Solid Gold cover

Solid Gold

Released

Gang of Four’s second full-length album sounds like a logical next step from Entertainment!. Interestingly, it includes two tracks originally released on the band’s self-titled EP (known to fans as the “Yellow EP”), but re-recorded with a slightly denser and heavier sound. There’s a new density to the messaging as well: “Cheeseburger” is an unsparing take on business culture (perhaps American business culture in particular), while “In the Ditch” is a typically blistering account of the military (see also “He’d Send in the Army”). Gang of Four’s political stance has never been clearer, or less forgiving, than it is on Solid Gold.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
Learn to Talk cover

Learn to Talk

Skeleton Crew, Tom Cora, Fred Frith
Sextet cover

Sextet

A Certain Ratio
Friend or Foe cover

Friend or Foe

Adam and the Ants
Crush cover

Crush

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Righeira cover

Righeira

Righeira
The Job cover

The Job

Use No Hooks
Fire & Ice cover

Fire & Ice

Executive Slacks
Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou cover

Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou

Les Georges Leningrad
Other cover

Other

Alison Moyet