Solid Gold (album)
Solid Gold is the second album by the British post-punk band Gang of Four, released in 1981. Two of its tracks, "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" and "He'd Send in the Army", are re-recordings of songs previously released as a single in the UK.
The album was issued in an CD expanded version by the EMI Records and Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings labels in 1995, which added the songs from Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
Pitchfork listed Solid Gold as 24th best album of the 1980s.
Track listing
On the original EMI pressing of the LP, "Why Theory?" is track 5 rather than track 3.The EMI Records and Infinite Zero/American 1995 reissue includes songs from the Another Day/Another Dollar EP.
Personnel
;Gang of Four- Dave Allen – bass guitar, vocals
- Hugo Burnham – drums, vocals
- Andy Gill – guitar, vocals
- Jon King – vocals
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
1981 | Billboard Pop Albums | 190 |
Single
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
1981 | "What We All Want" | Billboard Club Play Singles | 30 |