Solid Gold (album)
This article is about the punk album. For the pop album, see Solid Gold EP.
| Solid Gold | ||||
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| Studio album by Gang of Four | ||||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, dance-punk | |||
| Length | 38:43 | |||
| Label | EMI/Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Douglass, Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andrew Gill, Jon King | |||
| Gang of Four chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.5/10[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[6] |
| Uncut | [7] |
Solid Gold is the second album by the British post-punk band Gang of Four, released in 1981. Two of its tracks, "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" and "He'd Send in the Army", are re-recordings of songs previously released as a single in the UK.
The album was issued in an CD expanded version by the EMI Records and Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings labels in 1995, which added the songs from Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
Pitchfork Media listed Solid Gold as 24th best album of the 1980s.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jon King; all music composed by Gang of Four, except as indicated.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Paralysed" (Andy Gill, King) | 3:22 |
| 2. | "What We All Want" | 4:59 |
| 3. | "Why Theory?" (Lyrics: Gill/King) | 2:33 |
| 4. | "If I Could Keep It for Myself" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" | 3:19 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Cheeseburger" (Lyrics: Gill/King) | 4:05 |
| 2. | "The Republic" (Music: Gill) | 3:21 |
| 3. | "In the Ditch" | 4:22 |
| 4. | "A Hole in the Wallet" (Music: Gill) | 4:05 |
| 5. | "He'd Send in the Army" (Lyrics: Gill/King) | 4:28 |
- On the original EMI (UK) pressing of the LP, "Why Theory?" is track 5 rather than track 3.
The EMI Records and Infinite Zero/American 1995 reissue includes songs from the Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
| CD reissue bonus tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "To Hell With Poverty!" | 4:59 |
| 12. | "Capital (It Fails Us Now)" (Gill) | 4:04 |
| 13. | "History's Bunk!" (Gill, King) | 2:59 |
| 14. | "Cheeseburger (Live)" | 3:40 |
| 15. | "What We All Want (Live)" | 5:24 |
Personnel
- Dave Allen - bass, vocals
- Hugo Burnham - drums, vocals
- Andy Gill - guitar, vocals
- Jon King - vocals
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Billboard Pop Albums | 190 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "What We All Want" | Billboard Club Play Singles | 30 |
References
- ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Solid Gold – Gang of Four". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Gang of Four: Solid Gold". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ Tangari, Joe (9 February 2003). "Gang of Four: Hard/Solid Gold". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ Miles, Milo (6 August 1981). "Gang of Four: Solid Gold". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 321–22. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
- ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-67975574-8.
- ↑ "Gang Of Four – Solid Gold". Uncut (216). July 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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