Solid Gold (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
BBC	unfavourable^[2]
Robert Christgau	A^[3]
Pitchfork Media	9.5/10^[4]
Rolling Stone	favourable^[5]
Trouser Press	favourable^[6]
Uncut	^[7]

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.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Paralysed" (Andy Gill, King)	3:22
2.	"What We All Want"	4:59
3.	"Why Theory?" (Lyrics: Gill/King)	2:33
4.	"If I Could Keep It for Myself"	4:09
5.	"Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time"	3:19

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cheeseburger" (Lyrics: Gill/King)	4:05
2.	"The Republic" (Music: Gill)	3:21
3.	"In the Ditch"	4:22
4.	"A Hole in the Wallet" (Music: Gill)	4:05
5.	"He'd Send in the Army" (Lyrics: Gill/King)	4:28

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.	Title	Length
11.	"To Hell With Poverty!"	4:59
12.	"Capital (It Fails Us Now)" (Gill)	4:04
13.	"History's Bunk!" (Gill, King)	2:59
14.	"Cheeseburger (Live)"	3:40
15.	"What We All Want (Live)"	5:24

Personnel

Dave Allen - bass, vocals
Hugo Burnham - drums, vocals
Andy Gill - guitar, vocals
Jon King - vocals

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

References

↑ Kellman, Andy. "Solid Gold – Gang of Four : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Reynolds, Nick (2004). "Gang of Four - Solid Gold review". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: gang of four". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Tangari, Joe. "Gang of Four: Hard/Solid Gold". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Caramanica, JonZ (9 July 2003). "Gang of Four - Hard/Solid Gold review". Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Isler, Scott; Robbins, Ira; Azerrad, Michael. "trouserpress.com :: Gang of Four". trouserpress.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
↑ "Album review - Gang Of Four - Solid Gold". Uncut. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

Gang of Four

Andy Gill Thomas McNeice John Sterry Jonny Finnegan Jon King Hugo Burnham Dave Allen Busta "Cherry" Jones Sara Lee Mark Heaney

Studio albums	Entertainment! Solid Gold Songs of the Free Hard Mall Shrinkwrapped Return the Gift Content What Happens Next

Live albums	At the Palace Solid Gold

Compilation albums	A Brief History of the Twentieth Century The Peel Sessions 100 Flowers Bloom

Extended plays	Yellow Another Day/Another Dollar Tattoo

Singles	"Damaged Goods"

Related articles	V2 Records EMI Warner Bros. Records Fast Product

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