Gang of Four
A 100 Flowers Bloom
Label:  Rhino 
Date:  11/3/1998
Length:  0:00
Format:  2CD
Genre:  Rock; Post Punk
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Not Great Men    
      2.  
      		 I Parade Myself    
      3.  
      		 Paralysed    
      4.  
      		 To Hell With Poverty!    
      5.  
      		 The History of the World    
      6.  
      		 Return the Gift    
      7.  
      		 Natural's Not in It    
      8.  
      		 Capital (It Fails Us Now)    
      9.  
      		 Anthrax    
      10.  
      		 Woman Town    
      11.  
      		 Unburden Unbound    
      12.  
      		 What We All Want    
      13.  
      		 Cheeseburger    
      14.  
      		 If I Could Keep It for Myself    
      15.  
      		 Everybody Wants to Come    
      16.  
      		 Shrinkwrapped    
      17.  
      		 History's Bunk!    
      18.  
      		 A Hole in the Wallet    
      19.  
      		 Motel    
      20.  
      		 Damaged Goods    
      21.  
      		 At Home He's a Tourist    
      22.  
      		 Why Theory?    
      23.  
      		 F.M.U.S.A.    
      24.  
      		 Ether    
      25.  
      		 Tattoo    
      26.  
      		 I Love a Man in Uniform    
      27.  
      		 Contract    
      28.  
      		 He'd Send in the Army    
      29.  
      		 Better Him Than Me    
      30.  
      		 Call Me Up    
      31.  
      		 Of the Instant    
      32.  
      		 Is It Love    
      33.  
      		 I Will Be a Good Boy    
      34.  
      		 I Fled    
      35.  
      		 I Found That Essence Rare    
      36.  
      		 It Is Not Enough    
      37.  
      		 Life! It's a Shame    
      38.  
      		 Armalite Rifle    
      39.  
      		 It's Her Factory    
      40.  
      		 Producer    
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      In the late '70s, Gang of Four took a hybrid of funk and rock and created the clearest articulation yet. Now, at last, these lads from Leeds get the retrospective they so richly deserve. One-third greatest hits, one-third blistering live cuts, and one-third demos and remixes, "100 Flowers Bloom" shows rock's "theoretical devastators" to be at the peak of their powers. Gang of Four have influenced bands from Fugazi to R.E.M., with a cutting edge that never became uncomfortable. Years later, today's bands still can't hit as hard as tracks like "Ether" and "Better Him Than Me." The packaging and liner notes are the usual Rhino high quality, and the songs are as uplifting as they are interesting. "Please send me evenings and weekends!" Amen. --Marc Calhoun