9 (Public Image Ltd album)
9 is the seventh studio album by Public Image Ltd, but their ninth full-length release including the live albums "Paris au Printemps" and "Live in Tokyo". It was released in May 1989 on the Virgin Records label (see 1989 in music). Background. The band that recorded "9" consisted of John Lydon, bassist Allan Dias, guitarist John McGeoch and drummer Bruce Smith. Former guitarist Lu Edmonds left the band by the time the album was recorded due to problems with tinnitus. However, Edmonds received a writing co-credit on all tracks, although he does not  play on the album. Ted Chau, who replaced Edmonds in the band, does not perform on "9". The album was produced by Stephen Hague, Eric "ET" Thorngren, and the band. Bill Laswell, who had produced "Album" three years earlier, had originally been lined up to produce "9". However, tension between Laswell and Lydon after the recording of that album, coupled with Laswell's desire to once again use his own cast of session musicians on "9" and his dissatisfaction with Public Image's new line-up, led to the agreement being cancelled. The first album track to be released was  Warrior, which showed up on the soundtrack album to the movie "Slaves of New York", released on 20 March 1989. The track "Sand Castles in the Snow" was originally titled "Spit", and was so listed in various Virgin pre-release information. Track listing. All tracks composed by Dias, Edmonds, Lydon, McGeoch and Smith except "Disappointed" (Dias, Edmonds, Lydon, McGeoch, Smith and Hague) Track-by-track commentary by the band. "Happy": "Disappointed": "Warrior": U.S.L.S. 1": Related tracks. "Warrior" (extended mix): "Don't Ask Me" (single a-side): "Rise" (Bob Clearmountain remix):