Released 1982 Length 39:32 Artist Gang of Four Label Warner Bros. Records | Recorded March 1982 Songs of the Free
(1982) Hard
(1983) Release date 1982 | |
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Studio Ridge Farm Studios, Dorking, Surrey Genres Post-punk, Rock music, New wave Producers Andy Gill, Mike Howlett, Jon King Similar Gang of Four albums, Post-punk albums | ||
Gang of four songs of the free 1982 full album bonus tracks
Songs of the Free is the third studio album by Gang of Four, released in 1982. It is their first with Sara Lee as bassist, replacing Dave Allen. In 1996, Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings label issued it on CD, with two bonus tracks, and with a slightly changed song order (swapping the positions of "Muscle for Brains" and "We Live as We Dream, Alone"), and mistitling "I Love a Man in a Uniform" as "I Love a Man in Uniform." EMI reissued the album on CD in 2008 with the original song order and no bonus tracks.
Contents
- Gang of four songs of the free 1982 full album bonus tracks
- Gang of four i love a man in uniform
- Track listing
- 1996 bonus tracks
- Personnel
- Charts
- Songs
- References
Pitchfork Media listed Songs of the Free as 99th best album of the 1980s.
Rhino Records re-released Songs of the Free in Limited edition of 6,250 on 180-gram blue, purple, and yellow splattered vinyl for Black Friday Record Store Day 2015.
Gang of four i love a man in uniform
Track listing
All songs written by Andy Gill and Jon King
All songs written at Mount Pleasant Studios, 38 Mount Pleasant, London E1; special assistance from Jon Astrop
- "Call Me Up" – 3:35
- "I Love a Man in a Uniform" – 4:06
- "Muscle for Brains" – 3:17
- "It Is Not Enough" – 3:27
- "Life! It's a Shame" – 5:06
- "I Will Be a Good Boy" – 3:52
- "The History of the World" – 4:40
- "We Live as We Dream, Alone" – 3:37
- "Of the Instant" – 4:58
1996 bonus tracks
- "The World at Fault" – 3:38
- "I Love a Man in a Uniform" (dub) – 4:48
Personnel
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Charts
Album
Single
Songs
1Call Me Up3:40
2I Love a Man in a Uniform4:11
3We Live as We Dream - Alone3:38