Album of the day (#7335): Entertainment! by Gang Of Four

BestEverAlbums — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:00:25 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 07/26/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Entertainment! by Gang Of Four (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1979.
Country:
Gang Of Four discography rank: 1 (out of 12 listed on BEA)
1979 rank: 7
1970s rank: 91
Overall rank: 359
Average rating: 81/100 (from 765 votes).

Tracks:
1. Ether
2. Natural's Not In It
3. Not Great Men
4. Damaged Goods
5. Return The Gift
6. Guns Before Butter
7. I Found That Essence Rare
8. Glass
9. Contract
10. At Home He's A Tourist
11. 5.45
12. Anthrax

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Top voted comments:

"Highly influential yet somehow under appreciated ‘Entertainment’ was a significant influence on my music tastes coming out in 1979 just as my musical DNA was being formed. The albums fusion of funk, dance music, reggae dub and punk was like nothing we’d heard at the time and combined with its powerful left wing political lyrics and album artwork (the album's back cover depicted a family whose father says, "I spend most of our money on myself so that I can stay fat", while the mother and children declare, "We're grateful for his leftovers" - this always struck a chord with me) made for a potent mix

For mine the hero on this album was and always will be Andy Gills jagged raggedy angular guitars which blew me away in 79 and continues to do so today

Masterpiece"
- Brad1770 (Rating: 75/100)
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"The guitar and bass works are very direct but not aggressive at all, so I like it for being faithful to what they want to express by the music they made."
- ilovelctr (Rating: 90/100)
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Album of the day (#7335): Entertainment! by Gang Of Four