Solid Gold (album)

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.

Solid Gold
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1981 (1981-03)
RecordedJanuary 1981
StudioAbbey Road (London)
Genre
Length38:43
Label
  • EMI
  • Warner Bros.
Producer
Gang of Four chronology
Yellow EP
(1980)
Solid Gold
(1981)
Songs of the Free
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideA[4]
Pitchfork9.5/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[8]
Uncut[9]

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 listed Solid Gold as 24th best album of the 1980s.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jon King; all music is composed by Gang of Four, except as indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Paralysed"Andy Gill, King3:22
2."What We All Want" 4:59
3."Why Theory?"Lyrics: Gill, King2:33
4."If I Could Keep It for Myself" 4:09
5."Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" 3:19
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cheeseburger"Lyrics: Gill, King4:05
2."The Republic"Music: Gill3:21
3."In the Ditch" 4:22
4."A Hole in the Wallet"Music: Gill4:05
5."He'd Send in the Army"Lyrics: Gill, King4:28

On the original EMI (UK) pressing of the LP, "Why Theory?" is track 5 rather than track 3.

The EMI Records and Infinite Zero/American 1995 reissue includes songs from the Another Day/Another Dollar EP.

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."To Hell With Poverty!" 4:59
12."Capital (It Fails Us Now)"Gill4:04
13."History's Bunk!"Gill, King2:59
14."Cheeseburger" (Live) 3:40
15."What We All Want" (Live) 5:24

Personnel

Gang of Four

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 190

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "What We All Want" Billboard Club Play Singles 30
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References

  1. Lester, Paul (2008). "Gang of Four: Damaged Goods". Omnibus Press. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. "SPIN Magazine iss. 5 vol. 19". 2003. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "Solid Gold – Gang of Four". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Gang of Four: Solid Gold". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. Tangari, Joe (9 February 2003). "Gang of Four: Hard / Solid Gold". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. Miles, Milo (6 August 1981). "Gang of Four: Solid Gold". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Gang of Four". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 321–22. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. "Gang Of Four – Solid Gold". Uncut (216). July 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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