Brief History Of The 20Th Century

RADIO 4やRAPTUREなど、今も多くのバンドに影響を与え、あのレッチリのフリーも大リスペクトしているPOST PUNKバンド、GANG OF FOURのベスト・アルバム。アンディー・ギルによる剃刀の如しシャープかつ荒々しいギター・リフとボトムの効いたリズムは今聴いても充分カッコ良し！

eleased 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".
Frequently 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.|