Description
Expected: Week 2 July, 2021
Tracklist:
A1. IDLES – Damaged Goods
A2. Tom Morello & Serj Tankian – Natural’s Not In It
A3. Helmet – In The Ditch
A4. 3D x Gang Of Four feat. Nova Twins – Where The Nightingale Sings
A5. Hotei – To Hell With Poverty
B1. Gary Numan – Love Like Anthrax
B2. Gail Ann Dorsey – We Live As We Dream Alone
B3. Herbert Grönemeyer feat. Alex Silva – I Love A Man In A Uniform
B4. LoneLady – Not Great Men
B5. JJ Sterry – 5.45
C1. La Roux – Damaged Goods
C2. Everything Everything – Natural’s Not In It
C3. Dada Villa-Lobos – Return The Gift
C4. The Dandy Warhols – What We All Want
C5. Warpaint – Paralysed
D1. Flea & John Frusciante – Not Great Men
D2. The Sounds – I Love A Man In A Uniform
D3. Hardcore Raver In Tears – Last Mile
D4. Killing Joke x Gang Of Four – Forever Starts Now (Killing Joke Dub)
D5. Sekar Melati – Not Great Men (Live Version)
OVERVIEW
The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four is a double album of tracks written by Andy Gill and Gang of Four, all newly reinterpreted and recorded by artists whose own unique contributions to music were enriched by listening to Gang of Four. The album features songs from across Gang of Four’s 40-plus year career, each individually chosen by the artists who covered them.
Andy Gill originally conceived of the album to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Entertainment! in 2019. His widow, Catherine Mayer, explains that this plan had already changed by the time of Andy’s death in 2020, after some artists chose tracks from different albums and periods.
“Andy was massively excited about this project,” Mayer says. “It wasn’t of course conceived as a tribute album, but it’s comforting to me that he lived to see artists he hugely admired enthusiastically agreeing to participate, signalling that the admiration was mutual.”
The album artwork has been created by English artist Damien Hirst, a long time friend of Andy’s.
