songs such as the title track and Under the House show how the band transformed rhythm into atmosphere and tension, making the album a key statement in early 1980s experimental rock.
Genre: Punk & Alternative
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Public Image LimitedLabel: Virgin – V 2189Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1981Genre: Punk & AlternativeStyle: Art Rock, ExperimentalA1 Four Enclosed Walls
A2 Track 8
A3 Phenagen
A4 Flowers Of Romance
A5 Under The House
B1 Hymie'S Him
B2 Banging The Door
B3 Go Back
B4 Francis Massacre