Solid Gold
by Gang Of Four

Solid Gold by Gang Of Four
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 3,401st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 146 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (59th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (510th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,401st)

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Gang Of Four bestography

Solid Gold is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Gang Of Four on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gang Of Four is Entertainment! which is ranked number 355 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,729.

Gang Of Four album bestography « Higher ranked (355th)
Entertainment!
This album (3,401st)
Solid Gold
Lower ranked (12,160th) »
Songs Of The Free

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Solid Gold rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,401st | 1980s rank: 510th | 1981 rank: 59th

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Solid Gold ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 146 votes)
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80/100
 
10/15/2025 02:23 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,63579/100
 
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07/20/2025 00:26 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,06433/100
 
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07/13/2025 17:43 rfowler  Ratings distribution  44385/100
 
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06/17/2025 23:52 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
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06/13/2025 17:51 Invader666  Ratings distribution  2,62365/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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75/100
From 03/15/2025 01:19 | #308042
While not quite as memorable as the previous album, there are some great tracks. The first four in particular stand out.
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80/100
From 06/18/2020 22:08 | #253851
One of the best punk albums I've ever heard. I like this better than Entertainment! actually. It's a bit more focused.
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55/100
From 04/18/2014 02:31 | #109515
Not quite as uncompromising as their debut; while Entertainment has a unique punk feel to it, this settles in to a more typical post-punk sound. The anger is still there though, and there is still some edge to the guitars as well. Pretty good follow-up to one of the best debuts of all time.
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From 11/11/2010 14:37 | #16310
love it !
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