Flowers of Romance

By: Joshua Glenn
April 11, 2011

Our friends at New Wave Time Warp remind us that Public Image Ltd.’s Flowers of Romance album came out thirty years ago yesterday. Its un-rockist vibe blew my mind when I purchased it — thanks to the guidance of my friend John Cradock — at Newbury Comics, in Harvard Square, as a 9th- or 10th-grader.

“Four Enclosed Walls” is the album’s startling opening track.

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Kudos, Pop Music