Track Listing

1. At Home He's a Tourist
2. Damaged Goods
3. Natural's Not in It
4. Not Great Men
5. Anthrax
6. Return the Gift
7. It's Her Factory
8. What We All Want [Live]
9. Paralysed
10. Hole in the Wallet
11. Cheeseburger
12. To Hell With Poverty!
13. Capital (It Fails Us Now)
14. Call Me Up
15. I Will Be a Good Boy
16. History of the World
17. I Love a Man in Uniform
18. Is It Love
19. Woman Town
20. We Live as We Dream, Alone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91320 in Music
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 1990-12-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Marxist punk-funk? Don't knock it until you try it.
The Gang of Four may be the smartest of all the punk and post-punk bands. That they are also very funky (in a sort of abrasive herky-jerky stop-start kind of way) helps too, doesn't it?

This chronological collection shows the band getting progressively more dance-oriented and poppy (or simply getting progressively worse, depending on your perspective), but even when they're using back-up singers and drum machines, there's an irony to it that's subversive and engaging. Some might even say more subversive than the earlier, more rock-oriented stuff.

I'm not sure if a rock and roll band can change how someone thinks, but if anyone can do it, it's probably these guys.

Whoopee!
Like the reviewer from Penn, bloody GOF got me thru my first year of college. The most original poli-punk band of all time; their influence on music and culture is still being felt today. To see this compilation thrilled me so much I blew off buying groceries, just to once again freely indulge in Andy Gill's feedback driven loping delivery of the classic "Anthrax." One of the tightest, yet most dissonant and disjointed bands ever. I have two of their early albums, Entertainment! and Solid Gold, but they're all worn and scratchy. I wonder why? Anywho, although Solid Gold deserves a bit more recognition here, this is a very welcome, value-heavy compilation from a band that achieved in its own unique way what the Clash wished it could've been--uncompromising Mao-pop with a twist of punkyfunk chops and brazen Brit attitude that refused to sell out. Sad yet glad, ABHOT2C it's all we have. Indeed, we live as we dream, alone.

editors notes
I was informed by a friend that my review had one glaring mistake and one glaring omission. firstly 'I love a man in a uniform' is on GO4's 3rd album Songs of the Free (which by the way is an amazing album)and second, 'A brief history...' is incomplete due to the omission of Entertainments 'I found that essence rare', arguably (but not in our camp) the bands best song. The rest still applies (see below).