Various Artists (Gang of Four) - The Problem of Leisure Yellow Vinyl 2LP

Expected release 25/04/25

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 The Silverlake Conservatory Youth Corale – 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

The Problem of Leisure 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. It was released on June 4th 2021.

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).

When Andy died, obituarists struggled to sum up his profound impact on music. He had co-founded Gang of Four and remained at the time of his death its only original member. As co-writer or writer of all the band’s songs and through his unmistakable and much emulated guitar style, Andy influenced generation after generation of musicians, and that effect was amplified by his work as a composer and producer. This album speaks to that impact and influence.

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.

The album’s brilliant artwork was created by Damien Hirst, a long-term Gang of Four aficionado. Andy chose the cover art from a selection of options provided by the artist.