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Interlocking the cold with the heat (or maybe it’s the opposite) is Gang of Four’s specialty. In Leeds’ northern gloominess, singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Bumham launch their post-punk revolution by means of disjointed guitars and sharp grooves. Entertainment !, their first album released in September 1979, imposes the singularity of this climatic yin and yang. Very very cold then in the melodies that Gill’s six-string clips through stridency and whittling away. But very very hot in its elastic and funky rhythms like the Talking Heads from that era. The pile-up is all the more violent that the texts from this Entertainment! aren’t really entertainment but rather small Molotov cocktails made using situationism, feminism, alienation, North-Irish conflict, Maoist guerrilla in South America and many other festive considerations… With their colleagues from The Fall, Père Ubu, Au Pairs or PIL, Gang of Four rattles the harmonies, the choruses, the solos and the melodies like no other. Their radicalism will influence years later bands like The Rapture, Radio 4, Editors, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand… © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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1
Ether
00:03:50

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

2
Natural's Not in It
00:03:05

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

3
Not Great Men
00:03:05

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

4
Damaged Goods
00:03:25

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer - The Gang of Four, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

5
Return the Gift
00:03:05

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

6
Guns Before Butter
00:03:44

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

7
I Found That Essence Rare
00:03:13

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

8
Glass
00:02:28

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

9
Contract
00:02:39

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

10
At Home He's a Tourist
00:03:29

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.

11
5.45
00:03:42

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Jonathon King, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.

12
Love Like Anthrax
00:04:22

Rik Walton, Producer - David Allen, Composer - Gang of Four, Producer, MainArtist - Hugo Burnham, Composer - Andrew Gill, Composer - Rob Warr, Producer

© 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd for world excluding US and Canada and (P) 1979 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company for US ℗ 1979 Gang Of Four under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

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Interlocking the cold with the heat (or maybe it’s the opposite) is Gang of Four’s specialty. In Leeds’ northern gloominess, singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Bumham launch their post-punk revolution by means of disjointed guitars and sharp grooves. Entertainment !, their first album released in September 1979, imposes the singularity of this climatic yin and yang. Very very cold then in the melodies that Gill’s six-string clips through stridency and whittling away. But very very hot in its elastic and funky rhythms like the Talking Heads from that era. The pile-up is all the more violent that the texts from this Entertainment! aren’t really entertainment but rather small Molotov cocktails made using situationism, feminism, alienation, North-Irish conflict, Maoist guerrilla in South America and many other festive considerations… With their colleagues from The Fall, Père Ubu, Au Pairs or PIL, Gang of Four rattles the harmonies, the choruses, the solos and the melodies like no other. Their radicalism will influence years later bands like The Rapture, Radio 4, Editors, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand… © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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