For decades, this album has been misunderstood. It isn't a "live album." It isn't a "greatest hits." It is a lawsuit set to music; a post-modern, avant-garde indictment of the music industry. But to appreciate the razor-sharp production, the buried bass lines of Sid Vicious, and the menacing snarl of Ronnie Biggs, you need more than a compressed MP3 stream. You need .
is widely considered the album's highlight. He also delivers high-energy covers of Eddie Cochran's "Something Else" "C'mon Everybody" The Rotten Demos
The complete album spans approximately 1 hour and 18 minutes: Apple Music Track Title Performer / Note God Save the Queen (Symphony) Orchestral version with McLaren narration Johnny B. Goode Cover of Chuck Berry Road Runner Cover of Jonathan Richman Black Arabs Disco medley of Pistols hits Anarchy in the UK Mike Thorne remix of 1976 session Substitute Cover of The Who Don't Give Me No Lip, Child Cover of Dave Berry (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone Cover of The Monkees L'Anarchie Pour Le UK French version with accordion Einmal War Belsen Bortrefflich "Belsen Was a Gas" (Johnny Rotten vocals)
When searching for , you will encounter two versions: the 2xLP vinyl tracklist and the truncated 1xCD version from 1979. For true FLAC integrity, seek the "Expanded Edition" (59 minutes). This includes the chaotic Ronan O’Rahilly outtakes and the full 5-minute version of "L’Anarchy pour le U.K."