Entertainment

This is pretty much by the numbers post punk with agit prop lyrics about IRA prisoners, situationist politics and violence on TV. At one point he genuinely sings “Love’ll get you like a case of Anthrax and that’s something I don’t wanna catch”. The high point is probably the song about drugs (where he has a choice between Asprin and Paracetamol).

2/5

Terrible.

I thought I was going to hate this initially, but ended up finding it okay. Don't think I'd listen to it again though. Just misses out on 3*

Generic British rock album #2489

Está ok.

Unique sound only until it repeats 12 times in a row.

A late friend of mine was super into the Gang of Four. Talked about how awesome they were anytime you asked them about music. Is it better than most 70's punk, musically? Sure. Is it whiny? Absolutely. And there's only so much whiny I can take. Unexpected banger: Return the Gift, I guess.

4 / 10 Punk rock, sonido poco elaborado.

Alright

Liked the punk vibe and the few songs I was familiar with. But it got long and boring.

was alright nothing special compared to many other albums in the genre to this time of music

I agree with Collin

This was just really noisy to listen to and I didn't like it.

Meh. Not so much.

After the album finished a Fugazi song came on and that one song was better than this whole album. That isn't to say Fugazi is bad, but rather how this album sucks.

Yeah, that's a no from me.

Dude, I couldn't get into this. Thumbzers downzers.

I actually want to give this a 2.5

It was alright. I thought I would enjoy post punk more. There were random instances of harsh, discordant sounds throughout the album that took me out of the moment.

Best Song: Not Great Men. It's got a decent groove and the guitar sounds like it probably influenced the genre. Worst Song: Guns Before Butter. In an album of amateur-sounding tracks, this sounded the most amateur. Overall: Maybe they inspired other people to make better stuff than this, but there's absolutely no reason to listen to this album unless you have nostalgia for it.

boring and uncreative. the vocalists voice is weak and simplistic, +his rhymes are whack, guitarist learned how to do one thing and does it on every song throughout the entire song - extremely one-dimensional. bass and drums - well they exist i suppose. it was evident that it is a debut album. its just the same song sung 12 different ways. I guess the lyrics arent THAT bad. its punk, so its politically charged, but when everything else in the song is mediocre, its kind of hard to try to decipher the message Significant 30/94 Liked 14/94 Added 4/94 NNN I wasnt entertained.

Just ok

1. ether - 1 2. naturalz - 1 3. not great men - 1 4. damaged goodz - 1 5. return the gift - 1 6. gunz before butter - 1.5 7. i found - 1 8. glazz - 1.5 9. contract - 1 10. at home - 1.5 11. 5.45 - 1.5 12. love like anthraz - 1 13. outzide - 1 14. zend the army - 0 15. her factory - 1.5

Lot of noise but not enjoying it very much. First time intentionally listening to post-punk, but not a big fan so far. I'm sure he's saying things but it all sounds kinda like nonsense. Favorite Track: I Found That Essence Rare

So much British punk on this list. This was fine. Nothing groundbreaking and none of the songs really stood out to me. Probably won't listen to it again.

Meh

I didn't hate it, but by the time the last few tracks were playing I was ready for this to be over. A little too dissonant for my taste.

idgaf

Garage band sounding

Very, very monotonous lyrics which amused our family. The music itself was good and sounds modern for 1979. Maybe this is an acquired taste? The songs had things to say but I struggled to listen to them. Listens: 2 Fave Track: I didn’t have one. Rating: 2, can’t get past the shouted lyrics

I came here ready to show up for my genres and I just couldn't. There wasn't a little catchy sparkle in there.

Ok, solid music.

Genuinely: eh. Talk singing, buncha strumming, simple drumbeats, sounded like the Clash but without any of their catchy singles. It's not bad music, it's just there. A 2.5.

Sounds a bit dated now.

What a shame to follow up such a surprisingly good album with a bland, boring punk album. This sounds just like all the other ones and unsurprisingly also has a bunch of political commentary in the lyrics. It has just enough funk to avoid a 1 but it chose a really bad time to be generated on this list.

errrr. i didn't like this. it's just not attractive, honestly, like the vocals aren't great and the guitar and the drums are kinda flat...

Didn’t really do much for me

Forglemmelig punk

Great bass, great melody but overall not a single song caught my attention as a highlight. Solid album but not for me.

Most of this album sounded like fairly generic punk, but the tail end wasn't too bad all things considered. Just not really my cup of tea.

Ehhh I dunno I barely even noticed the music was playing. Not very ear catching and felt kinda basic

It was ok, couldn’t pick a standout song though.

Some interesting sounds but not much grabbed my attention

Kind of meh. Not something I’d revisit

Fine post punk, but I'm not interested in it

i don't regret my time listening to this, but would not listen again willingly

Allt í lagi post-pönk, pínu millivegur milli pönks og nýrómantíkur, myndi ég segja.

I got quite a long way into this before I even realised that it had been playing. It was just kind of moving along in the background. Its alright, it's in no way exciting though. It all feels a bit one-note, with very little ambition.

I never really listened to the Gang of Four before - I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Very of its time, and I'm sure plenty of others influenced but not convinced there was much there beyond the sound/vibe.

Fine, very same-y.

Well executed but not my sound. Post Punk 80s... His voice sounds like a lot of bands of the time... Did he sing with Duran Duran?

I can see how it was influential, but it’s not for me.

Generic brit rock

I liked a few songs...

It's ok, just not my taste

This record has a ton of great ideas. But they never seem to get taken advantage of. The songs don't seem to go anywhere. But the influence that this sound had on other bands is clear. I hear Arctic Monkeys and other jangly British bands here. Overall this just landed a little boring. But it was okay.

Gang Of Four a ici essayé de s'inspirer de l'excellent album des Killers, c'est malheureusement complétement raté.

a few good ones, but honestly feels like some kids asking their mother if they could make rock music and then they just scream and stuff. the "your kiss so sweet, sweat so sour" - part is either genius or just dumb cannot decide yet.

Nic specjalnego, nawet jednej dobrej nuty nie ma

All the charm of a 70s British cover band and only half the talent. Yikes. Could I have that half hour back?

Really not my style, thought the whole thing sounded the same

Too dissonant for me.

Not my cup of tea

Not very interesting.

Really rough proto-punk

vähän voi voivottaa, punkki poikia mutta en tiiä kuule, ei ole tarpeeksi kaunista eikä tarpeeksi likaista... välimuoto... vituttaa... nohhh mitä tässä sanois lyriikka ei ei kelpaa. sensori ei tykkää tästä. ei tulisi stipendiä tästä teoksesta, jarmutusta kitaralla, ihan ok... mitäänsanomaton albumi... at homes hes a tourist

Sounded generic. Only track I remembered was 'Damaged Goods' because 'Your kiss so sweet Your sweat so sour' kind of get me some interesting images in my head. But it's just lyrics and not music itself. All songs sounded the same and also I felt like I heard it all before only with different words.

Didn't do much for me...

This album is meh. I think I enjoyed it a little more than the other punk albums, but I still didn't enjoy it too much. Would give it 1.5 stars if I could. Favorite song: Love like anthrax Worst song: Glass

Other than the cool guitar production and some decent riffs, this is a very annoying album. The anti-melody approach to the vocals, the poor production of the other instruments and the lack of actual songwriting, with a long run time, just made this not that good of an album.

Despite repeated listens I just couldn't get into this. I did have their follow-up album Solid Gold at one time and I seem recall that was much better. This was dull and plodding

Meh

Beetje gekke muziek kan ik wel waarderen. Dit is me toch net iets te rommeling. **

Not for me. There were some great parts on the songs but it just felt chaotic without really any purpose for me. I zoned out after a few songs which already tells it did not really captivate me.

Entertainment misses more than hits for me; has some annoying early new wave influences and a bunch of stuff that sounds like 2000s indie pop I didn't like either. Misses the edge it tries to carry, 2/5.

Whiny. Amateur. Not bad, but not very listenable

Skipped my way through it

2.5

Vote labour

Not much to my liking, with a typical Brit rock sound that doesn't pick my attention.

Never got into Brit punk, and while this wasn’t bad, it wasn’t my favorite. Maybe a song once in a while, but the album started to sound the same every song

Ik vond het weinig entertaining op zo'n zomerse dag.

Aangezien ik 1 nummer van deze plaat al kende, begon ik vol goede moed, maar helaas was het toch niet heel spannend allemaal.

Mjah, niet met veel aandacht geluisterd. Maar wat ik hoorde, was matig.

Iets te eighties. Best leuke nummers, maar die manier van zingen ken ik nu wel.

The first three songs use the exact same rhythm and really blend together into one long song. By “Return the Gift” we start to hear some better diversity but in the very next track half way through we’re back to the exact same sound. Not enough diversity throughout the album. It became quite boring

Aside from Damaged Goods I found this just annoying - not one for me.

Oh god it's more late 70s UK punk. At 600+ albums, this project ruins my morning almost every day. It's never anything good. Sometimes I wonder if the author's central goal here was to try and prove that the UK was just as cool as the US. But I'm not from either so I can judge fairly: UK music pisses me off 99% of the time, US only mildly annoys me. US wins. 2/5.

Ugh, nope

couldn't hold my attention. skipped to damage goods, and was underwhelmed. totally understand how this inspired music i like today, but it's not my cup of tea

not for me

I like the energy but nothing much else. Found it tough to get through.

2.5

Out of 325 albums suggested on this platform it really feels like 300 of them are 70s/80s era punk rock. Maybe I need to hear this many albums that all sound the same before I die, but it's grating on me. 8 minutes in and I'm longing for something less repetitive. If the entire album is this formulaic 50 minutes and 39 seconds is going to feel like a lifetime...

Like Beck and the Beastie Boys had a British baby who played punk techno weddings and made up the lyrics to their songs on the spot. Didn't hate it.

Almost good.

Lyrics are a bit clunky at times, not something I'd come back to listen to again but done well enough

I appreciated the "funk rock", but the singing was lazy, repetative, and sounded like a bunch of Stones wannabes.

Listened to on 2/21/22 2.5/5 Favorite Song: Damaged Goods The random noises were repetitive and annoying but overall not that bad

2/21/22 It annoyed me. Had to skip through songs because the background noises were too annoying. Wasn’t the worst thing ever though, just wouldn’t listen to again. Favorite Song: Ether

i actually got so triggered from this album i was really hoping it would be okay but the pitchy and guitar sounds made me so angry for no reason

One of the many punk albums that has interesting riffs and a highly monotonous and ugly sound. Of course, that's the point of punk ,or post-punk, or whatever subgenre of punk /post-punk is this. Thats closing track though.

Not for me. I guess this probably kicked of a genre but coming back to it feels like it has been done better since.

1st listen. Need to hear more of it. 2/5 for now.

Not my cup of tea.

Not good. Sounds like Captain Beefheart at times.

meh

Not a fan

Promising start sound-wise but they fell short of their potential.

Way way to Bri'ish for me. Like the clash but worse

The instrumentation is not too bed and with a completely different vocalist and style of singing, this might have been a good album. But I just sort of hate all of the vocals on this album. From what I heard of the lyrics (didn't actively listen to them) it sounds like they're suuuper edgy.

Eh, another punk-ish album that really feels like it meanders all over the place, melodically and tempo-wise for no very good reason. I'm giving it 2 stars, but could be convinced it's not worth that much.

Not a fan of this LP

Otra banda de la que jamás había escuchado. Veo por la reseña del disco y la fecha en la que salió que fue un disco influyente. Lo siento como una mezcla de Sex Pistols con The Knak, como algo intermedio entre ambos. Interesante de escuchar, pero temo que no me atrapó.

Like the funk riffs and lead guitar Punk singing is shite A lot of the tunes sound similar

Just another typical 80’s vibe. Nothing special but it wasn’t grating.

Post-punk The whole album sort of blurs together. Songs sound the same and nothing really stood out to me. 2.5/5

The punk sound was there, but man I just cannot vibe with that discordant guitar

Not great vocals or very insightful lyrics

Sounds like if you mixed the Specials and the Clash together. Mostly enjoyable but nothing really stood out on it.

This is probably a 2.5/5 for me. There were some elements I liked but I mostly just found this noisy

Distinctive discordant guitar and disjointed rhythmns - it sounds like they're playing The Jam's News of the World backwards. The bastard children of The Buzzcocks and Devo. Occasionally interesting but mostly annoying.

Casi no me ha llamado la atención.

snooze

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: Ether, Damaged Goods, I Found That Essence Rare Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I was hopeful going into this, but it was kinda just noise. All kinda sounded the same, once you've heard the first 4 songs you've heard the whole album. Disappointed.

2/5 naaaah

Too Hard

I appreciate it in the context of the time period, but not much beyond that

It was fine

Not much variety. A bit like The Clash, but not as good.

Unimpressed. Seemed like every chorus was just repeating the same phrase 4-5 times. The vocals were also kind of monotonous. I did like the song “I found that essence rare”.

Tiene algo pero la verdad es que no me llega a gustar

Feels like i've herad 100's of variations of this album

Didn't like it.

Meh

meh

Not my cup of tea.

Not a fan of the type of mysic

Like a whiney Levelers with less dimension to their sound. Meh.

It was alright

Du rock anglais franchement pénible.

Never quite clicked for me. On a bit of a shit run.

The lyrics remind me of Fugazi, but without the slogans

I am hopeful that I’ll get a really good album soon. There have been so many misses recently. I truly want to know what makes all of these albums “worthy” of listening to?

Doet me niet veel

Ik snap dat punk super edgy en anders was rond die tijd. Ik vind de stijl eigenlijk ook wel tof, maar het is vooral gwn heel erg slecht.

A painful listen for me. Unexciting instrumental and lyrics were just repeated lines shouted. Albums like these make me wonder how low the bar is for 1001 albums!

Pretty bad, not catchy music and lyrics that sound like someone is just shouting stuff at you, no memorable songs at all

There was nothing here that I enjoyed

J’ai pas aimé mais je saurais pas trop expliquer pourquoi

I love their accents. The music just isn’t my vibe unfortunately. Fav song is ‘Natural’s Not in It’.

Man, A lot of people like this?

Way ahead of their time - but not in a good way.

not a fan sorry:/ /

Wooooooowwww, it sounds just like Happy Mondays from yesterday, just 10 years older. Please fuck off, why is this list bent towards shitty britpop and indie.

Impressively bad. It's almost hard to believe that someone might have made this album thinking they were making legitimately good music.

nope

Absolutely not

Most of the album was alright (still probably 2 stars), but the last song Love Like Anthrax was excruciating.

Meh

where are all these 5s and 4s coming from this is hot ass 😭😭

while I can acknowledge this album is enormously influential, I also kind of hate everything about it.

I am not a big fan of punk rock in general. I did not enjoy listening to this album at all.

Never come across Gang of Four before, and I hope not to again. Unsure why is this on the list. It's just a bit naff.

The repetitive lyrics drove me nuts.

Strange sound. Strange music.

Nein, Nix für mich!

I’ve always been into alternative music. This album was reminiscent of early weekend mornings in the 2000s. Guitar hero type shit. When your parents are still sleeping so you can play video games. It’s rhythmic, catchy and on to something… for the first quarter of the song… for the entire album. Probably wouldn't listen to again. Made me question if I like alternative music. 1.5/5. For the record, I’m horrible at guitar hero. That’s why these songs are (I’m gonna quote my boi Mason) “aggressively up my [guitar hero] alley”. Fight me.

Snooze fest

Tedious at best. Some interesting bass lines being thrown around by all in all not much here that would make someone want to hear this again. Barely worth the first listen.

I found this unlistenable. Just seemingly random noise and annoying shouting. I don't like punk much anyway but at least The Clash or The Ramones had some material resembling music

This album is dog shit. The title is a lie and the cover is dumb. Worst.band.name.ever. 1001 album worthy: no - 91/168

Complete opposite feeling. This sucked

1.5

First 3 songs were annoying with Not Great Man almost making me turn the album off. Damaged goods was almost good then the rest was bad. I liked no song on this whole album. The whole thing sounds like a teenagers first try at making music. 0/10

Just overall a terrible album. There was not a single song on the album that could be considered decent. I wish the vocalist never picked up a mic.

Not for me

Pfffff... wat duren die flutplaten van rond 1980 toch lang. Veertig minuten zeurgezang en jengelgitaar, veertig minuten van mijn leven die ik nooit meer terug krijg. Als dit nou het eerste album in het genre was dat ik te horen kreeg, was het misschien nog interessant geweest, maar nu ben ik er wel klaar mee. 'Entertainment' wil ik het niet noemen, zogezegd...

Nope

This sucks, also hate when they add distortion but with no sustain to just sound like pure noise or something breaking. (Idk how to describe this sound)

Awful…the only positive was that I got to watch a sexy man build flat pack furniture whilst listening.

I'm not a punk I guess

Hipoteticamente se trata de um disco de punk festeiro. O instrumental parece tentar desenvolver o clima animado, mas na sequência dos vocais deixa tudo aborrecido.

More forgettable punk rock

Not my favorite, some interesting stuff. I’m betting pretty innovative in ‘79, just not vibing with me. I think it’s the vocals. Loved the first songs opening and was excited for the album till the vocals came in

Not for me

I have a feeling the guy who made this book was british. I can see how theyre influential I guess? Talk singing, we like that?

Pretty basic and Pretty boring. Still really not my style of music. There were a few I enjoyed on here but overall it didn't click with me. Favorites were Contract and Damaged Goods

if stress was an album and not a feeling

Really

Doesn't help that I have a headache right now, but this sounds like someone using an angle grinder on concrete.

Punk but with better bass. I liked the songs that had a hard bass line, but a lot of the songs were the whiny, repetitive punk voices. Not my fave. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: love like anthrax

Fuck post punk

Did nothing.

p440. 1979. 1 star. Unpleasant proto Franz Ferdinand, but without the talent or tunes. Not much to like here.

No

Nope.

I don’t like post-punk. I’ve tried to listen to this album multiple times over the years and never got what people like about it. Tried again and still don’t. So harsh and discordant. Not my kind of thing I guess.

Not for me

Didn't like it

Nothing too exciting.

To borrow from Gang of Four's own lyrics, this album gives me migraine. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Damaged Goods Date listened: 09/03/23

It's just not for me. I know they are influential, so maybe it is just a failing in myself. I am a fan of the most of the artists that claim GO4 as an influence though. This rating is not saying I think they are a one, I was just happy there album as over.

How is this consider to be music? I got five songs deep and gave up.

Didn’t enjoy this at all.

As with the majority of punk music (everything other than Clash?), this is a bland and rather annoying to listen to album. The best thing about punk music is the world moving on.

Not for me.

Disjointed jangling with no traces of actual songs or melodies.

This music is not for me. Sorry.

Noisy in a bad way. I'd rather listen to Devo. There is more melody and dorkiness there. I kind of suffered through this. I'm just not interested in taking a deeper dive after listening through this record. The guitars are really hard to handle. Sounds like a strat on the bridge pickup through a rat pedal. That should be against the law. HA. The bass holds it down though. Gotta hand it to that guy/gal.

Didn’t work for me

No es mi estilo. Vamos que no me ha gustado una mierda

not a fan

Meh it was ok.