| This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 July 1984[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1983–1984 | |||
| Studio | Maison Rouge Studios (London, England) | |||
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| Length | 36:36 | |||
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| Producer | Public Image Ltd | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk band Public Image Ltd, released on 6 July 1984 by Virgin Records. It includes the single "Bad Life" and a re-recorded version of a "This Is Not a Love Song", which had been a No. 5 UK and international hit when released as a single in 1983.
An early version of the album was released in 1984 by founding PiL guitarist Keith Levene as Commercial Zone. The album was then re-recorded after Levene's departure from the band, with no contributions from either Levene or bassist Pete R. Jones (who contributed to several tracks on Commercial Zone).
- ^ Cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyright Office website
- ^ This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get at AllMusic
- ^ Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: Public Image Ltd". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Coleman, Mark; Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Public Image Ltd.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 662–63. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.