Gotham!

Radio 4 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gern Blandsten
• ASIN: B00005UJCC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,475 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Danceable, Political Masterpiece!!, August 13, 2002

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Josh (Cincinnati, Oh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gotham! (Audio CD)

This New York city band's newest offering, Gotham, is one of the most accessible politically minded albums there is. Radio 4 mixes disco grooves, post-punk guitar squeals, dub bass, and political rantings into beautiful and easily digestible concoctions. You'll find yourself humming along to the melodies with out even realizing the extremist political diatribes bubbling under the surface. Standouts include the opening track Our Town, with it's great little keyboards sounds haunting all the right moments, Calling All Enthusiasts, with it's funk guitar and Mick Jagger-esque vocals, and truly one of the best tracks of the year, Certain Tragedy, which is one of the greatest post-punk anthems ever. Buy this record and you will thank me.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars well maybe not yet, February 17, 2003

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rusty shaver "BN" (seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gotham! (Audio CD)

on listening to the previous record I thought they had some potential but , again, they are derivative of Gang of Four and if I had more time I could probably tell you where each of those riffs came from they are so familiar!I appreciate what they are after but go out and get "Entertainment" and "Solid Gold" by Gang of Four instead - hard to believe they are from 20 years ago! As far as newer bands of this ilk go I think the Liars are a major force!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars should be an ep, May 28, 2003

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Markus Garcia "markus g" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gotham! (Audio CD)

this is a simple description of radio4-
gang of four meets the clash.
don't get me wrong there is some really good songs on here and it is worth listening to or buying a used copy even but it really doesn't need to be a full length. The songs on gotham that don't sound like Go4 or the clash are world music or latin dance reggae. If you condensed it down to 6 songs you'd have a rocking little ep. one that you could invite your friends over and start a dance party too.
funky gang of four bass lines, angular guitar, clash like vocals and even some interesting synth. have fun