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End Of World

Public Image Ltd

End Of World

Eleventh studio album from the John Lydon fronted experimental rock outfit and first for eight years

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6.3

Label
PiL Official
UK Release date
11/08/2023
US Release date
11/08/2023
  1. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Lydon is a dab hand at applying metaphors of alienation and survival to his predicaments
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  2. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    The past might be an albatross around Lydon’s neck, but he demonstrates superhuman strength at times, achieving lift-off in a way that nobody was really expecting. If the end of the world is nigh then PiL are going out with a bang
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  3. 7.0 |   XS Noize

    This album is a collection of parts that do not coalesce into a whole
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  4. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    John Lydon’s public persona remains as contrarian as ever. But on PiL’s first album in eight years, his voice remains captivating—and, occasionally, surprisingly moving
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  5. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    John Lydon and co return with an 11th album that ranges from fine-fettle rollicking to notable poignancy
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  6. 6.0 |   The FT

    The band’s 11th album tussles with the irascible energy of frontman John Lydon but is full of pleasingly sharp highlights
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  7. 6.0 |   The Observer

    John Lydon and band once again veer between hit and miss, from the poignantly affecting to the particularly annoying
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  8. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Public Image Ltd’s End of World, their first in eight years, marks some of John Lydon’s best work in decades and a half that should have never left band practice
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