The Flowers Of Romance (studio album) by Public Image Ltd.

The Flowers Of Romance by Public Image Ltd.
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 2,487th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 127 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (383rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,487th)

Public Image Ltd. bestography

The Flowers Of Romance is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Public Image Ltd. on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Public Image Ltd. is Metal Box which is ranked number 750 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,392.

Public Image Ltd. album bestography « Higher ranked (750th) This album (2,487th) Lower ranked (2,960th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 127 votes)
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02/18/2024 08:45 Jboy56  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,05178/100
 
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01/18/2024 21:47 MaxStorm98  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,50592/100
 
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05/17/2023 22:45 kieranthewalrus  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 61564/100

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This album is rated in the top 19% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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55/100
From 02/18/2024 08:47
Not music
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From 09/08/2017 15:43
best tracks: under the house, banging the door
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From 07/12/2015 20:08
Not bad
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From 10/11/2014 12:16
Not as good as Metal Box/Second Edition, but a good release to Public Image Ltd's discography. I like Four Enclosed Walls quite a lot.
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50/100
From 07/11/2012 22:19
I'm reviewing this album because honestly I kind of hate it and want to add a dissenting opinion to all the praise it has gotten.

I think most people are of the opinion that PIL were at the top of their game on Metal Box and I can understand that. Personally I think that Album with Bill Laswell is the best thing Lydon's ever done, and that First Issue was as good a manifesto as this band ever gave. Other people have said though that The Flowers of Romance is their best album and I don't understand this opinion at all. I think I read Jah Wobble as having said once that, looking back, he thought PIL didn't live up to their potential. Basically, I'd say that The Flowers of Romance encapsulates the wasted potential of this band.

What the hell is this album about? You've got two smart guys with good taste in music and what do they create when left to their own devices? A collection of unlistenable, anaemic, metallic-sounding songs with bad lyrics. The only listenable songs on this album are "Banging the Door" and "Home is Where the Heart is". Yes I know that the percussive element in this music shows the influence of african/middle-eastern music and german bands that are more interesting than PIL. I don't care. This album gives me a goddamn headache.

Lydon definitely has a unique vision but he needs other people around to create the actual music. Levene was already beginning to show signs of being washed up and mentally disorganized. Yes it is moderately interesting. Is it good? No.
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70/100
From 08/10/2011 06:19
By the time of 'Flowers Of Romance', Lydon had added Martin Atkins on drums at the expense of Jah Wobble on bass. Thus, unlike 'Metal Box' the former rather than the latter play a prominent role. There is an overriding "ethnic" Arabian atmosphere in the sound of the instrumentation, while the backdrop is one of funk syncopation set against Lydon's dark lyrics and chilling voice. The overall effect is a kind of Freudian study that is at the same time nihilistic and harrowing. Key track: Banging The Door.
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