Solid Gold/Another Day/Another Dollar [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Gang of Four

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 2004)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000024IMC
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,386 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required listening, May 7, 2005

By	sleep no more (Royal Oak, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

Gang of Four's second album is a far more jagged affair then their classic debut "Entertainment". Solid Gold is a much more bass and drum oriented record with Andy Gill's static slashing hoving above. Solid Gold has held up as my favorite GOF album. With the addition of "Another Day Another Dollar" this is a must have - To Hell with Poverty is a classic dance club track from the mid-eighties and the live version of "What we all want" with it's 'in the face' bass brought to the front of the mix are fantastic. Just for clarification, Solid Gold and Another Day were the combo released first (by Rollins), then the mix of SG and Hard which I thought a bit confusing as it skipped "Songs of the Free" which was GOF's third album and quite a strong release (dave allen left and formed Shriekback with Barry Andrews (ex of XTC) and Sara Lee (League of Gentlemen with Robert Fripp) took over the bass duties -

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb follow up to entertainment! and the version to buy, January 20, 2005

By	Jimbo Jones (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews

I am so glad I waited to buy this album again on cd as it also includes the another day another dollar EP. The 1981 follow up is just as good an album that entertainment was in terms of writing. I think the delivery of lyrics is as good as well. For some odd reason this has been released recently and paired with the not so great album Hard (Dave Allen had left by then) stay away from that unless you liked that pairing of albums. This had been released by the now defunct label infinite zero (Rick Rubin and Henry Rollins ran it I believe). There second best album and their swan song as follow up albums weren't as great. I would definitely recommnend this to any gang of four fan. This is a budget priced release so look around for a better price (I did).

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, March 13, 2005

By	hOMER j sIMPSON (SPRINGFIELD NUCLEAR) - See all my reviews

To be brief....stark, funky and driven with intelligent lyrics. Top ten disc of all time