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Public Image Ltd discography

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Public Image Ltd discography
Studio albums10
Live albums7
Compilation albums4
Singles24
Video albums3
Box sets8

This is the discography of British post-punk band Public Image Ltd.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][2]
UK Indie
[3][4]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
US
[9]
Public Image: First Issue
  • Released: 8 December 1978
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
22 77 18
Metal Box
  • Released: 23 November 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 3×12", MC
  • Reissued in 1980 as Second Edition on 2×LP and MC
18 21 171
The Flowers of Romance
  • Released: 10 April 1981
  • Label: Virgin, Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
11 94 33 114
This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
  • Released: 1 July 1984
  • Label: Virgin, Elektra
  • Formats: LP, MC
56
Album
  • Released: 27 January 1986
  • Label: Virgin, Elektra
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • The cassette release was titled Cassette
14 59 95 35 34 115
Happy?
  • Released: 14 September 1987
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
40 169
9
  • Released: 10 May 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
36 57 106
That What Is Not
  • Released: 10 February 1992
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
46
This Is PiL 35 4
What the World Needs Now...
  • Released: 4 September 2015
  • Label: PiL Official
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download
29 3
End of World
  • Released: 11 August 2023
  • Label: PiL Official
33 4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK

[10][11]

Paris au Printemps
  • Released: 14 November 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
61
Live in Tokyo
  • Released: August 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2x12", MC
28
ALiFE 2009
  • Released: 21 December 2009
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: 3xCD
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2011
  • Released: 19 September 2011
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
Live at Rockpalast 1983
  • Released: 27 January 2012
  • Label: MIG
  • Formats: CD, 3x12"
Live at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • Released: 2 October 2015
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: 3xCD
Concert – Live at the Brixton Academy 27.5.86
  • Released: 21 April 2018
  • Label: Virgin/UMC
  • Formats: 2xLP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK

[12][13]

AUS
[14]
The Greatest Hits, So Far
  • Released: 24 September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
20 102
First Issue / Second Edition
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
Gold
Rise – The Collection
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details
Box
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 3xCD
PiL CD Box Vol. 1
  • Released: 10 December 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • Japan-only release
PiL CD Box Vol. 2
  • Released: 21 December 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • Japan-only release
Plastic Box
  • Released: March 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 4xCD
5 Album Set
  • Released: 2 April 2013
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 5xCD
  • Australia-only release
The Ultimate Live Collection Vol. 1
  • Released: December 2015
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: 6xCD
  • Limited release
The Ultimate Live Collection Vol. 2
  • Released: December 2015
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: 6xCD
  • Limited release
The Public Image Is Rotten – Songs from the Heart
  • Released: 20 July 2018
  • Label: Virgin/UMC
  • Formats: 5xCD+2xDVD, 6xLP, digital download

Video albums

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Title Album details
PIL Live
Videos
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: VHS, Betamax
Live at Rockpalast 1983
  • Released: 27 January 2012
  • Label: MIG
  • Formats: DVD

Other albums

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Title Album details
Commercial Zone
  • Released: 30 January 1984
  • Label: PiL
  • Formats: LP
  • US-only unofficial release by Keith Levene featuring early recordings of songs from This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[2]
AUS
[5][14]
BEL
(WA)

[15]
GER
[16]
IRE
[17]
NL
[18]
NZ
[19]
US Alt
[20]
US Dance
[21]
"Public Image" 1978 9 15 x Public Image: First Issue
"Death Disco" 1979 20 x Non-album single
"Memories" 60 x 56 Metal Box
"Flowers of Romance" 1981 24 19 x 51 The Flowers of Romance
"This Is Not a Love Song" 1983 5 17 20 10 3 12 45 x This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
"Bad Life" 1984 71 x
"Rise" 1986 11 37 35 10 29 x 30 Album
"Home" 75 x
"Seattle" 1987 47 x 30 Happy?
"The Body" 100 x
"Disappointed" 1989 38 94 1 26 9
"Warrior" 89 114 16 16
"Happy" (US promo-only release) 15
"Don't Ask Me" 1990 22 139 2 The Greatest Hits, So Far
"Cruel" 1992 49 87 That What Is Not
"Covered" (US promo-only release) 11
"Acid Drops" (US promo-only release) 29
"The Order of Death" (The Blair Witch Mix; US and Canada promo-only release) 1999 The Blair Witch Project – Josh's Blair Witch Mix
"Religion" (vs Psycho Radio; Italy-only release) 2006 Non-album single
"One Drop" 2012 This Is PiL
"Reggie Song" / "Out of the Woods"
"Double Trouble" 2015 What the World Needs Now...
"The One"
"Bettie Page"
"Hawaii" 2023 End of World
"Penge"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "x" denotes chart did not exist at the time.

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ a b Peaks in the UK:
  3. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 242. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  8. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 630. ISBN 0898201179.
  10. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. ^ Peaks in the UK:
  12. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  13. ^ Peaks in the UK:
  14. ^ a b Other peaks in Australia:
  15. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  17. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  19. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  20. ^ Whiteburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981–2002. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 236. ISBN 0898201535.
  21. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003 (illustrated ed.). Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 9780898201567.