Public Image Ltd.

Has any rock album fared worse in the digital era than Metal Box? Public Image Ltd.
packaged their 1979 art-punk opus as three twelve-inch 45-rpm vinyl discs in a metal film
canister. The sound was massive: Jah Wobble took off from dub to play some of the
deepest bass grooves ever heard, Keith Levene slashed at his guitar, and John Lydon
wailed like two bats mating in a trash can. Unfortunately, the CD versions sound t... More >