Solid Gold | ||||
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Studio album by Gang of Four | ||||
Released | March 1981 | |||
Recorded | January 1981 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London | |||
Genre | Post-punk, dance-punk | |||
Length | 38:43 | |||
Label | EMI/Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Jimmy Douglass, Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andrew Gill, Jon King | |||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Christgau's Record Guide | A |
Pitchfork Media | 9.5/10 |
Rolling Stone | |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10 |
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Solid Gold is the second album by the British post-punk band Gang of Four, released in 1981. Two of its tracks, "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" and "He'd Send in the Army", are re-recordings of songs previously released as a single in the UK.
The album was issued in an CD expanded version by the EMI Records and Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings labels in 1995, which added the songs from Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
Pitchfork Media listed Solid Gold as 24th best album of the 1980s.
All lyrics written by Jon King; all music composed by Gang of Four, except as indicated.
The EMI Records and Infinite Zero/American 1995 reissue includes songs from the Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
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