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Gang Of 4 - Hard album flac Performer: Gang Of 4
Title: Hard
Style: New Wave, Alternative Rock
Released: 1983
Country: UK
MP3 album: 1189 mb
FLAC album: 1460 mb
Rating: 4.9
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Genre: Rock

Hard is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk group Gang of Four. It was originally released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records and was the first album to not feature original member Hugo Burnham, while Dave Allen had already left before the previous album, Songs of the Free. The album was later reissued as part of a two-CD package along with the band's 1981 album Solid Gold. All tracks composed by Andy Gill and Jon King; except where indicated. Is It Love" (Gill) – 4:35.

Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their debut album, Entertainment!, was ranked as fifth greatest punk album of all time and at Number 483 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was listed by Pitchfork Media as the 8th best album of the 1970s. Their early 80s albums (Songs of the Free and Hard) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards dance-punk and disco. David Fricke of Rolling Stone described Gang of Four as "probably the best politically.

Driving their guitar spangles and jangled lyrics into the new wave morass of the early '80s, Gang of Four hoped to spin magic one more time with their 1983 swan song

Hard is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk group Gang of Four. The Peel Sessions Album released: 1990. At the Palace released: 1984. Solid Gold released: 1981. Anthrax Marxists released

What Happens Next (Gang of Four album). What Happens Next is the eighth studio album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. It was released on 24 February 2015 through Metropolis Records and Membran record label. It is the band's first album to feature John "Gaoler" Sterry on vocals, following vocalist Jon King's departure, which left the guitarist Andy Gill as the sole original member of the band.

2008 digitally remastered reissue of the British Post-Punk band's fourth album, their final studio release before splitting, originally released in 1983. Hard may seem ironically titled in retrospect, given its concessions to the softer Dance-Pop styles of the period, but there are some great songs amid the then-de rigueur soulful female backing vocals, clinical machine beats and slapback bass.

Profil: English post-punk group from Leeds. Original line-up: Jon King: vocals Andy Gill: guitar Dave Allen: bass, guitar Hugo Burnham: drums. Years active: 1977–1983, 1987–1997, 2004–present.

Gang Of Four Official. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Page created – 13 June 2008.

Tracklist

A1 Is It Love 4:41
A2 I Fled 3:57
A3 Silver Lining 3:56
A4 Woman Town 5:18
B1 A Man With A Good Car 3:45
B2 It Don't Matter 3:55
B3 Arabic 3:35
B4 A Piece Of My Heart 3:23
B5 Independence 4:06

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Warner Communications
  • Produced For – Fat Albert Productions Inc.
  • Published By – Gill/King
  • Mixed At – The Hit Factory
  • Mixed At – Criteria Recording Studios
  • Mastered At – Criteria Recording Studios
  • Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-18416
  • Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-18417
  • Lacquer Cut At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △5014
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By [Horns] – Gang Of Four, Howard Albert, Mike Lewis , Ron Albert
  • Bass – Jon Astrop (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B4), Sara Lee (tracks: A3 to B1, B3, B5)
  • Conductor [Strings], Conductor [Horns] – Mike Lewis
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Patrice Carroll Levinsohn, Peter Heffer
  • Engineer [Concert Sound Engineer] – Kevin Harvey
  • Guitar, Vocals, Drums [Additional Drums] – Andrew Gill*
  • Lighting [Lighting Designer] – Phil Allen
  • Management – Glotzer Management Corporation*
  • Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] – Mike Fuller
  • Photography By – Scott Heiser
  • Producer – Howard Albert, Ron Albert
  • Producer [With] – Andrew Gill*, Jon King
  • Recorded By – John Rollo
  • Remix – Howard Albert, Ron Albert
  • Sleeve [Sleeve Produced By] – Assorted IMaGes
  • Sleeve [Sleeve Produced In Consultation With] – Gang Of Four
  • Stage Manager – James Chapman
  • Vocals [Additional Singers] – Alfa Anderson, Brenda White*, Chuck Kirkpatrick, John Sambatero*
  • Vocals, Melodica – Jon King
  • Written-By – Gill*, King*
  • Written-By [With] – Jon Astrop

Notes

Issued with custom printed inner sleeve with lyrics, etc.

Recorded in Montreal & mixed at The Hit Factory—NYC & at Criteria Studios—Miami, Florida. Mastered at Criteria.

Pressed at Allied Record Company as indicated by the lower case "ɑ" stamped in the runout. The lacquer disc was processed, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made, at Sheffield Lab Matrix as indicated by the "SLM △" etched in the runout.

Cat. no. 1-23936 on labels; 9 23936-1 on inner sleeve and spine.

All Songs Gill/King with Jon Astrop
All Songs Written by Andrew Gill/Jon King except "Is It Love" by Andrew Gill
Published by Gill/King © 1983

Jon Astrop appears courtesy of Jive Records
John Sambatero [sic] appears courtesy of Atlantic Records

© ℗ 1983 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7599-23936-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1, etched): 1-23936-A-RE-1-SH-2 ɑ B-18416-RE1-SH2 Criteria MF SLM △5014 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1, etched): 1-23936-B-RE-1-SH-2 ɑ B-18417-RE1 SH2 Criteria MF SLM △5014-X 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 2, etched): 1-23936-A-RE-1-SH-1 B-18416-Re1-SH1 SLM △5014 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2, etched): 1-23936-B-RE-1-SH-1 B-18417-Re1-SH1 SLM △5014-X 1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 3, etched): 1-23936-A-RE-1-SH-1 B-18416-Re1-SH1 SLM △5014 1-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 3, etched): 1-23936-B-RE-1-SH-1 B-18417-Re1-SH1 SLM △5014-X 1-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Sides A & B, Allied logo, stamped): ɑ
  • Matrix / Runout (Sides A & B, Criteria logo, stamped; MF, etched): Criteria MF
  • Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
EMC 1652191 Gang Of 4* Hard ‎(LP, Album) EMI EMC 1652191 UK 1983
W4 23936 Gang Of 4* Hard ‎(Cass, Album) Warner Bros. Records W4 23936 UK 1983
EMS-81626 Gang of 4* Hard ‎(LP, Album, Promo) EMI EMS-81626 Japan 1983
50999 2 34585 2 9, 234 5852 Gang Of 4* Hard ‎(CD, Album, RE) EMI, EMI 50999 2 34585 2 9, 234 5852 UK & Europe 2008
EMC 208 Gang Of Four Hard ‎(LP, Album) EMI EMC 208 New Zealand 1983