Gang Of Four "Entertainment!" LP
Gang Of Four "Entertainment!" LP
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Remastered Reissue. Standard Black Vinyl Pressing.
The album has been remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by Jon King.
Would you believe me if I tell you that this will be exciting to you one day? Entertainment! was a milestone of its age, emphasizing the "punk" over the "post" while maintaining a level of creativity and attention to nuance that makes the later title not completely inane. In this era, Gang of Four's impeccable debut is a tamer, classier take on all the British bands that fancy their smart guitars, that we've seen emerge over the decade (Bloc Party's "Price of Gas" is an apt example and one of the more inspired ones). The guitar playing isn't something you admire but get a visceral thrill from, on the opening 4 tracks. "Ether" opens like Closer would in 80' if that band's title were still Warsaw, "Natural's Not in It" would be sex if it weren't so hellbent on tearing apart our treasured capitalism, "Not Great Men" is a fighting man's disco hit, and "Damaged Goods" is simply one of the most inspired punk songs of all time--a pedigree that caused a urban legend that a genre could die, and if it did it would be under this song's weight. The rest of the album offers variations of these opening tracks, more or less to a fault. However, the album ends on a high with 3 tracks that offer a more timeless alternative to P.I.L.'s antics of the same year. "Anthrax" is as dangerous as the title implies, being born from a omniscient cloud of napalm. These were the four horsemen of the punk apocalypse, raising all sorts of hell with the demonic rhythms and trends of punk. Doing it all so deceptively simple and precise that it feels like it were written in scripture so long ago. If only the ignorant were more aware to the fact that it is more open to interpretation than it has you to believe, we would have something to truly build upon rather than bury ourselves under. The end is near, my beloved post-punk Christians.
Tracklist
Side A
1. Ether
2. Natural's Not in It
3. Not Great Men
4. Damaged Goods
5. Return the Gift
6. Guns Before Butter
Side B
1. I Found That Essence Rare
2. Glass
3. Contract
4. At Home He's a Tourist
5. 5-45
6. Anthrax
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