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Gang Of Four
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Entertainment! [Rhino Expanded]
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| Label © |
Rhino Records |
| Release Year |
1979 |
| Length |
1:07:13 |
| Genre |
Post-Punk |
| Personal Star Rating [1-5] |
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| Ref# |
G-0051 |
| Bitrate |
~206 Kbps |
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| Info |
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1.
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Ether
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3:51
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Natural's Not In It
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3:06
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Not Great Men
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3:06
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4.
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Damaged Goods
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3:26
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5.
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Return The Gift
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3:06
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6.
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Guns Before Butter
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3:45
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I Found That Essence Rare
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3:14
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8.
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Glass
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2:29
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Contract
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2:40
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10.
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At Home He's A Tourist
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3:30
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11.
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5-45
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3:43
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12.
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Anthrax
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4:29
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13.
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Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time
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3:16
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14.
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He'd Send In The Army
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3:41
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15.
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It's Her Factory
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3:10
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16.
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Armalite Rifle
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2:51
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17.
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Guns Before Butter (Alternate Version)
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4:25
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18.
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Contract (Alternate Version)
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2:48
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19.
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Blood Free (Live)
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3:17
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20.
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Sweet Jane (Live)
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3:20
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The same year American college students and FM radio stations found hipness in the Clash's "Train in Vain," a quartet of students from England's Leeds University calling themselves Gang of Four released their debut album. Politically charged and pumped full of extremist theories and punk rock vehemence (and now out of print since 1997), Entertainment continues to rank among the most critically acclaimed and influential records of the post-punk epoch it helped to define. The record is funkified by stop-start rhythms and sharp vocals that mimic Joe Strummer's sing-to-shout shifts, a sound that has turned up in the music of a quarter-century of bands, from the Minutemen to Fugazi. The original 12-song track list--including the vehement slam on media and politics "I Found That Essence Rare" and the punk passion play "Damaged Goods"--is reinforced with all four songs from the band's 1980 EP Yellow, as well as four others never-before-released, including a live cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane." --Scott Holter
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