Public Image
by Public Image Ltd.
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Public Image Ltd. bestography
Public Image is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Public Image Ltd. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Public Image Ltd. is Metal Box which is ranked number 861 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,016.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Public Image track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Public Image rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 27 Music Albums of 1978 | 15/27 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 26 Music Albums of 1978 | 18/26 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 8/89 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 67/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1978 | 70/70 | 0 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 58 Music Albums of 1978 | 44/58 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 77 Music Albums of 1978 | 30/77 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 164 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 483 | |||
Public Image collection
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Public Image ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2026 12:58 |  AAL2014 | 4,302 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 20:45 | AledJames | 1,689 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 10:00 | matterhornrider | 5,168 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Public Image forum mentions
dihansse 01/23/2023 21:02 in My discoveries per yearPublic Image comments
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A good recreation of ones self. Apart from 'Public Image', which sounds Pistols-ish, the albums got an dark arty feel about it, full of deep rhythmic bass. A different direction for him that worked. (Edited)
I understood this album only from second time.
Here are Avangard from The Residents, Psychedelic from CAN, Punk from Stooges.
Nirvana was conceived on this album (Edited)
Favorite Tracks:Public Image
Sandrof1969 02/16/2018 20:27 | #208480
Non mi sono mai sentito meno debitore nei confronti di questo esordio dei P.I.L. rispetto a quanto mi sentissi nei confronti di "Never mind the bollocks"
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