My Top 1000 Songs #220: Public Image

Public Image Ltd., starring the post-Sex Pistols Johnny [Rotten] Lydon, are on the list of bands I know I'm supposed to like a lot more than I actually do. They've had some fine singles over the years, and I think 1986's Album did a fine job tethering Lydon's abrasive wail to a more (college) radio-friendly indie rock sound. But while I can appreciate the inventive experimentation of, say, their second album, it's more something I respect in principle than a record I feel like spinning up very o...