Commercial Zone is an Electronic album by PIL, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
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Commercial Zone, only released in the USA, is an album of studio recordings by Public Image Ltd., recorded in 1982 and 1983, and released in 1984 by PiL founding guitarist Keith Levene. Commercial Zone includes five songs that were later re-recorded for PiL's fourth official studio album, This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (1984) – for this reason, Commercial Zone is often considered to be an earlier/alternative version of that album. Commercial Zone is more accessible and commercial than PiL's previous records, with some laid-back Velvet Underground-style guitar on a few tracks. Tracks like "Mad Max" and "Solitaire" have funk elements, while especially the B-side of the record has a moody soundtrack atmosphere. Tracks: (first limited pressing of 10,000 copies) 1. Mad Max 2. Love Song 3. Bad Night 4. Solitaire 5. The Slab 6. Lou Reed Part 1 7. Lou Reed Part 2 8. Blue Water 9. Miller Hi-Life On the second pressing "Solitaire" was re-titled as "Young Brits". The track sequence on the first side was changed to: 1. Love Song 2. Mad Max 3. Young Brits 4. Bad Night (shorter mix compared to 1st pressing)... For This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get the following songs were re-recorded: "Mad Max" (new title: "Bad Life") "Love Song" (new title: "This Is Not a Love Song") "Solitaire" "The Slab" (new title: "The Order Of Death") "Lou Reed Part 2" (new title: "Where Are You?").
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Love Song4:26
- A2Mad Max4:09
- A3Bad Night3:58
- A4Solitaire3:42
Side B
- B1The Slab3:30
- B2Lou Reed Pt. 13:58
- B3Lou Reed Pt. 22:50
- B4Blue Water3:30
- B5Miller Hi-Life2:35
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- angular
- cynical
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
First pressing, issued in plain white cardboard sleeve with center hole.
Some copies came with an additional heavy paper printed fold over picture sleeve.
Commercial Zone is an album of studio recordings that were released in 1984 by guitarist Keith Levene. Levene obtained the master tapes without consent from John Lydon or the rest of PiL. Levene soon received a cease and desist order from PiL's record label. The album includes several songs that were later re-recorded.
A different mix of "Blue Water" also appeared as the b-side to the 1983 single "This Is Not A Love Song." The version of "Love Song" that appears on Commercial Zone appeared on the 12" version of the single listed as "remix".
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Keith LevenePRODUCER
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