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** Public Image Ltd., “That What Is...

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** Public Image Ltd., “That What Is Not,” Virgin. Wherein John Lydon and a motley crew of faceless modern-pop session musicians take on the whole of the New Wave, plundering the likes of Talking Heads and Devo--and the Sex Pistols--for songs and poses the way that Eric B & Rakim rip through old James Brown. Sure, this is as unlistenable as anything PiL has done since “Flowers of Romance,” but it’s unlistenable in a really interesting way.

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