Monday, 2 February 2026

Gang Of Four - Entertainment!, Solid Gold & Another Day/Another Dollar, Songs Of The Free, Hard & The Peel Sessions Album


Gang Of Four were a British rock band from Leeds, formed in 1976.
The band play a stripped-down mix of punk, funk, dub and pop, with a lyrical emphasis on the social and political ills of society.
Dave Allen left shortly after "Solid Gold" was released and was replaced by Sara Lee. After the third album Hugo Burnham also left and was replaced by programmed drums.
In 1983 the band broke up.


Band members:
Jonathan Michael King - vocals
Andrew James Dalrymple Gill - guitar
David Geoffrey Allen - bass
Sara Lee - bass
Hugo Hamilton Mark Burnham - drums.

"Entertainment!" is the debut studio album by Gang Of Four, released in 1979 on EMI. The album was reissued in 2005 on Rhino Records and Warner Bros. Records.

Tracks:
1-12 LP Entertainment!
13-17 12" Gang Of Four, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records
18-20 previously unissued.

Tracklisting:
1. Ether
2. Natural's Not In It
3. Not Great Men
4. Damaged Goods
5. Return The Gift
6. Guns Before Butter
7. I Found That Essence Rare
8. Glass
9. Contract
10. At Home He's A Tourist
11. 5-45
12. Anthrax
13. Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time
14. He'd Send In The Army
15. It's Her Factory
16. Armalite Rifle
17. Guns Before Butter
18. Contract
19. Blood Free
20. Sweet Jane

VBR ~273K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Solid Gold & Another Day/Another Dollar" is a compilation album by Gang Of Four, released in 1996 on EMI and Infinite Zero.

Tracks:
1-10 LP Solid Gold, their second studio album released in 1981
11-15 12" Another Day/Another Dollar, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Paralysed
2. What We All Want
3. Why Theory?
4. If I Could Keep It For Myself
5. Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time
6. Cheeseburger
7. The Republic
8. In The Ditch
9. A Hole In The Wallet
10. He'd Send In The Army
11. To Hell With Poverty
12. Capital (It Fails Us Now)
13. History's Bunk!
14. Cheeseburger
15. What We All Want

VBR ~272K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Songs Of The Free" is the third studio album by Gang Of Four, released in 1982 on EMI. The album was reissued in 2008 on EMI.

Tracklisting:
1. Call Me Up
2. I Love A Man In A Uniform
3. Muscle For Brains
4. It Is Not Enough
5. Life, It's A Shame
6. I Will Be A Good Boy
7. The History Of The World
8. We Live As We Dream, Alone
9. Of The Instant

VBR ~268K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Hard" is the fourth studio album by Gang Of Four, released in 1983 on EMI. The album was reissued in 2008 on EMI.

Tracklisting:
1. Is It Love
2. I Fled
3. Silver Lining
4. Woman Town
5. A Man With A Good Car
6. It Don't Matter
7. Arabic
8. A Piece Of My Heart
9. Independence

VBR ~270K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"The Peel Sessions Album" is a compilation album by Gang Of Four, released in 1990 on Strange Fruit Records.

Tracks:
1-4 recorded 9/1/1979
5-8 recorded 2/7/1979
9-11 recorded 9/3/1981.

Tracklisting:
1. I Found That Essence Rare
2. Return The Gift
3. 5.45
4. At Home He's A Tourist
5. Natural's Not In It
6. Not Great Men
7. Ether
8. Guns Before Butter
9. Paralysed
10. History's Bunk
11. To Hell With Poverty

VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo





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