A Brief History of the Twentieth Century

A Brief History of the Twentieth Century is the first compilation album by Gang of Four.[3] It was released in December 1990. The liner notes are by Greil Marcus.[4]

A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Compilation album by Gang of Four
Released	December 1990
Recorded	1979–1983
Genre	Post-punk new wave dance-punk college rock[1]
Length	76:20
Label	Warner Bros.
Gang of Four chronology
Hard (1983) A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (1990) Mall (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"At Home He's a Tourist"	3:32
2.	"Damaged Goods"	3:28
3.	"Natural's Not in It"	3:06
4.	"Not Great Men"	3:06
5.	"Anthrax"	4:23
6.	"Return the Gift"	3:06
7.	"It's Her Factory"	3:09
8.	"What We All Want" (recorded live at Hammersmith Palais, 30/03/81)	5:11
9.	"Paralysed"	3:22
10.	"A Hole in the Wallet"	3:24
11.	"Cheeseburger"	4:07
12.	"To Hell with Poverty!"	4:37
13.	"Capital (It Fails Us Now)"	4:03
14.	"Call Me Up"	3:36
15.	"I Will Be a Good Boy"	3:10
16.	"The History of the World"	4:39
17.	"I Love a Man in Uniform"	4:07
18.	"Is It Love"	4:34
19.	"Woman Town"	4:30
20.	"We Live as We Dream, Alone"	3:37

• Tracks 1-6 are from the album Entertainment! (1979)
• Track 7 is from the Yellow EP (1980)
• Tracks 9-11 are from the album Solid Gold (1981)
• Tracks 8 and 12-13 are from the EP Another Day/Another Dollar (1982)
• Tracks 14-17 and 20 are from the album Songs of the Free (1982)
• Tracks 18-19 are from the album Hard (1983)

References

1. Anderson, Rick. A Brief History of the Twentieth Century at AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Gang of Four". Robert Christgau.
3. "TrouserPress.com :: Gang of Four". www.trouserpress.com.
4. Lester, Paul (November 5, 2009). Gang of Four: Damaged Gods. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120205 – via Google Books.