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I am a bit of a perfectionist, always doing my best to get my facts right whenever I write.

Since starting the “Today’s Top Tune” series, I consulted several online (as well as offline) sources to read up on certain artists. This bit of research has been fun and educating. Today’s choice presented itself while researching Tony Williams, one of my all-time favourite drummers.

I have to admit that I had almost forgotten that he played on the PiL (Public Image Limited) release "Album" (aka “Cassette” / “Compact Disc”). My favourite track off it is “Rise”. (How could anyone ever forget singer John Lydon’s line “Anger is an energy”?)

The line-up on “Rise” is incredible: Steve Vai (credited on Frank Zappa records as playing “stunt guitar”, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Laswell, Nicky Skopelitis, Tony Williams, and Lakshminarayana Shankar.

Other musicians that appear on the album: Bernie Worrell, Ginger Baker, Jonas Hellborg, Malachi Favors, Bernard Fowler, Steve Turre.

There is an entry for this album on the Wikipedia website: PiL “Album”.

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