Gang of Four Entertainment!
Rolling Stone: 4.5 stars out of 5 - "[They] smashed punk into pieces by embracing funk, dub and disco, making music as radical as their politics."
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CD Details
- Released: April 24, 2001
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Emd Int'l
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.82
4.5 stars out of 5 - "[They] smashed punk into pieces by embracing funk, dub and disco, making music as radical as their politics."Spin - 5/01, p.108
Ranked #7 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...These angualr and abrasive post-punkers from Leeds, England, used the scalpel of Marxist theory to slice through the mystifications of labor, love, and rock'n'roll..."Spin - p.107
"Punk-funk agitprop begins here."Spin - p.140
"Barked funk marches that snap your dendrites to attention..."Entertainment Weekly - 2/5/95, pp.53-54
"...strangely enduring....a band whose informed dogma transcended fashion statement and socialist chic..."- Rating: A+
Q - 5/02 SE, p.138
5 stars out of 5 - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums" - "...This debut showed that both modernism and futurism in rock could be a brash, thrilling thing..."Alternative Press - p.111
4 stars out of 5 -- "Fischerspooner have deftly combined nuanced, layered electronic soundscapes with urgent vocals in a way that doesn't sound manufactured or overly produced..."Magnet - p.112
"Andy Gill's spindly, sharp-edged guitar and Dave Allen's careening bass make 'At Home He's A Tourist' an infectious romp..."Mojo (Publisher) - 3/03, p.76
Ranked #15 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...[Their] deconstructed guitars and neo-Marxist textbook lyrics added a thrilling experimental funk dimension to the genre..."Product Info
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