Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Public Image (PiL)
2. Fly 2
3. Ketmagyl (Don't Go Away) - Featuring Yulduz Usnamova
4. Visions Of You - Featuring Sinead O'Connor
5. Mehmeda Majka Bubage
6. Becoming More Like God - Featuring Analise Drekker
7. Mistralazul 2 - Featuring Smoke City's Nina Miranda
8. I Offer You Everything
9. Shout At The Devil - Featuring Natasha Atlas
10. Blacksmith
11. Blacksmith Dub
12. Elevator Music 3 - Featuring Harry Beckett
13. Josey Walsh - Featuring Sinead O'Connor
14. Tyger Tyger
15. Requiem III - Featuring Sussan Deiheim

Disc 2:

1. Poptones (PiL)
2. Betrayal Dub
3. How Much Are They - Featuring Holger Czukay and Jaki Leiezert
4. Invaders Of The Heart Mix 2
5. Swan Lake
6. Snakecharmer - Featuring The Edge
7. Songs Of Innocence
8. Fly 1
9. Funeral March
10. Lam Tang Way Dub - Featuring Molam Lao
11. The Dunes - Featuring Shane McGowan from The Pogues
12. So Many Years
13. Lam Saravane Dub
14. A Man I Knew
15. Elevator Music 1

Disc 3:

1. Gone To Croatan - Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Bernie Worrell
2. Spinner - Featuring Brian Eno
3. A13
4. Passage To Hades - Featuring Evan Parker
5. The Mystery Of Twilight Part 2 - Featuring Bill Laswell, Harold Budd & Jaki Liebezeit
6. Left Where It Fell - Featuring Brian Eno
7. The River Suite (Extract)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18943 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .51 pounds

From the Label
Jah Wobble: I Could Have Been a Contender--The Anthology is a stunning 3-disc CD set documenting the 26-year strong career of one of music's most unique bass guitarists and singer/songwriters. This definitive set documents Wobble's two year stint with the pioneering experimental rock band, Public Image (1978-80) and includes three digitally remastered PiL classics Public Image, Poptones and Death Disco. At the age of 18, Jah Wobble (aka John Wardle) jumped headfirst into Public Image Ltd., as the band's renegade thundering bass guitarist who single-handedly reshaped the future sound of rock music. With Public Image, Jah Wobble was fundamental in shaping the virulent nihilism of punk into sonic and melodic extremes that took in everything from dub reggae to Stockhausen. Wobble found the perfect foil in former Sex Pistol John Lydon. It wasn't until the release of PIL's avant-garde experimental second album, Metal Box when punk rock music was given a complete turnaround. During his 2-year stint with PiL, Wobble created an aura of menace and unpredictability that perfectly contrasted the claustrophobic drones of Keith Levine's circling tortured guitar lines and John Lydon's screaming vocals at a more primal form of expression. A few years later he emerged with a group called The Invaders of the Heart and the huge hit performed with Sinead O'Connor "Visions of You".

In a career that now spans twenty-six years in the music business, Wobble continues to mesmerise, surprise, and challenge his audience. His musical direction has always been completely independent, genuine and from the heart. The highly anticipated release of his 3-disc CD anthology album I Could Have Been A Contender will continue to feed the hunger of people who want their music to be real and spontaneous. Contender is the first true major retrospective that chronicles the entirety of the man's dazzling career.

Customer Reviews

Spot on!
There's just so many wobble or wobble related albums that one just doesn't know where to begin.
My collection only ever consisted of a handful of his 30hertz releases and I wouldn't have even known where to begin looking for his many many collaborations over the years, but this 3 cd retrospective ends all a fans worries.
Here, over the course of 3 discs is the mans entire career, the great, the good and the slightly strange!
I admired his work ever since the mid 80's when a house clearance gifted me the Betrayal album. Following him since has never been easy. Just when you think you've pinned him down he wobble's off some place else.
Do yourself a favour - 3 discs for 12quid - you will NOT regret it.
The only thing I can say against this release is that 3 discs doesn't seem so much for a man who's released 30+ albums. Four discs would have been nicer but there's also a great inner booklet with photos and all types of info that fans will adore.

Anthology....Brilliant!!!
I was first introduced to Jah Wobbles work when a friend invited me to one of his gigs a couple of years ago. The heavy dub is really addictive.
Having bought a couple of his later Cd's I was very interested when this one came out as I had not heard any of his earlier work (sorry for my ignorance!). This is a great Cd and covers lots of different types of music but all with that familiar heavy base. Favourites include Josey Walsh with Sinead O'Connor...brilliant, Blacksmith Dub and Lam Tang Way Dub.
Actually there are loads of tracks I really like ...well there are 37 of them to choose from!!!
A great introduction to Jah Wobbles work, and an absolute bargain. You can't lose.

Fantastic
This is the perfect album for those who like the "bottom end" of the scale. Just sit back, and relax with Jah as he takes you through his years as a bass man. There are some truly fantastic tracks, "Visions of you" (disc one) and "So many years" (disc two) to name just two. If you are in two minds, just look at the price! It's under ten quid. What more can I say.An entire evening of quality music, for less than four pints. It's easy choise.