First Issue

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First Issue

Studio album by Public Image Ltd
Released	December 8, 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Post punk
Length	39:54
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	Public Image Ltd
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Public Image Ltd chronology
	First Issue (1978)	Metal Box (1979)

First Issue (also Public Image) is a post punk album by Public Image Ltd released in 1978 by Virgin Records.

First Issue is described by critics of that time, and even by some of the band members, as a mostly effortless recording, because of the pressure given by the record company. Though most of the songs resemble the familiar punk sound of the Sex Pistols, it explored through different and experimental boundaries, such as dub music and Krautrock. Despite its contemporary criticism, First Issue is well received by the fans of Public Image Ltd. and seen in hindsight to have been a ground-breaking and artistically successful work.

In March 2005, Q magazine placed the song "Public Image" at number 45 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In this article, it was also claimed that the album had been used by psychiatrists in the treatment of depressive patients to show them that they were not alone.