Public Image Ltd have announced plans to reissue their entire back catalogue next year.

The albums โ€“ which will including two live records โ€“ will also be remastered, but will not include โ€˜Metal Boxโ€™, which was previously reissued in 2009, reports The Quietus.

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2012 will also see the release of a new Public Image Ltd album. John Lydon has revealed that their ninth studio album will be called โ€˜This Is PiLโ€™. The band, who announced their reformation in 2009, have been working on their first album since 1992โ€™s โ€˜That What Is Notโ€™ for the past two years.

Speaking about the album to BBC 6Music, Lydon said of the planned title: โ€œIt is probably going to be called โ€˜This is PiLโ€™ basically because it is, it is all the work, effort and energy we put into this record.โ€

The albums which will be reissued by EMI include: โ€˜First Issueโ€™ (aka Public Image Ltd), โ€˜Paris In The Springโ€™ (Live), โ€˜Flowers Of Romanceโ€™, โ€˜Live In Tokyoโ€™, โ€˜This Is What You Wantโ€ฆ This Is What You Getโ€™, โ€˜Album (aka Compact Disc)โ€™, โ€˜Happyโ€™, โ€˜9โ€™, โ€˜The Greatest Hits So Farโ€™, โ€˜That What Is Notโ€™ and Lydonโ€™s solo album โ€˜Psychoโ€™s Pathโ€™.

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Public Image Ltdโ€˜s new album is set to be released at some point in 2012.