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GANG OF FOUR
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Description
Gang Of Four: Andy Gill (vocals, guitar); Jon King (vocals, melodica); Hugo Burnham (vocals, drums); Sara Lee, Dave Allen (bass); Steve Goulding (drums).
Additional personnel: Jon Astrop (bass); Stevie Lange, Joy Yates, Dolette MacDonald, Edie Reader, Paula West (background vocals).
Producers include: Andy Gill, Jon King, Rob Warr, Rick Walton, Nick Launay.
Includes liner notes by Greil Marcus.
Released in 1990 to help promote a reformed Gang of Four, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 20th CENTURY is a powerful overview of one of the best political rock groups. It is also a great introduction to the band's world-view. In this view, everything has a political context--love ("Anthrax"), the military ("I Love an Man in Uniform"), loneliness ("Call Me Up"), and, of course, history ("The History of the World")--and no one is innocent. Many of the band's high points appear: "At Home, He's a Tourist," "Damaged Goods," "To Hell With Poverty," and "We Live as We Dream, Alone."
Frequently employing a martial beat and elastic, funk-inspired bass-guitar lines overlaid with left-field squalls of noise, the Gang of Four's songs set out to convince you of things--and don't give up until you agree. For the believers and the scholars, A BRIEF HISTORY also includes an essay penned by culture/music critic Greil Marcus about experiencing the band's rise to fame first-hand.
Additional personnel: Jon Astrop (bass); Stevie Lange, Joy Yates, Dolette MacDonald, Edie Reader, Paula West (background vocals).
Producers include: Andy Gill, Jon King, Rob Warr, Rick Walton, Nick Launay.
Includes liner notes by Greil Marcus.
Released in 1990 to help promote a reformed Gang of Four, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 20th CENTURY is a powerful overview of one of the best political rock groups. It is also a great introduction to the band's world-view. In this view, everything has a political context--love ("Anthrax"), the military ("I Love an Man in Uniform"), loneliness ("Call Me Up"), and, of course, history ("The History of the World")--and no one is innocent. Many of the band's high points appear: "At Home, He's a Tourist," "Damaged Goods," "To Hell With Poverty," and "We Live as We Dream, Alone."
Frequently employing a martial beat and elastic, funk-inspired bass-guitar lines overlaid with left-field squalls of noise, the Gang of Four's songs set out to convince you of things--and don't give up until you agree. For the believers and the scholars, A BRIEF HISTORY also includes an essay penned by culture/music critic Greil Marcus about experiencing the band's rise to fame first-hand.
Details
Released: Tue 6 Nov 1990
Catalogue Number: 5965412
- Distributors: CEVA Logistics, EMI Operations
- Discs: 1
- Release Year: 2004
Track Listing
| 1. | At Home Hes A Tourist |
| 2. | Damaged Goods |
| 3. | Naturals Not In It |
| 4. | Not Great Men |
| 5. | Anthrax |
| 6. | Return The Gift |
| 7. | Its Her Factory |
| 8. | What We All Want - (live) |
| 9. | Paralysed |
| 10. | Hole In The Wallet, A |
| 11. | Cheeseburger |
| 12. | To Hell With Poverty! |
| 13. | Capital (It Fails Us Now) |
| 14. | Call Me Up |
| 15. | I Will Be A Good Boy |
| 16. | History Of The World, The |
| 17. | I Love A Man In A Uniform |
| 18. | Is It Love |
| 19. | Womantown |
| 20. | We Live As We Dream, Alone |
Availability
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