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A 100 Flowers Bloom
In the late '70s, Gang of Four took a hybrid of funk and rock and created the clearest articulation yet. Now, at last, these lads from Leeds get the retrospective they so richly deserve. One-third greatest hits, one-third blistering live cuts, and one-third demos and remixes, "100 Flowers Bloom" shows rock's "theoretical devastators" to be at the peak of their powers. Gang of Four have influenced bands from Fugazi to R.E.M., with a cutting edge that never became uncomfortable. Years later, today's bands still can't hit as hard as tracks like "Ether" and "Better Him Than Me." The packaging and liner notes are the usual Rhino high quality, and the songs are as uplifting as they are interesting. "Please send me evenings and weekends!" Amen. --Marc Calhoun
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Tracks| 1 | Not Great Men | | 2 | I Parade Myself | | 3 | Paralysed | | 4 | To Hell With Poverty | | 5 | The History Of The World | | 6 | Return The Gift | | 7 | Natural's Not In It | | 8 | Capital (It Falls Us Now) | | 9 | Anthrax (Live 1980) | | 10 | Woman Town | | 11 | Unburden Unbound | | 12 | What We All Want (Live 1981) | | 13 | Cheeseburger | | 14 | If I Could Keep It For Myself | | 15 | Everybody Wants To Come | | 16 | Shrinkwrapped | | 17 | History's Bunk! | | 18 | A Hole In The Wallet | | 19 | Motel | | 20 | Damaged Goods | | 21 | At Home He's A Tourist | | 22 | Why Theory? | | 23 | F.M.U.S.A. (Ben Grosse Remix) | | 24 | Ether | | 25 | Tattoo (Paul Schroeder Remix) | | 26 | I Love A Man In A Uniform (Steve Sinclair/Hugo Burnham Remix) | | 27 | Contract (Live 1980) | | 28 | He'd Send In The Army (Live 1980) | | 29 | Better Him Than Me | | 30 | Call Me Up (Live 1984) | | 31 | Of The Instant | | 32 | Is It Love (Live 1984) | | 33 | I Will Be A Good Boy (Demo) | | 34 | I Fled | | 35 | I Found That Essence Rare | | 36 | It Is Not Enough | | 37 | Life! It's A Shame | | 38 | Armalite Rifle | | 39 | It's Her Factory | | 40 | Producer |
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