| Product Summary | | Label: Phantom Sound & Vision | | UPC: 05099923458628 | | Release Date: 8/19/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 208660894 | | Item#: M4CJQ6 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Call Me Up ~ Gang Of Four |  | | 2. I Love a Man in a Uniform ~ Gang Of Four | | | 3. Muscle for Brains ~ Gang Of Four | | | 4. It is Not Enough ~ Gang Of Four | | | 5. Life, it's a Shame ~ Gang Of Four | | | 6. I Will Be a Good Boy ~ Gang Of Four | | | 7. History of the World, The ~ Gang Of Four | | | 8. We Live as We Dream, Alone ~ Gang Of Four | | | 9. Of the Instant ~ Gang Of Four | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Gang Of Four: Andrew Gill (vocals, guitar); Jon King (vocals, melodica); Sara Lee (bass, background vocals); Hugo Burnham (drums, percussion); Stevie Lange, Joy Yates (background vocals). | | Recorded at Ridge Farm, Capel, England in March 1982. Includes liner notes by Bono. | | Personnel: Andrew Gill (vocals, guitar); Jon King (vocals, melodica); Hugo Burnham (drums, percussion); Stevie Lange, Joy Yates, Sara Lee (background vocals). | | 1982's SONGS OF THE FREE is the third Gang of Four album. As with many of their albums, it was not immediately embraced by fans or critics. The record's smoother sound quickly drew accusations of sellout. In retrospect, it is clear that, though the music is slightly more upbeat, nothing about the band has been softened. Opening with "Call Me Up" and the scathingly ironic anti-military commentary of "I Love A Man In Uniform," SONGS is the Gang stretching its wings. | | The songs are built on a prominent rhythm section, featuring the funk-inspired bass-guitar lines of Sara Lee and Hugo Burnham's powerful, occasionally off-kilter drumming. Andy Gill's skewed shards of guitar lurk in the mix, constantly threatening to lurch forward. Among the album's standouts is "Life! It's A Shame." Here, Lee's bass holds the center, Gill's squalling guitar approaches and recedes like the tide, and Burnham's disjointedly clattering drums offset vocals espousing such ironic comments as "Making money's making sense." |
Producer: Jon Astrop; Mike Howlett |
Engineer: Simon Smart; Walter G Samuels |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/05/2008 | | Original Release Date : 1982 | | Catalog ID : 2345862 | | Label : EMI Music Distribution | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 44m : 7s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 05099923458628 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | CMJ (1/5/04, p.10)
- Ranked #17 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982".Clash (magazine)
(p.114)
- "The band have matured by this point, and are capable of delivering 'We Live As We Dream, Alone' -- possibly the most touching moment in their career." |
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