VA (Gang Of Four) - The Problem Of Leisure (Pre-Order)

The Problem Of Leisure: A Celebration Of Andy Gill & 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 or working with Andy. The album features songs from across Gang of Four’s 40-plus year career, each individually chosen by the artists’ who covered them, and original artwork by Damien Hirst. 

After Andy’s death in February 2020, Andy Gill's widow Catherine Mayer assembled a small team to complete The Problem of Leisure. The record had originally been conceived by Andy himself not as a post-mortem tribute, but to mark the 40th anniversary in 2019 of Gang Of Four’s extraordinary 1979 debut long player Entertainment! an album widely heralded as a classic (“the fifth best punk album of all time”: Rolling Stone magazine).

Andy had already revised that vision in the months before his death, after some artists chose tracks from different albums and periods. Every musician who committed to the project was given the freedom to create new versions of whichever Gang of Four songs they wanted to cover, with Andy overseeing some of the earlier productions but largely leaving artists to create their own interpretations.

The final 20 track double album features an extraordinary roll call of global talent, with artists from seven different countries and four continents, and demonstrates the breadth and scale of Andy and Gang of Four’s influence.

Available on 2xLP & CD.

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 featuring Nova Twins–    Where The Nightingale Sings (Redux)
A5    Hotei–    To Hell With Poverty
B1    Gary Numan & Ade Fenton–    Love Like Anthrax
B2    Gail Ann Dorsey–    We Live As We Dream, Alone
B3    Herbert Grönemeyer featuring Alex Silva–    I Love A Man In 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    Dado Villa-Lobos–    Return The Gift
C4    The Dandy Warhols–    What We All Want
C5    Warpaint–    Paralysed
D1    Flea & John Frusciante featuring Silverlake Conservatory Youth Chorale–    Not Great Men
D2    The Sounds–    I Love A Man In 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)