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Return The Gift

Is this really necessary? Reunited post-punk giants Gang of Four rerecord fourteen of the best tracks from their early albums here, and as you'd expect from their powerful recent live shows, Return the Gift sounds great -- the guitars squawk viciously, the funk-fascist rhythm section skitters like...

2005 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

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The English-born Gang of Four played dissonant, dub-reggae-influenced, atonal funk with political lyrics. The band was extremely influential in the U.K. and a solid concert draw in the U.S. The group started at art school in Leeds in 1977, naming itself after a Chinese Communist political faction associated with Mao Tse-Tung's widow. Gang of Four released its debut EP, Damaged Goods, on the...

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