The Best of British £1 Notes explained

The Best of British £1 Notes
Type:greatest
Artist:John Lydon
Cover:John Lydon The Best Of £1 Notes Album Cover.JPG
Released:October 3, 2005
Recorded:1976–1997; 2005
Genre:Punk rock, post-punk, alternative rock, alternative dance
Label:Virgin
Producer:John Lydon
Prev Title:Psycho's Path
Prev Year:1997

The Best of British £1 Notes is a compilation album and DVD by John Lydon showing his work not only with the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) but also as a solo artist and collaborator and features "The Rabbit Song", a new song from his as yet unreleased second solo album. It was released by EMI and Virgin Records.[1]

Track listing

Standard CD edition

  1. Sex Pistols – "Anarchy in the UK"
  2. PiL – "Public Image"
  3. PiL – "This Is Not a Love Song"
  4. Leftfield/Lydon – "Open Up"
  5. PiL – "Rise"
  6. PiL – "Don't Ask Me"
  7. PiL – "Seattle"
  8. Sex Pistols – "Holidays in the Sun"
  9. PiL – "Death Disco"
  10. PiL – "Flowers of Romance"
  11. Time Zone – "World Destruction"
  12. PiL – "Warrior"
  13. PiL – "Disappointed"
  14. John Lydon – "Sun"
  15. PiL – "Bad Life"
  16. PiL – "Home"
  17. PiL – "The Body"
  18. PiL – "Cruel"
  19. Sex Pistols – "God Save the Queen"
  20. John Lydon – "The Rabbit Song"

CD special edition

Disc 1

  1. Sex Pistols – "Anarchy in the UK"
  2. PiL – "Public Image"
  3. PiL – "This is Not a Love Song"
  4. Leftfield/Lydon – "Open Up"
  5. PiL – "Rise"
  6. PiL – "Don't Ask Me"
  7. PiL – "Seattle"
  8. Sex Pistols – "Holidays in the Sun"
  9. PiL – "Death Disco"
  10. PiL – "Flowers of Romance"
  11. Time Zone – "World Destruction"
  12. PiL – "Warrior"
  13. PiL – "Disappointed"
  14. John Lydon – "Sun"
  15. PiL – "Bad Life"
  16. PiL – "Home"
  17. PiL – "The Body"
  18. PiL – "Cruel"
  19. Sex Pistols – "God Save the Queen"
  20. John Lydon – "The Rabbit Song"

Disc 2

  1. PiL – "Death Disco" (12" Mix)
  2. PiL – "Poptones"
  3. PiL – "Careering"
  4. PiL – "Religion"
  5. PiL – "Banging the Door"
  6. PiL – "The Pardon"
  7. PiL – "Rise" (12" Mix)
  8. PiL – "Disappointed" (12" Mix)
  9. PiL – "Warrior" (12" Mix)
  10. PiL – "Acid Drops"
  11. Leftfield/Lydon – "Open Up" (Full Vocal Mix)
  12. Sex Pistols – "God Save The Queen" (Dance Mix)

DVD

Music videos

  1. Anarchy in the UK (original EMI version)
  2. God Save The Queen
  3. Public Image
  4. Death Disco
  5. This is Not a Love Song
  6. Bad Life
  7. World Destruction
  8. Rise
  9. Home
  10. Seattle
  11. The Body (uncensored version)
  12. Warrior
  13. Disappointed
  14. Don't Ask Me (title version)
  15. Cruel
  16. Covered
  17. Open Up
  18. Sun

Video extras

Sex Pistols live tracks:

  1. "Pretty Vacant" – Finsbury Park 1996
  2. "Bodies" – Phoenix Festival 1996
  3. "Silver Machine" – Crystal Palace 2002

Audio extras

Unreleased PiL Monitor Mixes:

  1. "Death Disco" (unedited monitor mix)
  2. "Albatross" (unedited monitor mix)
  3. "Albatross" ('Melodrama' mix)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Best of British £1 Notes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160904042404/http://www.johnlydon.com/notes/notes_index.html. 4 September 2016. johnlydon.com.