Gang of Four 'Content' Reviews

Based on 4 critics - Overal Score:  63/ 100

Description: Content is an album by Gang of Four, to be released January 25, 2011 on Yep Roc Records. The album features 11 new 'What we strive for in all of our songs is to interpret the world in a way you haven't seen nor thought of before,' says Andy who also produced the record. 'We feel you'll hear this in C O N T E N T. The tracks are simple: vocals, guitar, bass, drums. It is a tough, loud sound.'

Review Scores

Critic	Rating
Spin	7 out of 10
Mojo	6 out of 10
Drowned In Sound	7 out of 10
SnobsMusic	5.5 out of 10

Listen 'You'll Never Pay For The Farm' taken from the new album 'Content'

Details 

Studio album by Gang of Four
Released: January 25, 2011
Label: Yep Roc Records
Genre(s): Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock

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Tracks

1. "She Said"
2. "You Don't Have to Be Mad"
3. "Who Am I?"
4. "I Can't Forget Your Lonely Face"
5. "You'll Never Pay for the Farm"
6. "I Party All the Time"
7. "A Fruitfly in the Beehive"
8. "It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good"
9. "Do As I Say"
10. "I Can See from Far Away"

Gang of Four Biography

Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. 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 2004, the original line-up reunited but in November 2006 Allen was replaced on bass by Thomas McNeice and Burnham on drums by Mark Heaney.
They play a stripped-down mix of punk rock, with strong elements of funk music, minimalism and dub reggae and an emphasis on the social and political ills in society. Gang of Four are widely considered as one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their later albums (Songs of the Free and Hard) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards dance-punk and disco. Their debut album, Entertainment!, ranked at Number 490 in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. David Fricke in Rolling Stone said "Gang of Four are probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll."