{"product_id":"gang-of-four-brief-history-of","title":"BRIEF HISTORY OF","description":"Gang Of Four: Andy Gill (vocals, guitar); Jon King (vocals, melodica); Hugo Burnham (vocals, drums); Sara Lee, Dave Allen (bass); Steve Goulding (drums).\nAdditional personnel: Jon Astrop (bass); Stevie Lange, Joy Yates, Dolette MacDonald, Edie Reader, Paula West (background vocals).\nProducers include: Andy Gill, Jon King, Rob Warr, Rick Walton, Nick Launay.\nIncludes liner notes by Greil Marcus.\nReleased in 1990 to help promote a reformed Gang of Four, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 20th CENTURY is a powerful overview of one of the best political rock groups. It is also a great introduction to the band's world-view. In this view, everything has a political context--love (\"Anthrax\"), the military (\"I Love an Man in Uniform\"), loneliness (\"Call Me Up\"), and, of course, history (\"The History of the World\")--and no one is innocent. Many of the band's high points appear: \"At Home, He's a Tourist,\" \"Damaged Goods,\" \"To Hell With Poverty,\" and \"We Live as We Dream, Alone.\"\nFrequently employing a martial beat and elastic, funk-inspired bass-guitar lines overlaid with left-field squalls of noise, the Gang of Four's songs set out to convince you of things--and don't give up until you agree. For the believers and the scholars, A BRIEF HISTORY also includes an essay penned by culture\/music critic Greil Marcus about experiencing the band's rise to fame first-hand.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock and Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 12\/08\/1990\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gang Of Four","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44590458175721,"sku":"U5E24W-LST1-00","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/gang-of-four-brief-history-of_BJBWJ.jpg?v=1759332627","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/gang-of-four-brief-history-of","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}