Album: Content by Gang of Four (2011)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Guilty Pleasures is a compilation album & collection of all those embarrassing tracks you just can't stand not to have in your music collection. Covering a large spectrum of embarrassingly good music, this compilation is a perfect addition to one's music library!

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2010s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Guilty Pleasures is a compilation album & collection of all those embarrassing tracks you just can't stand not to have in your music collection. Covering a large spectrum of embarrassingly good music, this compilation is a perfect addition to one's music library!

Album: Hard by Gang of Four (1983)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1980s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Mall by Gang of Four (1991)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 4. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Shrinkwrapped by Gang of Four (1995)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 6. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Solid Gold by Gang of Four (1981)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1980s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: Hard / Solid Gold by Gang of Four (2003)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Compilation

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Compilation


Album: Songs of the Free by Gang of Four (1982)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Songs of the Free is the third studio album by Gang of Four, released in 1982. In 1996, Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings label issued it on CD, with two bonus tracks, and with a slightly changed song order (swapping the positions of "Muscle for Brains" and "We Live as We Dream, Alone"), and mistitling "I Love a Man in a Uniform" as "I Love a Man in Uniform." EMI reissued the album on CD in 2008 with the original song order and no bonus tracks.
Pitchfork Media listed Songs of the Free as 99th best album of the 1980s.

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1980s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 7. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Songs of the Free is the third studio album by Gang of Four, released in 1982. In 1996, Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings label issued it on CD, with two bonus tracks, and with a slightly changed song order (swapping the positions of "Muscle for Brains" and "We Live as We Dream, Alone"), and mistitling "I Love a Man in a Uniform" as "I Love a Man in Uniform." EMI reissued the album on CD in 2008 with the original song order and no bonus tracks.
Pitchfork Media listed Songs of the Free as 99th best album of the 1980s.

Album: Solid Gold / Another Day/Another Dollar by Gang of Four (1995)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Compilation

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Compilation


Album: Entertainment! by Gang of Four (2021)
Genre: art punk
Record Label: Rhino
Format: Digital Media

Description: 2021 remaster | 24Bit/96kHz | Hi-Res Lossless

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Musical Influences: Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill, Jon King

Related Artists: Wire, Magazine, Mission of Burma, Pylon

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: art punk, 2020s, Digital Media, Rhino


2021 remaster | 24Bit/96kHz | Hi-Res Lossless

Album: Return the Gift by Gang of Four (2005)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Album: What Happens Next by Gang of Four (2015)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Metropolis Records
Format: Album

Description: "What Happens Next"  is the eighth studio album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. It was released on 24 February 2015 through Metropolis Records and Membran record label. It is the band's first album to feature John “Gaoler” Sterry on vocals, following vocalist Jon King's departure, which left guitarist Andy Gill as the sole original member of the band.

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2010s, Album, Metropolis Records

Additional Context: Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


"What Happens Next"  is the eighth studio album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. It was released on 24 February 2015 through Metropolis Records and Membran record label. It is the band's first album to feature John “Gaoler” Sterry on vocals, following vocalist Jon King's departure, which left guitarist Andy Gill as the sole original member of the band.

Album: Entertainment! by Gang of Four (1979)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Entertainment! is the debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four, released in September 1979. This album was released on EMI in the UK and on Warner Bros. in the U.S..
The music on the first album shows clearly the influence of punk, yet also incorporates funk and less-obvious influences of reggae and dub, similar to other bands at the time such as Public Image Ltd., Pere Ubu, and The Pop Group. As with these other influential post-punk bands, the bass is mixed much more prominently than it typically is in rock or punk.
The album has attracted praise from rock musicians. Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers stated that the first time he heard the record, "It completely changed the way I looked at rock music and sent me on my trip as a bass player." In 2003, the album was ranked number 490 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2012, the album ranked at #483 on a revised list by the magazine. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the track "At Home He's a Tourist" at number 52 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
Pitchfork Media listed Entertainment! as eighth best album of the 1970s.
In 2005, the band performed the album live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.
As of 2009, Entertainment! has sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK.

Artist Background: Gang of Four are a British post-punk group from Leeds, England. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2005, the original lineup reunited. The group had a single in the British Top 60 with "At Home He's A Tourist" in 1979, which was blacklisted by Top Of The Pops for its use of the relatively innocuous term "rubbers"... Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Leeds, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1970s, Album

Additional Context: Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Entertainment! is the debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four, released in September 1979. This album was released on EMI in the UK and on Warner Bros. in the U.S..
The music on the first album shows clearly the influence of punk, yet also incorporates funk and less-obvious influences of reggae and dub, similar to other bands at the time such as Public Image Ltd., Pere Ubu, and The Pop Group. As with these other influential post-punk bands, the bass is mixed much more prominently than it typically is in rock or punk.
The album has attracted praise from rock musicians. Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers stated that the first time he heard the record, "It completely changed the way I looked at rock music and sent me on my trip as a bass player." In 2003, the album was ranked number 490 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2012, the album ranked at #483 on a revised list by the magazine. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the track "At Home He's a Tourist" at number 52 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
Pitchfork Media listed Entertainment! as eighth best album of the 1970s.
In 2005, the band performed the album live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.
As of 2009, Entertainment! has sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK.

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