A Brief History of the Twentieth Century

1990 compilation album by Gang of Four

Released

December 1990

Recorded

1979–1983

Length

76:20

Hard
(1983)

A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
(1990)

Mall
(1991)

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

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

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

v t e Gang of Four
Jon King Hugo Burnham Sara Lee David Pajo Andy Gill Dave Allen Busta Jones Mark Heaney Jonny Finnegan Thomas McNeice John Sterry Tobias Humble
Studio albums	Entertainment! Solid Gold Songs of the Free Hard Mall Shrinkwrapped Content What Happens Next Happy Now
Compilation albums	A Brief History of the Twentieth Century The Peel Sessions
Extended plays	Yellow Another Day/Another Dollar
Singles	"Damaged Goods"

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