This is PiL is the ninth studio album by Public Image Ltd, or tenth including Commercial Zone. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was released on 28 May 2012 on band's own label, PiL Official. A limited deluxe edition of the album was released with a live DVD entitled There is a PiL In Heaven. This is PiL is the ninth studio album by Public Image Ltd, or tenth including Commercial Zone. Their first studio album in 20 years, it was released on 28 May 2012 on band's own label, PiL Official. A limited deluxe edition of the album was released with a live DVD entitled There is a PiL In Heaven. false 2024-02-02 17:34:28 This is PiL 8 2012 2012-05-28 2012-05-28 64 Alternative Rock Dub Experimental New Wave Post-Punk Reggae Rock 121800 2171931 9a0cdbca-83b4-46a3-97fb-fbf24abf9e65 68950696-ee9a-49b2-a8c2-d1d6c19355cc e3593b14-57a9-4e0e-9425-72a135048a4f /media/data/media5/Music/Public Image Ltd/This is PiL (2012)/folder.jpg Public Image Ltd AlbumArtist Public Image Ltd Artist Public Image Ltd Public Image Ltd 1 This Is PiL 03:39 2 One Drop 04:51 3 Deeper Water 06:07 4 Terra-Gate 03:47 5 Human 06:02 6 I Must Be Dreaming 04:13 7 It Said That 04:08 8 The Room I Am In 03:07 9 Lollipop Opera 06:53 10 Fool 05:52 11 Reggie Song 05:48 12 Out of the Woods 09:41 Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founder member of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978. The group's line-up has changed frequently over the years; Lydon has been the sole constant member. Following Lydon's departure from the Sex Pistols in January 1978, he sought a more experimental "anti-rock" project and formed PiL. That year PiL released their debut studio album First Issue (1978), creating an abrasive, bass-heavy sound that drew on dub, noise, progressive rock and disco. PiL's second studio album Metal Box (1979) pushed their sound further into the avant-garde, and is often regarded as one of the most important albums of the post-punk era. By 1984, Levene, Wobble and Walker had departed and the group was effectively a solo vehicle for Lydon, who moved toward a more accessible sound with the commercially successful studio albums This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get (1984) and Album (1986). After a late 1990s hiatus, Lydon reformed the group in 2009 and has released several further albums, including What the World Needs Now... (2015).